Compaq Laptop: Which OS 2000 Pro Or Home
Mar 17, 2005
I was given an old Laptop from a National Canadian Bank. Here are the following statistics, It currently has Windows 2000 Professional but since it was from a Bank it has quite a bit of Bank related Software and Network settings. I was looking to format the drive and install Windows XP. I was told in another post on the forum that perhaps my laptop might not be the optimal to my system. Which Operating system should I install on this system?
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Sep 28, 2005
I have been thinking about upgrading my laptop computer to Windows 2000. Hopefully I don't have problems when it comes to finding the right drivers for my laptop computer, but the other thing that I am worried about is downloading the updates. My computer is only 300MHz with 96 MB of RAM in it, I only connect at 28.8 on the phone line and I haven't got a network to connect my laptop to high speed. Is there a way that I can download seperate updates for Windows 2000? Is there a way I can download Internet Explorer 6 and save it?
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Oct 18, 2003
I have a Compaq Presario 5000 with 192M of RAM, 866MHz, and 40G HD. It had Windows Me loaded on it, and I tried installing W2K, but it didn't work. Here is the error message that I get: couldn't open drive multi(0) disk(0) rdisk(0) partition(1)
NTLDR: couldn't open drive multi(0) disk(0) rdisk(0) partition(1) As some of you suggested in other potings, I made sure that the boot from CD was the first option in BIOS. I tried installing Windows 98. NT4, 2000, and XP using bootable CDs and startup disks but didn't get anywhere. I booted in DOS and formatted the HD and used different partitions sizes and formatted them in FAT and NTFS, and I still got the same result. The cable is connected properly to the HD and there are no apparent damage/problem with anything inside. Linux works like a champ on it, but windows doesn't.
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Dec 10, 2005
If its possible to get a compaq operating disk with win. 2000on it, to install on a compaq deskpro evan though it was created for a compaq evo ,got to get away from windows 98 now microsoft dont support it. thanks in advance for ant responce
Reg.
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Dec 12, 2006
I have a Compaq Presario 3045US that freezes on occasion for no apparent reason. Mouse, keyboard will not function, unable to shut down, have to pull power and reboot. Don't get any error message and no repeatable process although watching dvds does seem to cause it to happen more often.
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Apr 2, 2010
my laptop doesnt open to windows there is a message on top of the screen NTLDR is missing below is a message to press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart but when i try this it doest work.
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Dec 10, 2007
I have Compaq laptop which has 512 meg ram shared so technically i get 300 meg. it came with windows xp home edition. also it has 100+ programs that compaq decided to load it making it even slow.It also have backup harddrive partition and i created backup dvd's. the problem is if i reformat it using those then all the bloatware will be installed again. which i dont want.I have also got a copy of windows xp. what id like to do is format the computer using a plain windows xp cd. my question are these: would the product key on the back of the laptop work with the xp cd that i have.AND how do i backup the drivers that i would need from the laptop?
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Aug 5, 2008
We meant to do the system restore to a previous date, but instead it appears we reloaded the original configuration. There's no undo option and the only system restore date now offered is today. We've lost everything we ever put on the laptop. Is there any easy way to get it all back?
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Sep 26, 2006
I ordered a replacement disk from Compaq some months back as a replacement. Of course that one went to the customer; but, I copied it. I labeled it with a Sharpie, "XP for Compaq", but didn't distinguish it as Home or Pro.How can I look at the files on this disk and tell whether it is Pro or Home?
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Apr 18, 2007
I have a Compaq laptop that I bought about a year ago. Of course, I did not get a Windows disk with it and I cannot find the software that I did get. When I try to start it, it says that Windows cannot start because a file is missing or corrupt. The file is "windowssytem32configsystem". It suggests that I attempt to repair it using the original Setup CD-ROM, which, of course, I don't have.
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May 22, 2010
I just got a Compaq F700 laptop from someone on craigslist. It seems to work as expected, survives prime95 etc.http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc [...] g=en&cc=us
It originally came with vista (and indeed he gave me the recovery discs that would put it back if I wanted toBut I'm trying to install Windows XP instead. I seem to have managed to get all other drivers installed. From googling apparently it's the audio and video drivers that most people have problems with.
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Dec 29, 2005
Alright. Please, somebody help me. This is just plain annoying. I have a Compaq Notebook Presario 2402 US that I got recently. It came preinstalled with XP Home. I wanted to format and instead install XP Pro from a CD that I have already. Surprise, surprise. The dang laptop won't boot from the XP Pro cd but boots up fine with the recovery XP Home cd that it comes with.I read somewhere that Compaq and HP block the computer from reading other OS's. Don't know why.The question is, how do I unlock it? I don't want to install XP Home and then upgrade to XP Pro.
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Jan 19, 2006
I purhase this old Dell laptop from Ebay, and it has Win 2000 pro on it. It will boot to windows, however, I am try to install Win XP pro from cd rom drive. The laptop go to win, I am looking at cd rom and the light is blinking. I disable the hard dive and floopy, and the laptop said on boot device or operator system. I am in coms trying to bios, so I could boot from the cd rom. However, nothing is working, is their any way I could wipe this hard drive. I feel that their something that stoping the cd rom from boot the disk. Or someone made to boot from hard drive only.
