Reformat an NTFS drive and change windows 2000 server to an XP box

[Guest Sharon43]

I have been given a server to reformat and then reinstall as an XP

workstation. I have tried to unmount the disk and format, I have tried to

format in the disk section but it will not work - I have tried looking this

up but no info found any help gratfully recieved.

 

Sharon 43

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Reformat an NTFS drive and change windows 2000 server to an XP box

 

 

"Sharon43" <Sharon43@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:83F28CD6-A90C-47F2-AA91-6C1E651565FA@microsoft.com...

>I have been given a server to reformat and then reinstall as an XP

> workstation. I have tried to unmount the disk and format, I have tried to

> format in the disk section but it will not work - I have tried looking

> this

> up but no info found any help gratfully recieved.

>

> Sharon 43

 

Use the stock-standard method: Boot the machine with your

WinXP CD, then follow the prompts. There is no need to

do any manual formatting - it's all part of the WinXP installation

process.

[Guest Sharon43]

Re: Reformat an NTFS drive and change windows 2000 server to an XP

 

Re: Reformat an NTFS drive and change windows 2000 server to an XP

 

It is a Windows 2000 server and I have tried booting from XP but it will not

load or reformat.

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

> "Sharon43" <Sharon43@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:83F28CD6-A90C-47F2-AA91-6C1E651565FA@microsoft.com...

> >I have been given a server to reformat and then reinstall as an XP

> > workstation. I have tried to unmount the disk and format, I have tried to

> > format in the disk section but it will not work - I have tried looking

> > this

> > up but no info found any help gratfully recieved.

> >

> > Sharon 43

>

> Use the stock-standard method: Boot the machine with your

> WinXP CD, then follow the prompts. There is no need to

> do any manual formatting - it's all part of the WinXP installation

> process.

>

>

>

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Reformat an NTFS drive and change windows 2000 server to an XP

 

Re: Reformat an NTFS drive and change windows 2000 server to an XP

 

Please explain exactly what you mean with "I have tried booting

from XP", i.e. the steps you took and the messages you saw on

the screen.

 

 

"Sharon43" <Sharon43@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:B45E52E3-DC6A-454F-BE1F-B585FF31EBD7@microsoft.com...

> It is a Windows 2000 server and I have tried booting from XP but it will

> not

> load or reformat.

>

> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

>>

>> "Sharon43" <Sharon43@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:83F28CD6-A90C-47F2-AA91-6C1E651565FA@microsoft.com...

>> >I have been given a server to reformat and then reinstall as an XP

>> > workstation. I have tried to unmount the disk and format, I have tried

>> > to

>> > format in the disk section but it will not work - I have tried looking

>> > this

>> > up but no info found any help gratfully recieved.

>> >

>> > Sharon 43

>>

>> Use the stock-standard method: Boot the machine with your

>> WinXP CD, then follow the prompts. There is no need to

>> do any manual formatting - it's all part of the WinXP installation

>> process.

>>

>>

>>

[Guest Sharon43]

Re: Reformat an NTFS drive and change windows 2000 server to an XP

 

Re: Reformat an NTFS drive and change windows 2000 server to an XP

 

I have set the boot to boot from cd - the XP disc in. It runs through the

motions and then comes up with following:

Set up did not find any hard disk drives installed on your computer, the PC

reboots into Windows Server. I log in and go to disk management and the

format key is greyed out .

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

> Please explain exactly what you mean with "I have tried booting

> from XP", i.e. the steps you took and the messages you saw on

> the screen.

>

>

> "Sharon43" <Sharon43@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:B45E52E3-DC6A-454F-BE1F-B585FF31EBD7@microsoft.com...

> > It is a Windows 2000 server and I have tried booting from XP but it will

> > not

> > load or reformat.

> >

> > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

> >

> >>

> >> "Sharon43" <Sharon43@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> >> news:83F28CD6-A90C-47F2-AA91-6C1E651565FA@microsoft.com...

> >> >I have been given a server to reformat and then reinstall as an XP

> >> > workstation. I have tried to unmount the disk and format, I have tried

> >> > to

> >> > format in the disk section but it will not work - I have tried looking

> >> > this

> >> > up but no info found any help gratfully recieved.

