Reinstalling windows2000

[john]

I have win2000 pro installed on my pc. I was having a problem with some of
my windows applications so I decided to reinstall win2000 pro. Now it all
hangs in the middle of the installation. How do I cancell installation in
the middle?

John

 

[Dave Patrick]

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.

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.

 

[john]

I do not want to do a clean install if I can help it. I need to be able to
finish istallation of my win2000 pro.
Does anyone know how to do this?

John

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.

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.

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Regards,

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

I have win2000 pro installed on my pc. I was having a problem with some of
my windows applications so I decided to reinstall win2000 pro. Now it all
hangs in the middle of the installation. How do I cancell installation in
the middle?

John

 

[john]

I tryed again and got his message:
Error writing encrypted data to the web server's configuration database
(metabase).
gave me options to.
retry, write unencrypted, write unicrypted all

What does this mean?

John