RE: Can't reboot after installing SP4 - please help!

[Guest Robersabel]

RE: Can't reboot after installing SP4 - please help!

 

>You must instruct the BIOS to boot

from your CD drive

 

What is the process?

 

I have 3 computers. Two have floppy disc capabiltiy and I possess emergency

reboot discs.

 

However the one I was experiencing a problem before complete recovery does

not have floppy disc capability.

 

I need to prepare a reboot from the CD-ROM.

 

Robert

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Can't reboot after installing SP4 - please help!

 

Re: Can't reboot after installing SP4 - please help!

 

 

"Robersabel" <Robert> wrote in message

news:BA9E926E-682D-4FB5-843D-F058EEB9B853@microsoft.com...

> >You must instruct the BIOS to boot

> from your CD drive

>

> What is the process?

>

> I have 3 computers. Two have floppy disc capabiltiy and I possess

> emergency

> reboot discs.

>

> However the one I was experiencing a problem before complete recovery does

> not have floppy disc capability.

>

> I need to prepare a reboot from the CD-ROM.

>

> Robert

>

 

In such cases I borrow or buy a floppy disk drive and connect

it temporarily to the motherboard.

 

If this is not an option then you have to burn a bootable CD

from your floppy disk. Most if not all CD burners have a dedicated

mode for this. Make sure to store all necessary tools on that same

CD too!

[Guest Dave Patrick]

Re: Can't reboot after installing SP4 - please help!

 

Re: Can't reboot after installing SP4 - please help!

 

You can start Recovery Console and from a command prompt change to the;

%SystemRoot%\$NtServicePackuninstall$\spuninst

directory. Then issue the command;

batch SPuninst.bat

 

The next step is to start in 'Safe Mode' and uninstall the SP again from

Control Panel|Add/Remove to finish the uninstall.

 

To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows 2000

Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. If you do not have Setup

floppy disks and your computer cannot start from the Windows 2000 Setup CD,

use another Windows 2000-based computer to create the Setup floppy disks. At

the "Welcome to Setup" screen. Press F10 or R to repair a Windows 2000

installation, and then press C to use the Recovery Console. The Recovery

Console then prompts you for the administrator password. If you do not have

the correct password, Recovery Console does not allow access to the

computer. If an incorrect password is entered three times, the Recovery

Console quits and restarts the computer. Note If the registry is corrupted

or missing or no valid installations are found, the Recovery Console starts

in the root of the startup volume without requiring a password. You cannot

access any folders, but you can carry out commands such as chkdsk, fixboot,

and fixmbr for limited disk repairs. Once the password has been validated,

you have full access to the Recovery Console, but limited access to the hard

disk. You can only access the following folders on your computer: drive

root, %systemroot% or %windir%

 

--

 

Regards,

 

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

Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft MVP [Windows]

http://www.microsoft.com/protect

 

"Robersabel" <Robert> wrote:

> >You must instruct the BIOS to boot

> from your CD drive

>

> What is the process?

>

> I have 3 computers. Two have floppy disc capabiltiy and I possess

> emergency

> reboot discs.

>

> However the one I was experiencing a problem before complete recovery does

> not have floppy disc capability.

>

> I need to prepare a reboot from the CD-ROM.

>

> Robert

>

>