Repair vs fresh install

[Guest Lee M.]

I am going to be swapping mobos on my Win2k machine. Last time I did a mobo

swap I did a repair install. If I do a fresh install, does the process take

care of partitioning the disk or do I have to boot to DOS and FDISK it?

Never did a fresh install of Windows before, always did the upgrades.

 

Thanks.

[Guest Danny Sanders]

Re: Repair vs fresh install

 

If you boot from the Windows disk it will give you a change to delete and

create partitions.

 

 

hth

DDS

 

"Lee M." <lmacmil@forget_it.com> wrote in message

news:0IGdnTb4N8syRpDVnZ2dnUVZ_sWdnZ2d@comcast.com...

>I am going to be swapping mobos on my Win2k machine. Last time I did a

>mobo swap I did a repair install. If I do a fresh install, does the

>process take care of partitioning the disk or do I have to boot to DOS and

>FDISK it? Never did a fresh install of Windows before, always did the

>upgrades.

>

> Thanks.

>

>

>

[Guest Dave Patrick]

Re: Repair vs fresh install

 

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

 

 

 

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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

 

"Lee M." wrote:

>I am going to be swapping mobos on my Win2k machine. Last time I did a

>mobo swap I did a repair install. If I do a fresh install, does the

>process take care of partitioning the disk or do I have to boot to DOS and

>FDISK it? Never did a fresh install of Windows before, always did the

>upgrades.

>

> Thanks.

>

>

>