Can I repair Windows 2000 Professional??

[viciouskitty]

A friend of mine gave me a pc with windows 2000
professional on it. Ive been trying to install my
ethernet card so I can hook up my DSL to it. The pc
recognizes the card, but the drivers will not install
because of some missing files within the os that I cant
seem to find. Also, I keep getting the error message that
the virtual device driver is corrupt in the registry. I
found a fix for that and tried it, but that didnt work.
My question is, is there any way that I can repair the os
from the same pc that its on?? Keep in mind that I dont
have any restore disks for win2000 pro.....gee.....I hate
win2000!!!!

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Why didn't your friend give you the CD along with the computer?
Without it, and its Product Key and CoA, you don't really have a
legitimate license to use the OS, you know.

You can try Start > Run > SFC /Scannow to use the System File
Checker, but it may ask for the installation CD if the missing files
aren't in the C:\i386 folder.

This technique can also be used to repair Win2K, but it requires
the CD:

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q292175


Bruce Chambers
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[rth]

it - the ms document - says "press a key to start from the CD-ROM" -WHICH
key ? any key ?

 

[Geoffw]

this is a joke - isn't it ?

it - the ms document - says "press a key to start from the CD-ROM" -WHICH
key ? any key ?

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q292
175

 

[Geoffw]

I normally turn a key to start

My computer has a key to lock the case but none to start the
CDROM ?

It has a honeywell keyboard but I cannot find the key for it
either

 

[Bruce Chambers]

it - the ms document - says "press a key to start from the CD-ROM"
-WHICH key ? any key ?

Yes, any key. Simply power up the computer with the Win2K
installation CD in the drive, and, when the prompt appears on the
screen, press the key of your choice.


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[rth]

guess you don't know either...

this is a joke - isn't it ?

 

[rth]

thanks much Bruce... I was worried if I pushed the wrong key I'd get
something awful started.

I've got a c:\ drive that won't boot or do any safe mode... gets about 85%
booted and the gives a bsod...

hoping to be able to re-install w2k pro over the top of the old w2k...

thoughtlessly, I'd made that boot drive NTFS and when I hook it up as a d:\
on the same ide controller nothing can be seen [the bios sees it and western
digital's diagnostic floppy sees it] from any other w2k....

so I was hoping to reinstall over the top... don't care about functionality
at this point, just hoping to recover old data off of it.... that drive had
years of accumulated installs and uninstalls and the registry was upwards of
45 megabytes probably...

 

[Geoffw]

my apologies - I really thought you were having a go

regards

Geoff

thanks much Bruce... I was worried if I pushed the wrong key I'd get
something awful started.

I've got a c:\ drive that won't boot or do any safe mode... gets about 85%
booted and the gives a bsod...

hoping to be able to re-install w2k pro over the top of the old w2k...

thoughtlessly, I'd made that boot drive NTFS and when I hook it up as a d:\
on the same ide controller nothing can be seen [the bios sees it and western
digital's diagnostic floppy sees it] from any other w2k....

so I was hoping to reinstall over the top... don't care about functionality
at this point, just hoping to recover old data off of it.... that drive had
years of accumulated installs and uninstalls and the registry was upwards of
45 megabytes probably...

Yes, any key. Simply power up the computer with the Win2K
installation CD in the drive, and, when the prompt appears on the
screen, press the key of your choice.


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Bruce Chambers

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[rth]

s'OK... I've discovered to my cost that MS's Knowledge base articles
sometimes have unstated assumptions, therefore I tend to be hyper cautious
when they tell me to do something that could have consequences that one
cannot recover from in this world <g> ...

my apologies - I really thought you were having a go

regards

Geoff

thanks much Bruce... I was worried if I pushed the wrong key I'd get
something awful started.

I've got a c:\ drive that won't boot or do any safe mode... gets about 85%
booted and the gives a bsod...

hoping to be able to re-install w2k pro over the top of the old w2k...

thoughtlessly, I'd made that boot drive NTFS and when I hook it up as a d:\
on the same ide controller nothing can be seen [the bios sees it and western
digital's diagnostic floppy sees it] from any other w2k....

so I was hoping to reinstall over the top... don't care about functionality
at this point, just hoping to recover old data off of it.... that drive had
years of accumulated installs and uninstalls and the registry was upwards of
45 megabytes probably...

rth wrote:
it - the ms document - says "press a key to start from the CD-ROM"
-WHICH key ? any key ?



Yes, any key. Simply power up the computer with the Win2K
installation CD in the drive, and, when the prompt appears on the
screen, press the key of your choice.


--

Bruce Chambers

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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
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