Reinstallation of Windows 2000

[Guest]

If I reinstall Win 2000 over the top of current installation, "Will I lose data, software, etc., on "C" drive?" It appears I have corrupted files/drive. System will not boot correctly. Thanks for any help.

 

[Wouter]

If I reinstall Win 2000 over the top of current
installation, "Will I lose data, software, etc., on "C"
drive?" It appears I have corrupted files/drive. System
will not boot correctly. Thanks for any help.

Have you tried a safe boot?
That is: reboot the system, and as soon as the blackscreen with
scroll bar appears you hit F8.
Then select Safe Mode.
If this works, you can at least save your valuable documents
prior to experiment with Windows installation.
Another option to rescue data is to make a DOS bootfloppy, put
READNTFS.EXE on the floppy.
Boot from the floppy and use READNTFS.EXE to save your valuable
data (it will store files with 8.3 filenames).

 

[Dave Patrick]

These may help. Doubtful this would work if the operating system does not
start.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q292/1/75.ASP

What an In-Place Windows 2000 Upgrade Changes and What It Does Not Change
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q306952

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

If I reinstall Win 2000 over the top of current installation, "Will I lose

data, software, etc., on "C" drive?" It appears I have corrupted
files/drive. System will not boot correctly. Thanks for any help.

 

[steve]

No you will not loose anything, when 2000/xp/98 setup
starts as a part of it's setup it reads your current
registry, just make sure that you select re-instrall not
format. This is off of a Win2K CD not a restore CD from
manufacture, these will wipe your intire system.

At least this has worked for me in the past

Good luck

-----Original Message-----
If I reinstall Win 2000 over the top of current

installation, "Will I lose data, software, etc., on "C"
drive?" It appears I have corrupted files/drive. System
will not boot correctly. Thanks for any help.

 

[Daniel Chang [MSFT]]

You probably should run chkdsk against your volume. From your post, it
appears you want to do an in-place upgrade to preserve your applications.
Here are detailed instructions.

292175 How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=292175

306952 What an In-Place Windows 2000 Upgrade Changes and What It Does Not
Change

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=306952

238359 Differences Between Manual and Fast Repair in Windows

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=238359

816579 How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=816579


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: If I reinstall Win 2000 over the top of current installation, "Will I lose
data, software, etc., on "C" drive?" It appears I have corrupted
files/drive. System will not boot correctly. Thanks for any help.

 

[Bryan Curtis]

Have you tried booting to your win2k disk and choosing
repair?
That could resolve your boot problem without having to do
an install leaving current file structure in tact.

Good luck!!!!

Bryan Curtis