OS question W2K/W2K

[ff]

Ok, I did a fresh install of Win2K on a computer with an older build of
Win2K already on it. The older version is still there in it's own
folders and when I boot, I get asked which one I want to start. No
problem, I pick the new one.

However, some of the other applications already on the HD refuse to work
with the new install. They want to be reinstalled too. I managed to fix
some of them when they specifically ask for a dll or such, I can find it
in the old system folder and move it too the new.

But some apps just say no. Does anyone know a short cut to get my apps
up and running with out reinstalling all of them?

Thanks in advance!

Fred

 

[Gary H]

Ok, I did a fresh install of Win2K on a computer with an older build of
Win2K already on it. The older version is still there in it's own
folders and when I boot, I get asked which one I want to start. No
problem, I pick the new one.

However, some of the other applications already on the HD refuse to work
with the new install. They want to be reinstalled too. I managed to fix
some of them when they specifically ask for a dll or such, I can find it
in the old system folder and move it too the new.

But some apps just say no. Does anyone know a short cut to get my apps
up and running with out reinstalling all of them?

Thanks in advance!

Fred

Most likely they're not properly registered with the new windows
installation. When you boot into the newly installed Windows,
only those applications that are in its Registry will respond
correctly. I think...

 

[JAD]

Ok, I did a fresh install of Win2K on a computer with an older build of
Win2K already on it. The older version is still there in it's own
folders and when I boot, I get asked which one I want to start. No
problem, I pick the new one.

However, some of the other applications already on the HD refuse to work
with the new install. They want to be reinstalled too. I managed to fix
some of them when they specifically ask for a dll or such, I can find it
in the old system folder and move it too the new.

But some apps just say no. Does anyone know a short cut to get my apps
up and running with out reinstalling all of them?

Thanks in advance!

Fred

What you did was create a 'dual' boot. If this is not what you intended
then you really have a mess.
None of your software residing in the 'old install's' directories are
registered in the 'new installs' registry.
Its a mess.

 

[dawg]

Did you istall the 2nd time on the same partition? You will have big
problems if you did.

 

[hdrdtd]

When you installed Win2k, it should have found the existing copy of Windows
and then given you a choice to install in a different directory or install
in the same directory.

If you chose to install it in a different directory, then yes you will
probably need to re-install all your apps so they get registered and install
all their dll's in the proper place with thr new win2k Installation.

had you chosen to install Win2K in the same directory, then there's a good
chance all the old apps would still work.

 

[ff]

When you installed Win2k, it should have found the existing copy of Windows
and then given you a choice to install in a different directory or install
in the same directory.

If you chose to install it in a different directory, then yes you will
probably need to re-install all your apps so they get registered and install
all their dll's in the proper place with thr new win2k Installation.

had you chosen to install Win2K in the same directory, then there's a good
chance all the old apps would still work.

Ok, so what I need to do is start over. I was hoping someone knew a
short cut, like "copy all xyz files to the new system folder"
But I guess it just isn't that simple.

I don't want to re-install all my apps, since I don't have all the cds
and they are custom configured etc.

I want to get rid of the new Win2K install and start over and make it a
single boot system with all the apps registered to the new install.

Any tips on doing this are welcome too .

Fred

 

[DaveW]

No. Basically they have to be reinstalled to assign them to a particular
copy of W2K. With two unrelated copies of W2K installed on your machine and
some of the programs assigned to one or the other, the OS's have no idea how
to track the mess.

 

[DaveW]

No. Basically they have to be reinstalled to assign them to a particular
copy of W2K. With two unrelated copies of W2K installed on your machine and
some of the programs assigned to one or the other, the OS's have no idea how
to track the mess.

 

[David Maynard]

Ok, I did a fresh install of Win2K on a computer with an older build of
Win2K already on it. The older version is still there in it's own
folders and when I boot, I get asked which one I want to start. No
problem, I pick the new one.

However, some of the other applications already on the HD refuse to work
with the new install. They want to be reinstalled too. I managed to fix
some of them when they specifically ask for a dll or such, I can find it
in the old system folder and move it too the new.

But some apps just say no. Does anyone know a short cut to get my apps
up and running with out reinstalling all of them?

Thanks in advance!

Fred

I'm afraid you've created a nightmare.

When you told it to install into a different folder than the existing one
that tells it to make a separate installation, or try anyway, so none of
the settings, or files, from the existing one are copied into the new.

Things in "Program Files" are still there but none of the files a program
may have installed into the windows folders, or special user folders, are
there and none of the install information is in the registry or the
installer directory for the new installation either.

And there's no reasonably simple way to get it there either, short of
reinstalling the programs.

The best thing would be to get the 'new' installation back off the system
and repair the old one (I presume there was something wrong with it or else
you wouldn't have been doing an 'install) but since you say you've MOVED
files they're no longer in the right place for the old installation.

So I'm not sure it's recoverable at this stage.

 

[Curmudgeon]

Ok, I did a fresh install of Win2K on a computer with an older build of
Win2K already on it. The older version is still there in it's own
folders and when I boot, I get asked which one I want to start. No
problem, I pick the new one.

However, some of the other applications already on the HD refuse to work
with the new install. They want to be reinstalled too. I managed to fix
some of them when they specifically ask for a dll or such, I can find it
in the old system folder and move it too the new.

But some apps just say no. Does anyone know a short cut to get my apps
up and running with out reinstalling all of them?

Thanks in advance!

Fred

Been there, done it, designed the t-shirt and couldn't make a sale.

My suggestion? If you have all the software on CD or whatever,
then save any important personal files you may have to another
medium. Boot to BIOS. Make your CD drive the first boot
device. Insert your Windows CD and do a completely fresh format
and install. Reinstall your software and copy your personal
files back to the appropriate folders.
Unfortunately, it's the only fool-proof method of ensuring a
stable platform. I've tried all the rest of the possibilities.


Why the OS allows two versions of itself to be installed on the
same drive is beyond my comprehension. I guess some folks may
have a reason to do it. I'm kinda slow witted so I guess I
never figured it out and pulled the same stunt you did. Not
once, but twice so, don't feel bad.

 

[ff]

Been there, done it, designed the t-shirt and couldn't make a sale.

My suggestion? If you have all the software on CD or whatever, then
save any important personal files you may have to another medium.
Boot to BIOS. Make your CD drive the first boot device. Insert your
Windows CD and do a completely fresh format and install. Reinstall
your software and copy your personal files back to the appropriate
folders.
Unfortunately, it's the only fool-proof method of ensuring a stable
platform. I've tried all the rest of the possibilities.

Why the OS allows two versions of itself to be installed on the same
drive is beyond my comprehension. I guess some folks may have a
reason to do it. I'm kinda slow witted so I guess I never figured it
out and pulled the same stunt you did. Not once, but twice so, don't
feel bad.

Thanks for the reply. I did the install again, reading all the
directions this time Now I have a freshly NTFS formatted hd and a
single boot Win2K system,
I see where I went wrong before, the setup gave me the option of adding
a _third_ operatiing system in addition to the two already there!

Fred