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Follow instructions given in Dave Patrick's reply
"Man Utd" <alanpltseNOSPAM@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:uUjgmv1bFHA.228@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> So in my current situation, I have Win2K installed.
> Do I need to boot my PC with the Win2K floppy disk 1 to boot into Win2K
> installation ?
>
> "DL" <dl@spoofmail> wrote in message
> news:eA$2ed1bFHA.2520@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > You havent 'clean installed' win2k successfully.
> > If, using win2k disk you had deleted all partitions, then recreated and
> > formatted, all data would have been erased
> >
> > "Man Utd" <alanpltseNOSPAM@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
> > news:%23CoAd10bFHA.584@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > > Thanks.
> > > As I encountered some strange things in my harddisk:
> > > I used to have single OS in my PC, ie Win98, then I got dual boot with
> > > Win2K.
> > >
> > > Sometime ago, I deleted the partitions by FDisk, formatted my harddisk
> and
> > > just installed Win2K. However, when I boot up, I still got the dual
boot
> > > options. I tried format, installed several times but still got the
same
> > dual
> > > boot. Why ?
> > > I did delete the entry in the boot.ini file and made that to single
> > option.
> > > But the question is why I got that dual boot options after deleted the
> > > partition and reformat, installed Win2K?
> > >
> > > I got a frustrated situation of my PC, not sure related to my previous
> > dual
> > > boot and reformat, reinstallation of WIn2K:
> > > My PC reboot millions of times when power on, even before login, is
that
> > > something to do with my masterboot record or my harddisk ? Or the
power
> > > supply?
> > >
> > > "Dave Patrick" <mail@Nospam.DSPatrick.com> wrote in message
> > > news:#po2sjvbFHA.2696@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > > To do a clean install, either boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom
or
> > > setup
> > > > disks. The set of four install disks can be created from your
Windows
> > 2000
> > > > 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.
> > > >
> > > > 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-A0C5-241BFEC
> > > D095E/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.
> > > > Microsoft Certified Professional
> > > > Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> > > >
http://www.microsoft.com/protect
> > > >
> > > > "Man Utd" wrote:
> > > > |I installed 2000Prof and converted the partition as NTFS.
> > > > | Now I want to uninstall and reformat the hard disk, I cannot do
that
> > in
> > > > | FDisk.
> > > > | How do I do that ?
> > > > |
> > > > |
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