Win 2000 not working!!!

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Chris H

My install of Win2K has stopped working. Everything loads
up ok, and the desktop appears when logged in. The
problem is when I double click any icons or select a
program from the start menu, the little hourglass
appears, and then goes away, and the program or window
never opens, this happens even with My Computer, or
Explorer. This happened since I installed SP3. Does
anybody know how to get the system working, I did not
archive the files before upgrade. Also is it possible to
slave my hard drive to another PC, and access all the
files from this PC, and save them, before I reformatt and
reinstall?? ie can I slave as a D Drive on another
system, as a slaved drive, and access all the folders etc
(the documents of all profiles, I have the admin password)

Rgrds

Chris H
 
Thanks

If this dosnt work, is it possible to slave a Win2K hard
drive to a win XP system?? to retreive my files, or am I
consigned to losing them??
Chris
-----Original Message-----
These may help.

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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Regards,

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

Chris H said:
My install of Win2K has stopped working. Everything loads
up ok, and the desktop appears when logged in. The
problem is when I double click any icons or select a
program from the start menu, the little hourglass
appears, and then goes away, and the program or window
never opens, this happens even with My Computer, or
Explorer. This happened since I installed SP3. Does
anybody know how to get the system working, I did not
archive the files before upgrade. Also is it possible to
slave my hard drive to another PC, and access all the
files from this PC, and save them, before I reformatt and
reinstall?? ie can I slave as a D Drive on another
system, as a slaved drive, and access all the folders etc
(the documents of all profiles, I have the admin password)

Rgrds

Chris H
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Either that or a parallel install. Install a new instance of the OS in other
than \winnt
 
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