Missing Autoexec.bat and config.sys

[Yinka]

Hallo,

I mistakenly deleted my autoexec.bat and config.sys and
now my system will not boot up(windows 2000).

Is there anyway I can undo this?

It complains of ntloader when it tries to boot up and
also it doesn't locate any previous installation if I boot
with the CD again to try to repair it. I do not have
repair disks.

PLEASE ADVISE ON POSSIBLE SOLUTION WITHOUT TOTAL
REINSTALLATION.

Thanks.

 

[Pegasus]

Hallo,

I mistakenly deleted my autoexec.bat and config.sys and
now my system will not boot up(windows 2000).

Is there anyway I can undo this?

It complains of ntloader when it tries to boot up and
also it doesn't locate any previous installation if I boot
with the CD again to try to repair it. I do not have
repair disks.

PLEASE ADVISE ON POSSIBLE SOLUTION WITHOUT TOTAL
REINSTALLATION.

Thanks.

Windows 2000 does not use and does not depend on autoexec.bat
and config.sys. Your problem is caused by something else. Try to
find out if your Win2000 installation is still intact, by booting with a
Win2000 boot diskette. Here is how you make one:
- Format a floppy disk on some other Win2000 PC.
Don't do it on a Win9x PC - it won't work.
- Copy these files from the \i386 folder of your Win2000 CD
to A:\
ntldr
ntdetect.com
- Create a file a:\boot.ini with these lines
[Boot Loader]
Timeout=3
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect
- Boot the machine with this floppy

Report back here with the result. Post ***verbatim**** error messages
if you get any rather than the general wording.

 

[Jetro]

Sounds like the boot.ini file was deleted as well. Boot using floppy
diskette as suggested and copy ntldr, ntdetect.com and boot.ini files back
to the system drive root.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Win2K doesn't normally use either Autoexec.bat or Config.sys.
Empty files of those names exist solely to provide backwards
compatibility for legacy applications that expect the file to exist.
Any environmental settings once made in Autoexec.bat under earlier,
DOS-based operating systems, should be set by right-clicking My
Computer > Properties > Advanced > Environment Variables, or by adding
the appropriate entry to C:\System32\Autoexec.nt for the command
prompt environment.

Description of the Windows 2000 Recovery Console
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=kb;en-us;Q229716


Bruce Chambers
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