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Anonymous   02-09-2005 at 05:48:57 AM

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Some bad blocks developed on system disk and now Win2K won't boot any
longer. Some 45 secs down the boot process (assume shortly before logon
screen), a blue screen shows up, but only for about 1/10 sec so it's
unreadable. The system reboots, and this keeps going on & on.

Tried to repair using the install CD, but when setup looks for the location
of Windows it doesn't find it. Message says: Setup program does not detect a
previous installation.

Anyone who knows what criteria are used to determine the presence of
Windows? Is it just 1 file? The Winnt and usual subdirs are present, but
maybe just that crucial file may be deleted or corrupt.

Any suggestions more than welcome
Paul

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Anonymous   02-09-2005 at 05:48:58 AM
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Your best bet may a parallel install. Recover your data, replace the failing
drive, then start a new install.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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"Paul N" wrote:
| Some bad blocks developed on system disk and now Win2K won't boot any
| longer. Some 45 secs down the boot process (assume shortly before logon
| screen), a blue screen shows up, but only for about 1/10 sec so it's
| unreadable. The system reboots, and this keeps going on & on.
|
| Tried to repair using the install CD, but when setup looks for the
location
| of Windows it doesn't find it. Message says: Setup program does not detect
a
| previous installation.
|
| Anyone who knows what criteria are used to determine the presence of
| Windows? Is it just 1 file? The Winnt and usual subdirs are present, but
| maybe just that crucial file may be deleted or corrupt.
|
| Any suggestions more than welcome
| Paul
|
|

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