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Replacing Win 2000 with Win ME

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Name: Jas
Date: October 6, 2000 at 18:51:39 Pacific
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I installed Win 2000 (NTFS File System) and don't really like it. I can't play some of my games, etc. I've now bought Windows ME to replace it with. I don't know anything about DOS to speak of. Can anyone help me reformat this thing to Win 95 so I can upgrade to ME?

Thanks for your help! By the way, I don't have the 4 disc thing for Win 2000... I actually got a burned copy of it from someone so it's only on 1 disc.



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Name: Vod
Date: October 6, 2000 at 20:20:15 Pacific
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I suggest you take a look at the ME message board before you do all that. There are LOTS of driver/hardware/compatability issues and problems with ME. If you like games, why not just use Win98 until ME is all worked out. (I'll give you one example--if you have a Creative sound card in your system, forget about ME--no support.) Good luck...I'd do something else besides ME for now.


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Name: Nefazodone
Date: October 6, 2000 at 22:02:22 Pacific
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First, I suggest converting your hard drive back to FAT32, by using PartitionMagic Pro 5.01. Then, reboot your computer with a WinMe start-up disk in the floopy drive. Get to the DOS prompt A:\> and type "Format c:" (warning: back-up all of your data before doing this). When formatting is done, hit the RESET button to restart the computer. Now, install your operating system with the WinMe CD.

Here's a second option--try a dual-boot system with both Win2k and WinMe. You'll get the stability of Win2k and the gaming ability of WinMe.


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Name: drfwe
Date: October 7, 2000 at 01:03:08 Pacific
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windows 2000 is better belevie me(than me,me just suck) iam runnig windows whistler latest build windows 2002


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Response Number 4
Name: άΦ
Date: October 8, 2000 at 05:34:22 Pacific
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Thats funny I know you can download build 2250 of whistler.


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Response Number 5
Name: Destruk
Date: October 8, 2000 at 08:36:08 Pacific
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First, I would suggest you fdisk the hard drive. That's right, just boot up with a pirated dos boot disk, or a windows boot disk, and fdisk the friggin' drive.

Next, turn yourself in for ripping off microsoft by illegally running software you didn't pay for.


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Response Number 6
Name: shaner
Date: October 10, 2000 at 17:59:02 Pacific
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i just upgraded to ME at home an my SBlive works like a champ, in fact, from some of the posts i've seen, all drivers from '98 are supported in ME.


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