Repairing W2K(SP4)

[Lawrence Clemens]

I recently had some problems with a Compaq Armada laptop running Windows
2000 Pro (FAT 32) that I had upgraded with SP4. I ran the Windows 2000
repair sequence where one ignores the first repair offer (which did not seem
to work) and goes to an installation option where repair is offered again.
This went better, and it looked like it was going to boot to W2K, but then
it asked for the Disk with SP4 on it. All I have is the 128 MB download of
SP4.exe which won't satisfy it.

What is the best way to proceed? The laptop does not have an floppy drive.

 

[Dave Patrick]

To extract without installing them, execute
J:\W2kSP4\W2KSP4_EN.exe /x
Then when prompted, specify a directory to hold the extracted files.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE

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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
|I recently had some problems with a Compaq Armada laptop running Windows
| 2000 Pro (FAT 32) that I had upgraded with SP4. I ran the Windows 2000
| repair sequence where one ignores the first repair offer (which did not
seem
| to work) and goes to an installation option where repair is offered
again.
| This went better, and it looked like it was going to boot to W2K, but then
| it asked for the Disk with SP4 on it. All I have is the 128 MB download
of
| SP4.exe which won't satisfy it.
|
| What is the best way to proceed? The laptop does not have an floppy drive.
|
|

 

[Lawrence Clemens]

Dave
Thanks for the reply, this is what I want to do.
Sorry to reveal my ignorance but can you break down the process "execute

J:\W2kSP4\W2KSP4_EN.exe /x" a little more for me?

Do I run this from a command prompt or something? Is "J" a proxy for a drive
that I have?
Densely, Larry

To extract without installing them, execute
J:\W2kSP4\W2KSP4_EN.exe /x
Then when prompted, specify a directory to hold the extracted files.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE

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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 recently had some problems with a Compaq Armada laptop running Windows
| 2000 Pro (FAT 32) that I had upgraded with SP4. I ran the Windows 2000
| repair sequence where one ignores the first repair offer (which did not
seem
| to work) and goes to an installation option where repair is offered
again.
| This went better, and it looked like it was going to boot to W2K, but
then
| it asked for the Disk with SP4 on it. All I have is the 128 MB download
of
| SP4.exe which won't satisfy it.
|
| What is the best way to proceed? The laptop does not have an floppy
drive.
|
|

 

[Dave Patrick]

No just an example. Use any available drive and or directory. Run from a
command prompt.

Say you download to;
C:\SP4Dnld

so now the file path is
C:\SP4Dnld\W2KSP4_EN.exe

so from the 'Run' box or command line;
C:\SP4Dnld\W2KSP4_EN.exe /x

will start the extraction process.


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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

:
| Dave
| Thanks for the reply, this is what I want to do.
| Sorry to reveal my ignorance but can you break down the process "execute
| > J:\W2kSP4\W2KSP4_EN.exe /x" a little more for me?
|
| Do I run this from a command prompt or something? Is "J" a proxy for a
drive
| that I have?
| Densely, Larry

 

[Lawrence Clemens]

Thanks, Dave. That worked fine.

However, when I burned a disk containing the extracted i386 folder, the
notebook hung on "the file NT5INF.cat on Service Pack 4 CD is needed".

This file does not appear to be in the extracted files.

What am I missing now?

 

[Dave Patrick]

These articles may help.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290790
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=228852

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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

:
| Thanks, Dave. That worked fine.
|
| However, when I burned a disk containing the extracted i386 folder, the
| notebook hung on "the file NT5INF.cat on Service Pack 4 CD is needed".
|
| This file does not appear to be in the extracted files.
|
| What am I missing now?

 

[Lawrence Clemens]

Thanks very much, Dave. A final question: might I have avoided this if I had
used a "sliptreamed" W2K + SP4 disk for the repair?

 

[Dave Patrick]

Actually an in-place upgrade isn't possible from integrated media.

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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

:
| Thanks very much, Dave. A final question: might I have avoided this if I
had
| used a "sliptreamed" W2K + SP4 disk for the repair?