I know this won't answer your question but why you are still running SQL 2000? If I was you, I would put all my effort and convince upper management that such version of SQL should be replaced and its obsolete.

Last time I saw SQL2000 was actually for a P2V conversion too, previous job. The Developers that run the app were gone and the hardware was about to be decommissioned. But the virtual machine was turned off and taken out of the network.