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Mar 5, 2007
I want to upgrade my OS from WIN 2000 Pro SP 4 to WIN XP Home SP 2. I have a retailer who offers this upgrade, but does not specify if you can upgrade from WIN 2000 Pro. In fact, they don't speciy what update options you have with this upgrade pakage (Form - To). I have e-mailed them asking if this upgrade will work for me. But, as yet, they haven't replied to my query. Will this this upgrade work for me?
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Jul 30, 2007
I'm not very familiar with installing Operating Systems, and I don't want to screw this up. My computer is slow with XP Home ( but still usable ), so I'd like to do this properly. Also, do you think it'd be good to go back to 2000 if it works fine? I've heard there are many security flaws with 2000 Professional.
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Jun 12, 2008
I have a Dell OptiPlex GX1 currently running Windows 2000 pro.I went to Staples yesterday and purchased XP Home Edition and want to upgrade the Dell. I thought I would be able to just put the cd in and start the process but it keeps giving me an error and says that This version of windows is not compatible, What do I need to do to get XP home to install on this pc?
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Dec 1, 2006
What a pain. It says that upgrading from windows 2000 to XP home is not supported and when I go to reformat, it doesnt allow me to reformat the "partitioned space". It gives me no other option than to install XP on the same partition as Windows 2000, and then tells me it isn't advisable to do it. Whats up with that, and how do I get rid of 2000 so I can properly install XP home?I've unfortunately got XP partially installed, and when I reboot it will go to the black screen... but then asks do I want to start up with xp or 2000, so I start with 2000 and, well, frankly I am sick of this and just want it to install.If I'm going to screw around with this all the time, trying to keep these dang computers functioning, then I really need to take some classes, sheesh.
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Jun 18, 2008
the laptop is very slow. how slow? it takes 14.5 min to boot up.it takes 4 min to get the outline of a window when i click on IE and 3 more min to get the home page up. ( Google.com) it is like this for any other app i try to open. ( the Start button takes about 35 sec to open) it is the same when connected to my lan or when it is a stand alone.So, i did a format and a re install, not once, but twice. i continue to run AVG scans, and spyware scans they always come out clean. And the laptop is still the same.
the laptop is: a P M 1.7 Gig with 256 meg of ram running windows 2000 pro. (format is NTFS) i have a P III 500 gig with the same ram that runs rings around this laptop.
did a mem test 86 and it passed all tests. ran Sea tools (all tests) passed.
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Jan 12, 2008
I just got a laptop that is now running 2000 professional (intel pent. 2). My main computer has XP home (intel pent.3) They are both Compaq's. I would like to replace the 2000 on the laptop with xp. I have the install (retail purchase) disc for the xp. It will be a fairly long process using the install disc due to the updates required. Can I download the XP and other desired programs from my main computer onto the laptop (it has all required updates etc.) If so, could someone outline the process involved. I have a files and settings transfer wizard on the main computer that should be of help in the process. I also have Nero that would allow me to burn a bootable disc if necessary.
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Aug 18, 2006
I'm an intermediate user just beginning to study for MS sys admin.Both my laptops run XP home, but I have 2000 Pro from when I had a desktop...which I unfortunately gave to a family member. I'd like to install this on one of my laptops because the Pro capabilities will allow me to "study" a little better than just home XP. At any rate, I'd like the experience of configuring everything. will I lose everything in XP if I set up a partition to install 2000 Pro? Is it even possible to install both of them without installing 2000 first? The XP came pre-loaded on my computer but I do have a disk.
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Oct 28, 2006
I have a pentium III Dell spare computer siting on a shelf downstairs with win pro 2000 installed on it. Is it a hard thing to uninstall that operating system and reinstall the windows xp home from my main home Dell computer?
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Apr 30, 2007
I was having trouble accessing my Windows XP Home edition from my dual boot Windows XP Home/Windows 2000 Professional system. I used both Win2K and WinXP CDs and their respective repair functions and no help. When I select the Windows XP Home operating system from the boot select menu I get a message that some file for Windows 2000 is corrupt and to use the Windows 2000 CD or F8 function.
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May 7, 2006
I am trying to upgrade my laptop to Windows 2000. Once the OS was loaded I have two PCI slots not not recognized. I tried to put a Netgear Card into the slot and it did not work so I went to Device Manager. It gave me a PCI ?. I dont know where to get a driver for the PCI slots because I dont know there names. What do I do?
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Mar 6, 2008
windows 2000 pro, seems to run ok until you try to get on the internet. you can get around on it ok going to control panel you can download programs etc but the min you plug in a network cable you really even need to doubleclick on the internet if you wait a few seconds after you plug in the network cable right away a blue box pops up with this stop error Stop 0x0000001E (0xC0000005) and then three more sets of all zero's
KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED.
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Nov 4, 2007
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Sep 12, 2009
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Jul 12, 2005
This is probably a fairly straight forward answer to this and I have searched the forum but can't find someone with exactly the same problem so I thought the best thing to do was post a new thread. My brother has a dell laptop which came pre installed with windows XP Home edition when he brought it. Some time ago he had some problems
with it and because he could not find his recovery CD at the time someone gave him a different copy of windows XP Pro which he tried to load because the serial number that he was given was incorrect it did not complete the installation.After speaking to Dell they sent him out the restore CD which loaded the XP Home Edition on which works fine but on boot up it give you the option of booting into either.
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Jan 26, 2006
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