Going from Xp Home to 200 Pro

wallgood358 · 11-30-2007, 03:53 PM

I have a secondary computer that i got up and running with Xp home, but at the time was unaware that you couldnt have 2 computers running with the same Os license. Anyway, it worked fine for about 6 months till i did a couple upgrades and then it told me i had to re register my copy. Microsoft wont let me since i have it on my main computer and i dont feel like paying $80 for a new license, i want to downgrade to Windows 2000 Pro. But i am unsure of how to do this and keep all of my data. I am locked out of windows since i cant register, so i cant backup my data to anything. When i tried to do just an install of it, it tried to install it as a secondary Os, not overwriting the current, like it did when i upgraded from Windows Me to the Xp Home. Anyway, any help and advice would be appreciated

wallgood358 · 12-02-2007, 02:48 PM

any advice?

shocker · 12-22-2007, 10:19 PM

I havent tried down grading but i have up graded and i found both versions stay on the HDD. So I had to format the hard drive. but any way in your situation may be try to google the question or you may have to format the hard drive and install Windows 2000 Pro.

11-30-2007, 03:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
wallgood358 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 172 OS: Win xp	Going from Xp Home to 200 Pro I have a secondary computer that i got up and running with Xp home, but at the time was unaware that you couldnt have 2 computers running with the same Os license. Anyway, it worked fine for about 6 months till i did a couple upgrades and then it told me i had to re register my copy. Microsoft wont let me since i have it on my main computer and i dont feel like paying $80 for a new license, i want to downgrade to Windows 2000 Pro. But i am unsure of how to do this and keep all of my data. I am locked out of windows since i cant register, so i cant backup my data to anything. When i tried to do just an install of it, it tried to install it as a secondary Os, not overwriting the current, like it did when i upgraded from Windows Me to the Xp Home. Anyway, any help and advice would be appreciated

12-02-2007, 02:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
wallgood358 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 172 OS: Win xp	Re: Going from Xp Home to 200 Pro any advice?

12-22-2007, 10:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
shocker Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 4 OS: win98	Re: Going from Xp Home to 200 Pro I havent tried down grading but i have up graded and i found both versions stay on the HDD. So I had to format the hard drive. but any way in your situation may be try to google the question or you may have to format the hard drive and install Windows 2000 Pro.