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More info?)
I don't seem to be able to boot from the Win2K disk without
automatically going into the setup up program. Exiting from the program
results in the system re-booting. How can I load the OS from the CD and
get to a prompt?
Thanks for your help,
David
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Dave Patrick wrote:
> Be advised that upgrades from win9x almost always fail for any number of
> reasons. Save yourself some time and trouble, given that you'll more than
> likely end up with an unstable OS with all the remnants/ corruption left
> behind from the upgrade. Best to blow it all away and go for the clean
> install.
>
> To do a clean install, either boot the Windows 2000 CD-Rom or setup disks.
> The set of four install disks can be created from your Win2k CD-rom; change
> to the \bootdisk directory on the cd-rom and execute makeboot.exe (from dos)
> or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the prompts.
>
> When you get to the point, delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions
> found. After you delete the partition(s) abort the install, then again
> restart the pc booting the CD-Rom or setup disks to avoid unexpected drive
> letter assignments with your new install.
>
> During Windows 2000 setup, at some point, will want to confirm the previous
> operating system for the upgrade; at that point you'll simply insert the
> qualified product install CD for it to verify. Then the install will
> proceed.
>
> Check the pc, mb or hardware manufacturer's web site for the latest bios and
> or Windows 2000 drivers for your devices.
>
> Be sure to apply these to your new install before connecting to any network.
>
>
http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE
>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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>
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>
> <david@drschwartz.net> wrote:
> |I encounter this problem as I upgrade a Win98 machine to Win2K Pro. I
> | thought perhaps that the disk was bad so I borrowed an install disk
> | from a friend to see if it would work. Unfortunately, I encountered the
> | same problem with the 2nd install disk. Clearly, the problem isn't with
> | the disk.
> |
> | Any reason why this problem might be occurring? FYI, there are many
> | other files that can't be found should I choose to skip this file.
> |
> | Thanks in advance,
> | David
> |
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