How do i revert everything on Windows 2000 to its "right-after-install" state?

Hello
My windows2000 advanced server started rebooting itself after 15 minutes of
starting up the system.I tried to install the latest service pack ( it was
srv pack) 3 then,but while install,it rebooted! So the system files got
corrupted.. I downloaded the whole service pack 4 (when it came out a few
days after this incident) and installed it locally. Now it doesnt boot after
15 min but it gives windows file protection errors and it cant connect the
net. it CAN ping but it cant connect on ftp or http. it CAN connect when i
am on win98. so it is not a DNS problem on win2k.
I uninstalled srv pack 4 and now it can connect but reboots after 15 min
like it did before. it still gives windows file protection errors.
I thought and decided if i can revert everything including the system
files to "right-after-install" state, then everything would work normally.
Is there such tool microsoft released or is there an official way or
unofficial way to do it? Dont tell me to have a ghost image after install. I
didnt have because it wasnt compatible enough for me.And now i dont have
such image so lets talk about what we can do;and that is:
How do i revert everything on Windows 2000 Advanced Server to its
right-after-install state?
Thank you.
Email: overclock_addict@yahoo.com

Greetings --

If you don't have an image created right after installing the OS,
the only way you can revert to that same "pristine" state is to format
the hard drive and start from scratch. Before doing so, however, I'd
suggest that you first address the hardware issue, probably related to
overheating, that is causing the machine to spontaneously reboot.

Bruce Chambers

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"jj" <overclock_addict@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hello
> My windows2000 advanced server started rebooting itself after 15
minutes of
> starting up the system.I tried to install the latest service pack
( it was
> srv pack) 3 then,but while install,it rebooted! So the system files
got
> corrupted.. I downloaded the whole service pack 4 (when it came out
a few
> days after this incident) and installed it locally. Now it doesnt
boot after
> 15 min but it gives windows file protection errors and it cant
connect the
> net. it CAN ping but it cant connect on ftp or http. it CAN connect
when i
> am on win98. so it is not a DNS problem on win2k.
> I uninstalled srv pack 4 and now it can connect but reboots after
15 min
> like it did before. it still gives windows file protection errors.
> I thought and decided if i can revert everything including the
system
> files to "right-after-install" state, then everything would work
normally.
> Is there such tool microsoft released or is there an official way or
> unofficial way to do it? Dont tell me to have a ghost image after
install. I
> didnt have because it wasnt compatible enough for me.And now i dont
have
> such image so lets talk about what we can do;and that is:
> How do i revert everything on Windows 2000 Advanced Server to its
> right-after-install state?
> Thank you.
> Email: overclock_addict@yahoo.com
>
>