Re: No desktop after upgrade from 2000 Pro to XP Pro.

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From: Stantheman (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/03/04 

Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 18:52:57 -0800

Is your 2000 pro operating system on the C drive now ? Do
you have 2 hard drive ? Why can't you just uninstall xp ?

>-----Original Message-----
>Hey Roadrunner. Thanks for the tip. I have all my
nineteen years of
>accumulated data, some of it extremely important, backed
up on a second drive
>with MS Backup in 2000 Pro.
>Can I restore data from a 2000 Pro backup to an XP
C:drive? I'm assuming
>I'm going to loose all the data and programs on the C
drive when I do a clean
>install of XP.
>I would give anything to just restore my 2000 Pro
installation and start
>over or not at all. I'm in pretty big trouble with this
trashed computer. I'm
>writing this on a new laptop I had to get just to learn
how to restore my
>desktop.
>Thanks for the help. I sure appreciate it.
>Jim
>
>"Road Runner" wrote:
>
>> Hey Jim .... Have a look at this site , its about
performing an clean
>> install of windows xp ... You might want to start over
with a clean install
>> .... Also you can perform this with your upgrade
version of windows xp cd
>> disc , have a look at this website in how its done and
more
>>
>> http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
>>
>>
>>
>> "Jim Ratchford"
<JimRatchford@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:9EBB31BC-DDBB-4E2F-8780-
2FCE89AF5645@microsoft.com...
>> > Been on this site for 48 hours straight as it's the
only place I know
>> > where I
>> > might be able to get my crashed system up after XP
upgrade. I upgraded
>> > from
>> > 2000Pro to XP Pro INCLUDING SP2 !. I wonder if that
has anything to do
>> > with
>> > it. It will boot thru the "WINDOWS xp" with blue
dots, then black, then
>> > light
>> > blue screen with operating cursor, the way it does
befor going to the
>> > desktop, but the desktop never shows up. Some kind
sole said to wait for
>> > five
>> > minutes. One time I waited for nine hours. If I
insert the CD to autostart
>> > I
>> > can hear it run and a picture of a
>> > CD shows up on the screen, but nothing happens. Sure
would appreciate any
>> > help anyone can give me. It's going to be a long
third night.
>> > Jim Ratchford
>>
>>
>>
>.
>

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