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Tried to upgrade to XP from 2000 and now nothing works...

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5/13/08 at 3:32pm
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I have a machine with Windows 2000 installed on it, and I recently attempted to upgrade to XP with a recovery disc that I have. I got a message saying that 2000 was not upgradeable to XP, and so I attempted a fresh install of XP instead. To make a long story short (and I can disclose these details if someone finds them relevant later), I installed XP onto the only available partition which also happened to have 2000 already on it. Now, setup and installation of XP will not commence (well it will be it will not install a single file), and I cannot access 2000 at all. So basically I have a completely useless machine on my hands and I have no idea what to do. Any thoughts?



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John


P.S. I had to create this username again even though I have registered with it before. However, this was before this forum got a new look. So sorry to look like a total noob who has not been here before.
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5/14/08 at 12:57am
well the easiest way that i can think of is to buy yourself a new hard drive compatible to your machine, then start from there, while the old hdd, you can buy an enclosure and just format the hdd/get the old files you have there. or do the other way around, buy the enlosure first, then format the hdd, then install a fresh new copy.
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5/14/08 at 5:29am
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I have a machine with Windows 2000 installed on it, and I recently attempted to upgrade to XP with a recovery disc that I have. I got a message saying that 2000 was not upgradeable to XP, and so I attempted a fresh install of XP instead. To make a long story short (and I can disclose these details if someone finds them relevant later), I installed XP onto the only available partition which also happened to have 2000 already on it. Now, setup and installation of XP will not commence (well it will be it will not install a single file), and I cannot access 2000 at all. So basically I have a completely useless machine on my hands and I have no idea what to do. Any thoughts? ..
would u share the machine model and specs?

cheers ...
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