XP Home Over 2000 PRO??

[FZWG]

Appreciate some assistance.

Have a friend who has (or maybe had??) a PC with Windows 2000 PRO installed on it. His son decided to take a retail Windows XP Home CD (Spanish version), and install it instead, right over W2000PRO.

The PC worked OK for a few hours, until it was shut down. Now, the PC will not start and keeps asking for a W2000PRO CD which got lost in a move.

What kind of a mess is he in?

Any suggestions on how to rescue him?

Thanks for the help.

[mobo57]

Did he do a clean install or just upgrade? If you can get your hands on (borrow) a W2K disk it should work. W2k-XP may be looking for some files and it generally does not matter if it is the same disk/os that was loaded. I have several computers all running w2k pro. Each (yes Billy G.) has it's own licensed copy of W2k. But I do not keep them separate. I have gone from system to system and used the same disk with no adverse effects. I only have the licenses to be "legal".

You also might try putting in the XP disk. W2k and XP are built on the same kernel and you may luck out and be able to get the files you need from there. If you do, let me now next time you go to Vegas!!

Question is, why did the noob try to go from w2k Pro to XP Home?????

[Swordfish]

why don't you boot the system with XP CD?

try setting the CDROM as the first boot device, insert the XP Home cd.

[ReefDogg]

FZWG did the advice work?? And porque WinXP es spanish version, where did get it.

I think what Swordfish said should work que no?

But why Win2kPro to XP home....aye!

[FZWG]

Full of questions!!!

If a 'Repair'is done using the second repair option in W2000PRO, would all the drivers and programs need reinstalling??

The gentleman who own this PC is from South America, and he was trying to get his Spanish version OS installed. It sort of did not work...he though it would install like a game or any other plain old program bought at a store. Guess he did not realize it was an Operating System.

Oh well. It is fix time.

Thanks for the help.

[mobo57]

No, it will just repair those files it identifies as needing it.

[FZWG]

Thanks for the info.

Prefer not to re-install everything on the disk.