downgrading 2000 pro to 98

[Guest Marty]

I installed 2000 and it totally slowed my old laptop that Im donating to a

childrens home.. I want to install 98 on my old toshiba and just set it up

for basic networking. Will the 98 disc allow me to install 98 or will it

tell me there is a newer version and wont allow it..Do I have to use a boot

disc and fdisc or wil it install?

[Guest John John]

Re: downgrading 2000 pro to 98

 

You will have to format the drive and install Windows 98 from scratch.

We don't know what file system Windows 2000 was installed on, if it was

installed on NTFS then you will have to use fdisk to delete the

partition and create a new one that you will then format to FAT32 for

the Windows 98 installation.

 

John

 

Marty wrote:

> I installed 2000 and it totally slowed my old laptop that Im donating to a

> childrens home.. I want to install 98 on my old toshiba and just set it up

> for basic networking. Will the 98 disc allow me to install 98 or will it

> tell me there is a newer version and wont allow it..Do I have to use a boot

> disc and fdisc or wil it install?

[Guest Marty]

Re: downgrading 2000 pro to 98

 

Do I need a bootdisc via floppy or can I just go to command and type in

fdisc? I''ve done this a long time ago but needed step by step

instructions.. Thanks

 

"John John" wrote:

> You will have to format the drive and install Windows 98 from scratch.

> We don't know what file system Windows 2000 was installed on, if it was

> installed on NTFS then you will have to use fdisk to delete the

> partition and create a new one that you will then format to FAT32 for

> the Windows 98 installation.

>

> John

>

> Marty wrote:

>

> > I installed 2000 and it totally slowed my old laptop that Im donating to a

> > childrens home.. I want to install 98 on my old toshiba and just set it up

> > for basic networking. Will the 98 disc allow me to install 98 or will it

> > tell me there is a newer version and wont allow it..Do I have to use a boot

> > disc and fdisc or wil it install?

>

[Guest Marty]

Re: downgrading 2000 pro to 98

 

Oh, its ntfs

 

"John John" wrote:

> You will have to format the drive and install Windows 98 from scratch.

> We don't know what file system Windows 2000 was installed on, if it was

> installed on NTFS then you will have to use fdisk to delete the

> partition and create a new one that you will then format to FAT32 for

> the Windows 98 installation.

>

> John

>

> Marty wrote:

>

> > I installed 2000 and it totally slowed my old laptop that Im donating to a

> > childrens home.. I want to install 98 on my old toshiba and just set it up

> > for basic networking. Will the 98 disc allow me to install 98 or will it

> > tell me there is a newer version and wont allow it..Do I have to use a boot

> > disc and fdisc or wil it install?

>

[Guest Dave Patrick]

Re: downgrading 2000 pro to 98

 

You can boot from a win98 startup disk then run fdisk or you can boot the

Windows 2000 CD-Rom, starting setup, then delete all partitions found and

then abort the install. Now boot the win98 CD-Rom to start the installation.

 

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"Marty" wrote:

> Oh, its ntfs

[Guest Marty]

Re: downgrading 2000 pro to 98

 

Ok, I'll try it..Thanks very much..This laptop only has 32 megs of ram, if I

added more, would it help once 98 is all updated and installed? Thanks David

Marty

 

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

> You can boot from a win98 startup disk then run fdisk or you can boot the

> Windows 2000 CD-Rom, starting setup, then delete all partitions found and

> then abort the install. Now boot the win98 CD-Rom to start the installation.

>

> --

>

> Regards,

>

> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.

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> Microsoft MVP [Windows]

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>

> "Marty" wrote:

> > Oh, its ntfs

>

[Guest John John]

Re: downgrading 2000 pro to 98

 

It would probably help, even for Windows 98 32MB RAM is not very much

RAM, if you can add more it certainly wouldn't hurt. However,

considering the age of the machine it may be difficult to find RAM for

it, and if you do find RAM for it you shouldn't spend too much money for

it, the money may be better spent on a different machine.

 

John

 

Marty wrote:

> Ok, I'll try it..Thanks very much..This laptop only has 32 megs of ram, if I

> added more, would it help once 98 is all updated and installed? Thanks David

> Marty

>

> "Dave Patrick" wrote:

>

>

>>You can boot from a win98 startup disk then run fdisk or you can boot the

>>Windows 2000 CD-Rom, starting setup, then delete all partitions found and

>>then abort the install. Now boot the win98 CD-Rom to start the installation.

>>

>>--

>>

>>Regards,

>>

>>Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.

>>Microsoft Certified Professional

>>Microsoft MVP [Windows]

>>http://www.microsoft.com/protect

>>

>>"Marty" wrote:

>>

>>>Oh, its ntfs

>>

[Guest llanalott@yahoo.com]

Re: downgrading 2000 pro to 98

 

 

 

Marty wrote:

> Ok, I'll try it..Thanks very much..This laptop only has 32 megs of ram, if I

> added more, would it help once 98 is all updated and installed? Thanks David

> Marty

>

> "Dave Patrick" wrote:

>

> > You can boot from a win98 startup disk then run fdisk or you can boot the

> > Windows 2000 CD-Rom, starting setup, then delete all partitions found and

> > then abort the install. Now boot the win98 CD-Rom to start the installation.

> >

When I used WindowsMe I went from 64mb ram to 128mb and I was quite

impressed with the news found performance and wished I had done that

long before.

 

Look for a used computer parts place. My older laptop had 64 mb ram

and went to 128 and

it started actually working very well after reinstalling win2000

[Guest Sid Elbow]

Re: downgrading 2000 pro to 98

 

Marty wrote:

> Ok, I'll try it..Thanks very much..This laptop only has 32 megs of ram, if I

> added more, would it help once 98 is all updated and installed?

 

If you added more memory it would even help the Win2K that you have

installed. It would run very badly on 32 meg and that is part of your

problem. Whether Win2K would run sufficiently well on your old machine

even with the extra memory is problematic, but if you are going to do it

anyway you might want to try it before you revert to Win98.

[Guest Andrew Rossmann]

Re: downgrading 2000 pro to 98

 

In article <C862F5B6-EA1D-43B4-874D-E797AE8C2220@microsoft.com>,

Marty@discussions.microsoft.com says...

> I installed 2000 and it totally slowed my old laptop that Im donating to a

> childrens home.. I want to install 98 on my old toshiba and just set it up

> for basic networking. Will the 98 disc allow me to install 98 or will it

> tell me there is a newer version and wont allow it..Do I have to use a boot

> disc and fdisc or wil it install?

 

Just be aware that Win98 is no longer supported at all by MS. No

security patches, etc... You may have to dig to find older software in

some cases, as many are dropping Win9x/Me support and will refuse to

even install or run. It could instantly become a malware target if it's

connected to the Internet.

 

Win2K at least has some support, with security fixes still being

created, and alot of software still runs on it, if it's not outright

supported. It's mostly multimedia and similar that is dropping support

as more and more are requiring WMP11 (XP/Vista only).

 

As you mentioned in another post, it only has 32M of RAM. Even 64M will

make a major difference, 128M is a sweet spot. You might be able to find

some old RAM cheap on-line or Ebay or similar.

 

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[Guest legg]

Re: downgrading 2000 pro to 98

 

On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:56:01 -0800, Marty

<Marty@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Ok, I'll try it..Thanks very much..This laptop only has 32 megs of ram, if I

>added more, would it help once 98 is all updated and installed? Thanks David

>Marty

>

 

I didn't think W2Kpro would install with less than 64M?

 

RL