2 versions of win2000 on disk

[Guest tomh]

While reloading win2000 I encountered a problem did a reboot to last good

config and finished the load. Now I have 2 versions on it on disk, 1 good and

1 bad. How do I ghet rid of the bad version?

TomH

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: 2 versions of win2000 on disk

 

 

"tomh" <tomh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:C2D0BEEA-59C4-4A70-9197-1D66177BF711@microsoft.com...

> While reloading win2000 I encountered a problem did a reboot to last good

> config and finished the load. Now I have 2 versions on it on disk, 1 good

> and

> 1 bad. How do I ghet rid of the bad version?

> TomH

 

What makes you think that you have two versions of Windows? What exactly do

you mean with "finished the load"?

[Guest philo]

Re: 2 versions of win2000 on disk

 

 

"tomh" <tomh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:C2D0BEEA-59C4-4A70-9197-1D66177BF711@microsoft.com...

> While reloading win2000 I encountered a problem did a reboot to last good

> config and finished the load. Now I have 2 versions on it on disk, 1 good

and

> 1 bad. How do I ghet rid of the bad version?

> TomH

 

 

If the configuration that you are now booted to is good,

the old one will not be available anymore...

so you can just forget about it an move on.

 

Here is one thing you might want to do if your machine has a floppy drive:

 

 

go to system tools

backup

 

then create an emergency repair diskette

 

it will backup your registry

and allow you to restore it at a later data.

 

The registry will be backed up on your HD

and the floppy will simply record the path to it etc

[Guest Dave Patrick]

Re: 2 versions of win2000 on disk

 

The cleanest method would be to start over.

 

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.

 

(Note: If your drive controller is not natively supported then you'll want

to boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom. Then *F6* very early and very

important (at setup is inspecting your system) in the setup to prevent drive

controller detection, and select S to specify additional drivers. Then later

you'll be prompted to insert the manufacturer supplied Windows 2000 driver

for your drive controller in drive "A")

 

Setup inspects your computer's hardware configuration and then begins to

install the Setup and driver files. When the Windows 2000 Professional

screen appears, press ENTER to set up Windows 2000 Professional.

 

Read the license agreement, and then press the F8 key to accept the terms of

the license agreement and continue the installation.

 

When the Windows 2000 Professional Setup screen appears, all the existing

partitions and the unpartitioned spaces are listed for each physical hard

disk. Use the ARROW keys to select the partitions Press D to delete an

existing partition, If you press D to delete an existing partition, you must

then press L (or press ENTER, and then press L if it is the System

partition) to confirm that you want to delete the partition. Repeat this

step for each of the existing partitions When all the partitions are deleted

press F3 to exit setup, (to avoid unexpected drive letter assignments with

your new install) then restart the pc then when you get to this point in

setup again select the unpartitioned space, and then press C to create a new

partition and specify the size (if required). Windows will by default use

all available space.

 

Be sure to apply SP4 and these two below to your new install before

connecting to any network. Internet included. (sasser, msblast)

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

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx

 

Then

 

Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?amp;displaylang=en&familyid=B54730CF-8850-4531-B52B-BF28B324C662&displaylang=en

 

 

 

--

 

Regards,

 

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.

Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft MVP [Windows]

http://www.microsoft.com/protect

 

 

"tomh" wrote:

> While reloading win2000 I encountered a problem did a reboot to last good

> config and finished the load. Now I have 2 versions on it on disk, 1 good

> and

> 1 bad. How do I ghet rid of the bad version?

> TomH

[Guest tomh]

Re: 2 versions of win2000 on disk

 

When I finished loading the software and the system booted itself up at boot

up I have a choice of 2 versions. 1 is a bad load the other is good and

works.

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

> "tomh" <tomh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:C2D0BEEA-59C4-4A70-9197-1D66177BF711@microsoft.com...

> > While reloading win2000 I encountered a problem did a reboot to last good

> > config and finished the load. Now I have 2 versions on it on disk, 1 good

> > and

> > 1 bad. How do I ghet rid of the bad version?

> > TomH

>

> What makes you think that you have two versions of Windows? What exactly do

> you mean with "finished the load"?

>

>

>

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: 2 versions of win2000 on disk

 

This probably means that you have an extra menu line in your

OS selector. Please copy & paste the contents of the hidden

file c:\boot.ini into your reply and mark the line that works.

 

 

"tomh" <tomh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:3683EF4B-7133-41F0-BF89-D29A146F8C77@microsoft.com...

> When I finished loading the software and the system booted itself up at

> boot

> up I have a choice of 2 versions. 1 is a bad load the other is good and

> works.

>

> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

>>

>> "tomh" <tomh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:C2D0BEEA-59C4-4A70-9197-1D66177BF711@microsoft.com...

>> > While reloading win2000 I encountered a problem did a reboot to last

>> > good

>> > config and finished the load. Now I have 2 versions on it on disk, 1

>> > good

>> > and

>> > 1 bad. How do I ghet rid of the bad version?

>> > TomH

>>

>> What makes you think that you have two versions of Windows? What exactly

>> do

>> you mean with "finished the load"?

>>

>>

>>

[Guest tomh]

Re: 2 versions of win2000 on disk

 

It looks like I have 2 versions of windows, 1 is windows2000 the other is

winnt, is this possoble? I'm flirting with a full 8g disk now. Not sure of

what to remove to give me rel;eif.

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

> This probably means that you have an extra menu line in your

> OS selector. Please copy & paste the contents of the hidden

> file c:\boot.ini into your reply and mark the line that works.

>

>

> "tomh" <tomh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:3683EF4B-7133-41F0-BF89-D29A146F8C77@microsoft.com...

