Reinstall problem Win 200 Pro

[Mumsie]

I have a HP VL400 computer that orginally came with Win
2000 Pro.
Unfortunatly I am forced to do a complete format / reload.
I had to re-order the restore CD from HP.
I have attempted to reinstall the operating system but
keep receiving the message that a /winnt folder already
exists and I have 3 choices.
1) press L to over-write the existing files and keep going
2) Choose a different file to use
3) Exit setup completely.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Or an explanation as
to why this is happening?

 

[Dave Patrick]

If it's a restore CD-Rom it should format or otherwise wipe the drive prior
to the restore. If not, some ways include; boot a win98 startup disk, run
fdisk and delete all partition information found (as long as NTFS is
primary). Or boot the Windows 2000 CD-Rom or setup disks and when you get to
the point, delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions found, then
abort the install. Or use a utility named delpart.

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/reskit/nt31/i386/reskit.exe

Else to do a clean install, either boot the Windows 2000 CD-Rom or setup
disks. The set of four install disks can be created from your Win2k 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.

When you get to the point, delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions
found. After you delete the partition(s) abort the install, then again
restart the pc booting the CD-Rom or setup disks to avoid unexpected drive
letter assignments with your new install.

 

[guri]

-----Original Message-----
I have a P111 computer that orginally came with Win
2000 Pro.
Unfortunatly I am forced to do a complete format / reload.
I have attempted to reinstall the operating system but
keep receiving the message that a /winnt folder already
exists and I have 3 choices. )Exit setup completely.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Or an explanation as
to why this is happening?
.