2 versions of win2000 on disk

[tomh]

While reloading win2000 I encountered a problem did a reboot to last good
config and finished the load. Now I have 2 versions on it on disk, 1 good and
1 bad. How do I ghet rid of the bad version?
TomH

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

While reloading win2000 I encountered a problem did a reboot to last good
config and finished the load. Now I have 2 versions on it on disk, 1 good
and
1 bad. How do I ghet rid of the bad version?
TomH

What makes you think that you have two versions of Windows? What exactly do
you mean with "finished the load"?

 

[philo]

While reloading win2000 I encountered a problem did a reboot to last good
config and finished the load. Now I have 2 versions on it on disk, 1 good and
1 bad. How do I ghet rid of the bad version?
TomH

If the configuration that you are now booted to is good,
the old one will not be available anymore...
so you can just forget about it an move on.

Here is one thing you might want to do if your machine has a floppy drive:


go to system tools
backup

then create an emergency repair diskette

it will backup your registry
and allow you to restore it at a later data.

The registry will be backed up on your HD
and the floppy will simply record the path to it etc

 

[Dave Patrick]

The cleanest method would be to start over.

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. Use the ARROW keys to select the partitions Press D to delete an
existing partition, If you press D to delete an existing partition, you must
then press L (or press ENTER, and then press L if it is the System
partition) to confirm that you want to delete the partition. Repeat this
step for each of the existing partitions When all the partitions are deleted
press F3 to exit setup, (to avoid unexpected drive letter assignments with
your new install) then restart the pc then when you get to this point in
setup again select the unpartitioned space, and then press C to create a new
partition and specify the size (if required). Windows will by default use
all available space.

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



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Regards,

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

 

[tomh]

When I finished loading the software and the system booted itself up at boot
up I have a choice of 2 versions. 1 is a bad load the other is good and
works.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

This probably means that you have an extra menu line in your
OS selector. Please copy & paste the contents of the hidden
file c:\boot.ini into your reply and mark the line that works.

 

[tomh]

It looks like I have 2 versions of windows, 1 is windows2000 the other is
winnt, is this possoble? I'm flirting with a full 8g disk now. Not sure of
what to remove to give me rel;eif.

 

[tomh]

Dave: I have a full 8g disk & want to get rid of the bogusd version before
another rebuild. I have windows200 and winnt on disk, can I delete 1 safely?

The cleanest method would be to start over.

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. Use the ARROW keys to select the partitions Press D to delete an
existing partition, If you press D to delete an existing partition, you must
then press L (or press ENTER, and then press L if it is the System
partition) to confirm that you want to delete the partition. Repeat this
step for each of the existing partitions When all the partitions are deleted
press F3 to exit setup, (to avoid unexpected drive letter assignments with
your new install) then restart the pc then when you get to this point in
setup again select the unpartitioned space, and then press C to create a new
partition and specify the size (if required). Windows will by default use
all available space.

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



--

Regards,

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

While reloading win2000 I encountered a problem did a reboot to last good
config and finished the load. Now I have 2 versions on it on disk, 1 good
and
1 bad. How do I ghet rid of the bad version?
TomH

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

We're getting closer. You can now do this:
1. Launch Windows.
2. Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}
3. Type this command:
set systemroot{Enter}
4. Make a note of what you see. It will be c:\Windows or c:\WinNT.
This is your active Windows folder. The other is your unwanted
duplicate.
5. Type this command:
ren c:\xxxx c:\xxxx.bad
[Replace xxxx with the name of your unwanted system folder,
e.g. with Windows or with WinNT]
6. Wait a week.
7. If all is well, delete the renamed folder.
8. Use notepad.exe to edit the hidden file c:\boot.ini and remove the
reference to the unwanted folder.

 

[Dave Patrick]

Yes, you can perform the clean install.

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Regards,

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

 

[tomh]

Pegasus: Thanks.. I knmow what I'm dealing with. Have renamed the bad file
and waiting .. So far no adverse effects.

We're getting closer. You can now do this:
1. Launch Windows.
2. Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}
3. Type this command:
set systemroot{Enter}
4. Make a note of what you see. It will be c:\Windows or c:\WinNT.
This is your active Windows folder. The other is your unwanted
duplicate.
5. Type this command:
ren c:\xxxx c:\xxxx.bad
[Replace xxxx with the name of your unwanted system folder,
e.g. with Windows or with WinNT]
6. Wait a week.
7. If all is well, delete the renamed folder.
8. Use notepad.exe to edit the hidden file c:\boot.ini and remove the
reference to the unwanted folder.

It looks like I have 2 versions of windows, 1 is windows2000 the other is
winnt, is this possoble? I'm flirting with a full 8g disk now. Not sure of
what to remove to give me rel;eif.

 

[tomh]

Dave: Thanks for the info. Looks like I'm all set now..
TomH

The cleanest method would be to start over.

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. Use the ARROW keys to select the partitions Press D to delete an
existing partition, If you press D to delete an existing partition, you must
then press L (or press ENTER, and then press L if it is the System
partition) to confirm that you want to delete the partition. Repeat this
step for each of the existing partitions When all the partitions are deleted
press F3 to exit setup, (to avoid unexpected drive letter assignments with
your new install) then restart the pc then when you get to this point in
setup again select the unpartitioned space, and then press C to create a new
partition and specify the size (if required). Windows will by default use
all available space.

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



--

Regards,

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

While reloading win2000 I encountered a problem did a reboot to last good
config and finished the load. Now I have 2 versions on it on disk, 1 good
and
1 bad. How do I ghet rid of the bad version?
TomH

 

[Dave Patrick]

You're welcome.


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Regards,

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