Win2KSP4

A user accidentally started the install of a new video driver then rebooted
the system in the middle of the process, thus corrupting the VGA video
drivers for Win2K.

Upon restart the receive the error:
stop 0x000000B4

Cannot start in Safe Mode, VGA Mode and Last Known Good does nothing.

None of the following support documents address the problem.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=250271
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=240369
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;319120

Of course reinstalling Windows would fix the problem but completely wipe out
all the My Documents and every installed program. This would result in a
several hour job to reinstall everything and is NOT a viable option until
there is absolutely no hope of anthing else working.

I have been able to install a 2nd copy of Win2K and can now access all the
files on the system.

QUESTION: Is there *any* way to copy, move, merge, etc the video files,
drivers, settings, etc. from the new installation of Win2K into the old one?

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David G. Wilson

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The system can be recovered by replacing the registry hives from the repair
directory. As you had second installation running you can do it from there
otherwise use the recovery console to do the same.

step 1 : boot the computer in second installation and go to directory
%systemroot% directory of the first installation means if it was c:\winnt go
to c:\winnt\repair.
Step 2: now from here copy the system hive and paste it into the
%systemroot%\system32\config directory of the original installation. But
before you copy do rename the file already present there.



"David G. Wilson" wrote:

> Win2KSP4
>
> A user accidentally started the install of a new video driver then rebooted
> the system in the middle of the process, thus corrupting the VGA video
> drivers for Win2K.
>
> Upon restart the receive the error:
> stop 0x000000B4
>
> Cannot start in Safe Mode, VGA Mode and Last Known Good does nothing.
>
> None of the following support documents address the problem.
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=250271
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=240369
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;319120
>
> Of course reinstalling Windows would fix the problem but completely wipe out
> all the My Documents and every installed program. This would result in a
> several hour job to reinstall everything and is NOT a viable option until
> there is absolutely no hope of anthing else working.
>
> I have been able to install a 2nd copy of Win2K and can now access all the
> files on the system.
>
> QUESTION: Is there *any* way to copy, move, merge, etc the video files,
> drivers, settings, etc. from the new installation of Win2K into the old one?
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> David G. Wilson
>
> Remove "cauce" from e-mail address.
> Take back your e-mailbox!
> Join CAUCE!Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail
> http://www.cauce.org
>
>
>