Re: XP Not recognizing Hard Drives

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From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 07/24/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 14:22:43 -0400

Hi,

If you accidentally upgraded the Win2K installation, there is no way back to
it as that is a one-way ticket. The ability to revert to an earlier system
only applies to upgrades from a Win9x installation. 

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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
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"Cecelia" <Cecelia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E31E9296-CE84-4B0C-95BF-7365E0AD4926@microsoft.com...
> I had 2K and XP as dual boot. I have two separate hard drives. When XP was
up I could never access the C and other several other drives. I decided to
re-install XP but accidently did it as an upgrade instead of a new install.
So of course it over wrote 2000. My problem is that now I have no access to
my C drive at all now. Is there a way for me to go back to 2K or am I going
to need to just reformat the two hard drives? I am a graphic designer so I
have a lot of serious programs as well as work that I can't afford to loose.
>
> Any assistance someone could give would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cecelia

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