> > When I finished loading the software and the system booted itself up at

> > boot

> > up I have a choice of 2 versions. 1 is a bad load the other is good and

> > works.

> >

> > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

> >

> >>

> >> "tomh" <tomh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> >> news:C2D0BEEA-59C4-4A70-9197-1D66177BF711@microsoft.com...

> >> > While reloading win2000 I encountered a problem did a reboot to last

> >> > good

> >> > config and finished the load. Now I have 2 versions on it on disk, 1

> >> > good

> >> > and

> >> > 1 bad. How do I ghet rid of the bad version?

> >> > TomH

> >>

> >> What makes you think that you have two versions of Windows? What exactly

> >> do

> >> you mean with "finished the load"?

> >>

> >>

> >>

>

>

>

[Guest tomh]

Re: 2 versions of win2000 on disk

 

Dave: I have a full 8g disk & want to get rid of the bogusd version before

another rebuild. I have windows200 and winnt on disk, can I delete 1 safely?

 

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

> The cleanest method would be to start over.

>

> 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.

>

> (Note: If your drive controller is not natively supported then you'll want

> to boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom. Then *F6* very early and very

> important (at setup is inspecting your system) in the setup to prevent drive

> controller detection, and select S to specify additional drivers. Then later

> you'll be prompted to insert the manufacturer supplied Windows 2000 driver

> for your drive controller in drive "A")

>

> Setup inspects your computer's hardware configuration and then begins to

> install the Setup and driver files. When the Windows 2000 Professional

> screen appears, press ENTER to set up Windows 2000 Professional.

>

> Read the license agreement, and then press the F8 key to accept the terms of

> the license agreement and continue the installation.

>

> When the Windows 2000 Professional Setup screen appears, all the existing

> partitions and the unpartitioned spaces are listed for each physical hard

> disk. Use the ARROW keys to select the partitions Press D to delete an

> existing partition, If you press D to delete an existing partition, you must

> then press L (or press ENTER, and then press L if it is the System

> partition) to confirm that you want to delete the partition. Repeat this

> step for each of the existing partitions When all the partitions are deleted

> press F3 to exit setup, (to avoid unexpected drive letter assignments with

> your new install) then restart the pc then when you get to this point in

> setup again select the unpartitioned space, and then press C to create a new

> partition and specify the size (if required). Windows will by default use

> all available space.

>

> Be sure to apply SP4 and these two below to your new install before

> connecting to any network. Internet included. (sasser, msblast)

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

> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx

> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx

>

> Then

>

> Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4

> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?amp;displaylang=en&familyid=B54730CF-8850-4531-B52B-BF28B324C662&displaylang=en

>

>

>

> --

>

> Regards,

>

> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.

> Microsoft Certified Professional

> Microsoft MVP [Windows]

> http://www.microsoft.com/protect

>

>

> "tomh" wrote:

> > While reloading win2000 I encountered a problem did a reboot to last good

> > config and finished the load. Now I have 2 versions on it on disk, 1 good

> > and

> > 1 bad. How do I ghet rid of the bad version?

> > TomH

>

>

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: 2 versions of win2000 on disk

 

We're getting closer. You can now do this:

1. Launch Windows.

2. Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}

3. Type this command:

set systemroot{Enter}

4. Make a note of what you see. It will be c:\Windows or c:\WinNT.

This is your active Windows folder. The other is your unwanted

duplicate.

5. Type this command:

ren c:\xxxx c:\xxxx.bad

[Replace xxxx with the name of your unwanted system folder,

e.g. with Windows or with WinNT]

6. Wait a week.

7. If all is well, delete the renamed folder.

8. Use notepad.exe to edit the hidden file c:\boot.ini and remove the

reference to the unwanted folder.

 

 

"tomh" <tomh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:AC7D9FDB-6EB0-4031-9CA3-A7BB89598D05@microsoft.com...

> It looks like I have 2 versions of windows, 1 is windows2000 the other is

> winnt, is this possoble? I'm flirting with a full 8g disk now. Not sure of

> what to remove to give me rel;eif.

>

> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

>> This probably means that you have an extra menu line in your

>> OS selector. Please copy & paste the contents of the hidden

>> file c:\boot.ini into your reply and mark the line that works.

>>

>>

>> "tomh" <tomh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:3683EF4B-7133-41F0-BF89-D29A146F8C77@microsoft.com...

>> > When I finished loading the software and the system booted itself up at

>> > boot

>> > up I have a choice of 2 versions. 1 is a bad load the other is good

>> > and

>> > works.

>> >

>> > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>> >

>> >>

>> >> "tomh" <tomh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> >> news:C2D0BEEA-59C4-4A70-9197-1D66177BF711@microsoft.com...

>> >> > While reloading win2000 I encountered a problem did a reboot to last

>> >> > good

>> >> > config and finished the load. Now I have 2 versions on it on disk, 1

>> >> > good

>> >> > and

>> >> > 1 bad. How do I ghet rid of the bad version?

>> >> > TomH

>> >>

>> >> What makes you think that you have two versions of Windows? What

>> >> exactly

>> >> do

>> >> you mean with "finished the load"?

>> >>

>> >>

>> >>

>>

>>

>>

[Guest Dave Patrick]

Re: 2 versions of win2000 on disk

 

Yes, you can perform the clean install.

 

--

 

Regards,

 

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.

Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft MVP [Windows]

http://www.microsoft.com/protect

 

 

"tomh" wrote:

> Dave: I have a full 8g disk & want to get rid of the bogusd version before

> another rebuild. I have windows200 and winnt on disk, can I delete 1

> safely?