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Windows 2000 Pro or XP?

This poll has probably already been done before but I searched for it and I couldn't find it. I would like to know what operating system you guys would use, 2000 pro or XP. Also, if you could post the pros and cons of each (cons other than the fact that windows sucks) that would be great. I have both...with 2000 my system runs with more stability than when I used '98 SE...but it seems to crash all the time (I know this sounds like a contradiction). The problem with 2000 is that I can't play games with it. I've never used XP but I have it and I was wondering weather I should reformat and install it.

Never used either, so i wont vote. But from what ive heard from other people XP is the way to go.

Jon

XP easily wins, although they r both built on nt technology 2K just wasnt compatible with anything, and the first version i had didnt come with open gl, which is a bitch when you come to play games. Anyway xp has not crashed on me once in the 3 months i have had it. So it wins my vote. No slow down, no need to reboot. So far so good. I am really impressed with it

I have win2000 server for school
but xp = better



Win2000 = the result of the power of win NT and the UI of win 98
WinXP = the result of the power of win2000 and the UI of WinMe



I had to learn that for my exams so its still fresh in my memory

Win 2k defos for me, Xp cashes 2 much, I think theres a new, less buggy version of XP (XP 2002) in the works that shud b out later this year. I actually run dual boot win2k pro and 98, so if u got games or nething else that wont run on win2k boot to 98

are most games compatible with XP. ^^^i find that win2000 pro crashes all the time.

also ^^^ in order to have a dual boot, do you need 2 separate partitions?

i would guess so, all im going to say is win 2k pro rules the world! best piece of software ive ever seen! ill leave it at that! lol!

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Originally posted by Coup i would guess so, all im going to say is win 2k pro rules the world! best piece of software ive ever seen! ill leave it at that! lol!

i honestly like the way my system runs under windows 2000 pro...but, it crahses way too much. is this only on my system?

off topic...coup, i was looking at your sig. and if you look at it a certain way the eagle nebula looks like a clenched fist flipping the bird.

XP runs basically the same format as win2k, so if something wont run on win2k, it prob. wont run on XP. For dual boot you do need seperate partitions for win2k and 98, very easy to do under FDISK.
If I was you and win2k is crashing alot then I wud think about changing it, or at least try a fresh, clean install, but I'm suprised it is crashing, as its by far the most stable I have used.

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Originally posted by rockster77 off topic...coup, i was looking at your sig. and if you look at it a certain way the eagle nebula looks like a clenched fist flipping the bird.

the what what what? lol! well i didnt make it, and the person who did i think was taking the piss, with a middle finger? lol! personally i dont like that part of it, keep trying to do something with it but its one layer with the purple background, makes it harder

I won't vote 'cause they both are shite.
Get a real os like Linux or BeOs and just keep win98 if you like to play games and stuff.

Micro$hit stuff sux BiG time.

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Originally posted by Nightmonger I won't vote 'cause they both are shite. Get a real os like Linux or BeOs and just keep win98 if you like to play games and stuff. Micro$hit stuff sux BiG time.

well...i also have best linux 2000 r3 final. i was considering installing it but i don't know how many of my programs will run in it. i often use cool edit pro and sounge forge, winamp, and the microsoft office utilities. i don't think that they will operate under linux. will they?

You can have different operating systems along with Linux and anyway every distro got thousands (yes, thousands) of progs like the ones available for winblows (4 free).
Personally if i really like a win prog or can't find a correspondant linux prog i just reboot in win ... that's all

ok...i think that i'm going to install linux and winXP. i'm not sure how to do this. i'm not much of a computer wiz but i'll explain what i think i know and maybe you guys can tell me where i went wrong.

1. reformat HDD
2. delete partitions?
3. create separate partition
4. make both partitions bootable
5. set them active
6. uhmmm...install operating systems

question: how do i do that from a CD if i've just reformatted my HDD? how will my CD drive operate. wouldn't i need the CDrom drivers? where do i get the CD drivers from and how do i install them?

7. reboot?

ok...what have i done wrong?

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Originally posted by rockster77 ok...what have i done wrong?

Easy mate, first you have to choose which Linux distro to install.
I suggest Mandrake ( www.mandrake.com ) 'cause it's easy, friendly and powerfull.
Just go there and you'll find a shitload of info on how to install and set your box alone or along with other operating systems

Good luck!

just a few questions. i went here:

ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/...e/Mandrake/iso/

do i need to download all of the files?

also...i downloaded the readme file...and it said avoid downloading on a 56K connection. i can only assume that the reason is that it takes forever.

i am going to use gozilla to download the file(s). in the readme file it said to make sure that the files are downloaded in binary mode and not ascii. what mode does gozilla use to download files?

WEll i understand and agree that XP is much better cuz it will work with amost any driver you need.. BUT i'm a bit afraid of using it my self. as for the fact that it's still new and hasn't been fully tested.. by man.. i know it has..

but you never quite know

2000 i use right now.. and i'm happy with it..

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Originally posted by rockster77 i am going to use gozilla to download the file(s). in the readme file it said to make sure that the files are downloaded in binary mode and not ascii. what mode does gozilla use to download files?

it doesnt, only uploading works binary and ascii, downloading is just downloading to my knowlage. ill get someone clever to post here and confirm! lol!

ok yet again my attempt at helping someone with something technical turns to manure. basically all .exe files should be downloaded in binary, download managers should auto dectect this, ive never seen this option in GetRight, so i'd guess that go!zilla sorts it automactialy, .txt's in ascii, rest in binary.

here is the coup dunse guide to installing after format of windows:

Insert a win 98 boot disc, reboot and when it asks, say start without cd-rom support, it'll take you to dos, type format c: (if you wish to remove any partions or create new ones, type FDISC, and follow onscrean.)

to install win 2k on that, totally blank hdd, insert the first win 2k disc, and reboot, i cant remember if it'll ask for cd-rom support or not, if it does, say yes. when asked to choose a partion, select c and say to format in NTFS file system, (this is why NT is so stable)the cd-rom is autodected and setup as one of the basic functions, after all the boot discs, just keep following on from there! formatting is more worry than skill.

3 posts in a row, ill be called a spammer soon

if u want something more detailed, ill pm you a decent guide, ive had major pc headaches so ive done this loads so im, good at it now! lol!

^^^to coup the spammer.

thanks for all the help. i have reformatted and created partitions years ago. i have also installed windows...i just couldn't remember exactly what to do if i did not have the use of a CD rom. i'm guessing that i have to creat a boot disk before i reformat.

i've have never installed 2 operating systems on one computer though. i'm not quite sure how to do that. i don't know if you have to have to separate partitions...one for each operating system or not.

p.s. - coup...who made your sig for you? i need to get one made.

No vote here...

I won't vote here because I still use Win98, I don't like either 2000 or XP - it takes about 1 gb on hdd, that's so much, and the profits aren't worth it.

XP is a superset of win2k + other stuff
hence it has to be better

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Originally posted by rockster77 p.s. - coup...who made your sig for you? i need to get one made.

goldenarmZ made my sig, he's all-over the uk forum bit or get him in pm, and tell him not to make a finger sticking up at you

Oh and a little handy tip for people: WinXp boots of the cd, so no need for a boot disk now, just set up yr bios to boot from cd and it will boot with the cd. So you can instal that way. Just sommit i found was handy.

Oh and if you update yr hardware in XP you have to reinstal XP, trust me on that one. The only thing that can be changed is RAM. and plug and play devices. You have been warned

Oh and dual booting is annoying imo

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