Reinstall win2K Pro

[The Real Bev]

It runs fine, but if I try to change some of the settings the screen
flashes, the control-alt-delete screens operate very slowly and don't
actually kill anything, and the only thing I can do is flip the switch
on the power strip. Next boot looks normal and everything works. As
long as I leave the settings alone everything is fine. (More details
supplied if necessary.)

I spent a reasonable amount of time downloading MS "essential" updates.
If I do a reinstall from the original CD will I have to go through all
that downloading again?

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Cheers,
Bev
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
"Even Islamic terrorists don't hate America like liberals do.
They don't have the energy. If they had that much energy,
they'd have indoor plumbing by now." -- Ann Coulter

 

[Dave Patrick]

Yes.

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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

:
| It runs fine, but if I try to change some of the settings the screen
| flashes, the control-alt-delete screens operate very slowly and don't
| actually kill anything, and the only thing I can do is flip the switch
| on the power strip. Next boot looks normal and everything works. As
| long as I leave the settings alone everything is fine. (More details
| supplied if necessary.)
|
| I spent a reasonable amount of time downloading MS "essential" updates.
| If I do a reinstall from the original CD will I have to go through all
| that downloading again?
|
| --
| Cheers,
| Bev
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| "Even Islamic terrorists don't hate America like liberals do.
| They don't have the energy. If they had that much energy,
| they'd have indoor plumbing by now." -- Ann Coulter
|

 

[The Real Bev]

Yes.

Crap. Oh well, I didn't really need to make any of those changes anyway.

Is there a good way of transferring a whole win2K system to a new
HD/machine yet? When I checked a year or so ago both ghost and Acronis
(?) were problematical -- sometimes worked and sometimes didn't.

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Cheers,
Bev
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's
safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs. --Unknown

 

[Dave Patrick]

AFAIK they both should work fine. The disk manufacturer's also provide these
utilities.

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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

:
| Crap. Oh well, I didn't really need to make any of those changes anyway.
|
| Is there a good way of transferring a whole win2K system to a new
| HD/machine yet? When I checked a year or so ago both ghost and Acronis
| (?) were problematical -- sometimes worked and sometimes didn't.
|
| --
| Cheers,
| Bev
| oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
| People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's
| safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs. --Unknown

 

[The Real Bev]

AFAIK they both should work fine. The disk manufacturer's also provide these
utilities.

I was unable to copy a working win2K system to a new drive. I was
unable to put the working win2k drive into a new machine. Some Official
Windows Transfer Facility (can't remember what) said yup, everything
transferred fine, except the machine wouldn't boot. Ultimately I ended
up building a whole new system in the new machine with a new drive, but
the whole thing was traumatic -- not so much for what had happened but
for what it said about the future.

BTW, is it the custom here to eliminate previous postings from new messages?

 

[Dave Patrick]

We've no idea what "unable to copy" and "the machine wouldn't boot" means.
Keep in mind we're not there and can't read the error messages on screen
when this happens.


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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

:
| I was unable to copy a working win2K system to a new drive. I was
| unable to put the working win2k drive into a new machine. Some Official
| Windows Transfer Facility (can't remember what) said yup, everything
| transferred fine, except the machine wouldn't boot. Ultimately I ended
| up building a whole new system in the new machine with a new drive, but
| the whole thing was traumatic -- not so much for what had happened but
| for what it said about the future.
|
| BTW, is it the custom here to eliminate previous postings from new
messages?
|
| --
| Cheers,
| Bev
| ------------------------------------------------------------
| VISE GRIPS (VYS'-gripz) [n] A tool used to transfer intense
| welding heat to the palm of the welder's hand. -- DS

 

[The Real Bev]

We've no idea what "unable to copy" and "the machine wouldn't boot" means.
Keep in mind we're not there and can't read the error messages on screen
when this happens.

Sorry, it was over 1.5 years ago and the details have faded. I thought
we were supposed to remember stuff better that we were really angry
about, but I guess not.