> >> >

> >> > Sharon 43

> >>

> >> Use the stock-standard method: Boot the machine with your

> >> WinXP CD, then follow the prompts. There is no need to

> >> do any manual formatting - it's all part of the WinXP installation

> >> process.

> >>

> >>

> >>

>

>

>

[Guest Sharon43]

Re: Reformat an NTFS drive and change windows 2000 server to an XP

 

Re: Reformat an NTFS drive and change windows 2000 server to an XP

 

I booted from the XP CD and it went through but then came up with

"Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed on your computer"

The pc then reboots and goes into Windows Server.

 

I gave tried to boot from safe mode with dos then format but this does not

work.

I then go into disk managment and format is greyed out. It is a Windows 2000

server with an NTFS Partition I think. I want to delete/unistall Windows 2000

and turn this into a normal XP workstation but cannot format it any way I

have tried.

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

> Please explain exactly what you mean with "I have tried booting

> from XP", i.e. the steps you took and the messages you saw on

> the screen.

>

>

> "Sharon43" <Sharon43@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:B45E52E3-DC6A-454F-BE1F-B585FF31EBD7@microsoft.com...

> > It is a Windows 2000 server and I have tried booting from XP but it will

> > not

> > load or reformat.

> >

> > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

> >

> >>

> >> "Sharon43" <Sharon43@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> >> news:83F28CD6-A90C-47F2-AA91-6C1E651565FA@microsoft.com...

> >> >I have been given a server to reformat and then reinstall as an XP

> >> > workstation. I have tried to unmount the disk and format, I have tried

> >> > to

> >> > format in the disk section but it will not work - I have tried looking

> >> > this

> >> > up but no info found any help gratfully recieved.

> >> >

> >> > Sharon 43

> >>

> >> Use the stock-standard method: Boot the machine with your

> >> WinXP CD, then follow the prompts. There is no need to

> >> do any manual formatting - it's all part of the WinXP installation

> >> process.

> >>

> >>

> >>

>

>

>

[Guest SBS Rocker]

Re: Reformat an NTFS drive and change windows 2000 server to an XP

 

Re: Reformat an NTFS drive and change windows 2000 server to an XP

 

This was previously a server? What make/model? Hardware RAID with a disk

array controller card? What is happening is that setup cannot recognize the

drives because the disk array drivers are not part of the built in Windows

drivers. You need to hit F6 at the beginning of the setup and load the

drivers.

 

"Sharon43" <Sharon43@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:6A22C213-8795-481E-A7F6-6C071B5CC60A@microsoft.com...

>I booted from the XP CD and it went through but then came up with

> "Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed on your computer"

> The pc then reboots and goes into Windows Server.

>

> I gave tried to boot from safe mode with dos then format but this does not

> work.

> I then go into disk managment and format is greyed out. It is a Windows

> 2000

> server with an NTFS Partition I think. I want to delete/unistall Windows

> 2000

> and turn this into a normal XP workstation but cannot format it any way I

> have tried.

>

> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

>> Please explain exactly what you mean with "I have tried booting

>> from XP", i.e. the steps you took and the messages you saw on

>> the screen.

>>

>>

>> "Sharon43" <Sharon43@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:B45E52E3-DC6A-454F-BE1F-B585FF31EBD7@microsoft.com...

>> > It is a Windows 2000 server and I have tried booting from XP but it

>> > will

>> > not

>> > load or reformat.

>> >

>> > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>> >

>> >>

>> >> "Sharon43" <Sharon43@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> >> news:83F28CD6-A90C-47F2-AA91-6C1E651565FA@microsoft.com...

>> >> >I have been given a server to reformat and then reinstall as an XP

>> >> > workstation. I have tried to unmount the disk and format, I have

>> >> > tried

>> >> > to

>> >> > format in the disk section but it will not work - I have tried

>> >> > looking

>> >> > this

>> >> > up but no info found any help gratfully recieved.

>> >> >

>> >> > Sharon 43

>> >>

>> >> Use the stock-standard method: Boot the machine with your

>> >> WinXP CD, then follow the prompts. There is no need to

>> >> do any manual formatting - it's all part of the WinXP installation

>> >> process.

>> >>

>> >>

>> >>

>>

>>

>>