Reinstall Win2K Pro

[rn5a]

I already have Win2K Pro installed in the C:\ drive & WinXP Pro
installed in the D:\ drive. Both C: & D: are partitions of the same
hard disk.

I wanted a clean re-install of Win2K Pro & hence re-installed it but
after re-installing Win2K, the folders that existed prior to
re-installing still exist (though none of the programs work). Moreover
when I open Control Panel, open 'Display' & go to the 'Settings' tab, I
find only one 'Color Quality' in the drop-down menu which is 16 colors.
If my memory serves me right, while installing Win2K, the setup asks
for the motherboard CD-ROM but the setup didn't prompt me to insert the
motherboard CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive this time. Is this OK?

To do a clean re-install, I was thinking of formatting the C:\ drive
completely & then re-installing Win2K again but will this approach be
safe? The reason I am asking this is because both NTDETECT.COM & NTLDR
exist in the C:\ drive & WinXP uses these 2 files to boot. So will it
be safe if I format C:\ completely & then re-install Win2K Pro?

I don't want WinXP Pro to get affected in anyway. Please suggest.

 

[rn5a]

ADDENDUM:

Strangely when I booted into Win2K, navigated to 'Disk Management' &
right-clicked C: in the right pane, the 'Format' option was enabled but
when I clicked 'Format', I was told that I can't format C: because it
contains system files.

After this, I logged into WinXP, navigated to 'Disk Management' &
right-clicked C: in the right pane. Now I find that the 'Format' option
is disabled!

How do I format C: then so that I can do a clean Win2K re-install?

 

[Dave Patrick]

Copy the three files ntldr, ntdetect.com, boot.ini off to a safe place then
to clean install.

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.

(Note: If your drive controller is not natively supported then you'll want
to boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom. Then *F6* very early and very
important (at setup is inspecting your system) in the setup to prevent drive
controller detection, and select S to specify additional drivers. Then later
you'll be prompted to insert the manufacturer supplied Windows 2000 driver
for your drive controller in drive "A")

Setup inspects your computer's hardware configuration and then begins to
install the Setup and driver files. When the Windows 2000 Professional
screen appears, press ENTER to set up Windows 2000 Professional.

Read the license agreement, and then press the F8 key to accept the terms of
the license agreement and continue the installation.

When the Windows 2000 Professional Setup screen appears, all the existing
partitions and the unpartitioned spaces are listed for each physical hard
disk. At this point choose to FORMAT ONLY the system partition. Then
continue the install. If you delete/ recreate then the system partition will
be D:\ (assuming D:\ is a primary partition)

Be sure to apply SP4 and these two below to your new install before
connecting to any network. Internet included. (sasser, msblast)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx

Then

Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...CF-8850-4531-B52B-BF28B324C662&displaylang=en

After the install then copy the three files back to the root of the system
partition.

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

 

[rn5a]

When the Windows 2000 Professional Setup screen appears, all the existing

partitions and the unpartitioned spaces are listed for each physical hard
disk. At this point choose to FORMAT ONLY the system partition.

Dave, I was shown a list of partitioned & unpartitioned spaces but I
wasn't given the option to format. Rather I was told that there are
files & folders existing in C: & whether I would like to delete them or
not. I told the setup to delete them & a status message simultaneously
was showing the files & folders in C: being deleted but after
re-installing Win2K, I was surprised to find that all the files &
folders in C: intact!

(Note: If your drive controller is not natively supported then you'll want
to boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom. Then *F6* very early and very
important (at setup is inspecting your system) in the setup to prevent drive
controller detection, and select S to specify additional drivers. Then later
you'll be prompted to insert the manufacturer supplied Windows 2000 driver
for your drive controller in drive "A")

When should I press F6? Last time what I did was while I was booted in
Win2K, I inserted the Win2K CD-ROM & then selected a clean install.
After copying system files, the machine booted automatically. After
this, the main installation started (which shows the blue screen with
the words "Windows 2000 Setup installation" at the very top which is
underlined). Should I press F6 at this point?

Copy the three files ntldr, ntdetect.com, boot.ini off to a safe place then
to clean install.

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.

(Note: If your drive controller is not natively supported then you'll want
to boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom. Then *F6* very early and very
important (at setup is inspecting your system) in the setup to prevent drive
controller detection, and select S to specify additional drivers. Then later
you'll be prompted to insert the manufacturer supplied Windows 2000 driver
for your drive controller in drive "A")

Setup inspects your computer's hardware configuration and then begins to
install the Setup and driver files. When the Windows 2000 Professional
screen appears, press ENTER to set up Windows 2000 Professional.

Read the license agreement, and then press the F8 key to accept the terms of
the license agreement and continue the installation.

When the Windows 2000 Professional Setup screen appears, all the existing
partitions and the unpartitioned spaces are listed for each physical hard
disk. At this point choose to FORMAT ONLY the system partition. Then
continue the install. If you delete/ recreate then the system partition will
be D:\ (assuming D:\ is a primary partition)

Be sure to apply SP4 and these two below to your new install before
connecting to any network. Internet included. (sasser, msblast)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx

Then

Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...CF-8850-4531-B52B-BF28B324C662&displaylang=en

After the install then copy the three files back to the root of the system
partition.

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

I already have Win2K Pro installed in the C:\ drive & WinXP Pro
installed in the D:\ drive. Both C: & D: are partitions of the same
hard disk.

I wanted a clean re-install of Win2K Pro & hence re-installed it but
after re-installing Win2K, the folders that existed prior to
re-installing still exist (though none of the programs work). Moreover
when I open Control Panel, open 'Display' & go to the 'Settings' tab, I
find only one 'Color Quality' in the drop-down menu which is 16 colors.
If my memory serves me right, while installing Win2K, the setup asks
for the motherboard CD-ROM but the setup didn't prompt me to insert the
motherboard CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive this time. Is this OK?

To do a clean re-install, I was thinking of formatting the C:\ drive
completely & then re-installing Win2K again but will this approach be
safe? The reason I am asking this is because both NTDETECT.COM & NTLDR
exist in the C:\ drive & WinXP uses these 2 files to boot. So will it
be safe if I format C:\ completely & then re-install Win2K Pro?

I don't want WinXP Pro to get affected in anyway. Please suggest.

 

[Dave Patrick]

Sounds like you started setup from within windows rather than booting the
CD-Rom.

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect