corrupt files in W2K system

May 14, 2008

I'm having issues with a Win2000Pro SP4 installation (workstation). I had

some files corrupt on the hard drive and ended up running a repair - chkdsk

/f and getting the hard drive to read correctly now.

Win2KPro wouldn't boot. The drive is still ok - I'm dual booting into

other OS's just fine. However, it appears the corruption was in/on a

section of the drive that had the 2KPro system files. It starts to boot

into 2K and goes to the black screen with the white boxes across the bottom

and hangs on the second little box. That part appears to be past bootldr

and etc. I tried to do an inplace upgrade-repair of the partition and got a

parallel install into the WINNT directory. The original is in the WINDOWS

directory (since it was an upgrade from Win98SE).

My question is - what file(s) can I copy to replace the bad file in the

WINDOWS directory so that installation of Win2K can boot up? There's a lot

of programs/settings/etc I really want to save and possibly upgrade into

WinXPPro without doing a clean install?

Thanks so much, in advance!

Jim

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James L Szatkowski, PE, NSPE

jamesski@jlsce.com

http://www.jlsce.com

May 14, 2008

Re: corrupt files in W2K system

This is now a fine mess! A parallel installation on the same partition

as another existing Windows is a last resort measure usually only

intended to be done for data recovery, and then only when other data

recovery methods are unavailable. Because of shared directories, like

the Programs Folder, Internet Explorer etc, such an install usually

does, or can do quite a number on the existing installation.

I can only suggest that you make sure that all your personal data is

properly backed up and that you perhaps try again to do an in-place

upgrade of the original installation (point it to the right folder when

asked) and hope for the best. Don't expect miracles, to obtain a

reliable bug free installation you may have to wipe it and install again

from scratch!

This is for NT4 but much of the information there should be informative:

How and Why to Perform a Parallel Installation of Windows NT 4.0

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=259003

John

Jim Szatkowski wrote:

> I'm having issues with a Win2000Pro SP4 installation (workstation). I

> had some files corrupt on the hard drive and ended up running a repair -

> chkdsk /f and getting the hard drive to read correctly now.

>

> Win2KPro wouldn't boot. The drive is still ok - I'm dual booting into

> other OS's just fine. However, it appears the corruption was in/on a

> section of the drive that had the 2KPro system files. It starts to

> boot into 2K and goes to the black screen with the white boxes across

> the bottom and hangs on the second little box. That part appears to be

> past bootldr and etc. I tried to do an inplace upgrade-repair of the

> partition and got a parallel install into the WINNT directory. The

> original is in the WINDOWS directory (since it was an upgrade from

> Win98SE).

>

> My question is - what file(s) can I copy to replace the bad file in the

> WINDOWS directory so that installation of Win2K can boot up? There's a

> lot of programs/settings/etc I really want to save and possibly upgrade

> into WinXPPro without doing a clean install?

>

> Thanks so much, in advance!

> Jim

May 14, 2008

Re: corrupt files in W2K system

Do you know what specific file is executing during that black screen with

the white

boxes across the bottom is visible?

Thanks!

Jim

"John John (MVP)" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message

news:%239v7dwctIHA.5892@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> This is now a fine mess! A parallel installation on the same partition as

> another existing Windows is a last resort measure usually only intended to

> be done for data recovery, and then only when other data recovery methods

> are unavailable. Because of shared directories, like the Programs Folder,

> Internet Explorer etc, such an install usually does, or can do quite a

> number on the existing installation.

>

> I can only suggest that you make sure that all your personal data is

> properly backed up and that you perhaps try again to do an in-place

> upgrade of the original installation (point it to the right folder when

> asked) and hope for the best. Don't expect miracles, to obtain a reliable

> bug free installation you may have to wipe it and install again from

> scratch!

>

> This is for NT4 but much of the information there should be informative:

>

> How and Why to Perform a Parallel Installation of Windows NT 4.0

> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=259003

>

> John

>

> Jim Szatkowski wrote:

>

>> I'm having issues with a Win2000Pro SP4 installation (workstation). I

>> had some files corrupt on the hard drive and ended up running a repair -

>> chkdsk /f and getting the hard drive to read correctly now.

>>

>> Win2KPro wouldn't boot. The drive is still ok - I'm dual booting into

>> other OS's just fine. However, it appears the corruption was in/on a

>> section of the drive that had the 2KPro system files. It starts to boot

>> into 2K and goes to the black screen with the white boxes across the

>> bottom and hangs on the second little box. That part appears to be past

>> bootldr and etc. I tried to do an inplace upgrade-repair of the

>> partition and got a parallel install into the WINNT directory. The

>> original is in the WINDOWS directory (since it was an upgrade from

>> Win98SE).

>>

>> My question is - what file(s) can I copy to replace the bad file in the

>> WINDOWS directory so that installation of Win2K can boot up? There's a

>> lot of programs/settings/etc I really want to save and possibly upgrade

>> into WinXPPro without doing a clean install?

>>

>> Thanks so much, in advance!

>> Jim

>

May 14, 2008

Re: corrupt files in W2K system

No, not really. You can enable boot logging (tap the F8 key when

booting) then look at the ntbtlog.txt file in the %systemroot% folder

and see if you can find anything there.

John

Jim Szatkowski wrote:

> Do you know what specific file is executing during that black screen

> with the white

> boxes across the bottom is visible?

> Thanks!

> Jim

> "John John (MVP)" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message

> news:%239v7dwctIHA.5892@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>

>> This is now a fine mess! A parallel installation on the same

>> partition as another existing Windows is a last resort measure usually

>> only intended to be done for data recovery, and then only when other

>> data recovery methods are unavailable. Because of shared directories,

>> like the Programs Folder, Internet Explorer etc, such an install

>> usually does, or can do quite a number on the existing installation.

>>

>> I can only suggest that you make sure that all your personal data is

>> properly backed up and that you perhaps try again to do an in-place

>> upgrade of the original installation (point it to the right folder

>> when asked) and hope for the best. Don't expect miracles, to obtain a

>> reliable bug free installation you may have to wipe it and install

>> again from scratch!

>>

>> This is for NT4 but much of the information there should be informative:

>>

>> How and Why to Perform a Parallel Installation of Windows NT 4.0

>> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=259003

>>

>> John

>>

>> Jim Szatkowski wrote:

>>

>>> I'm having issues with a Win2000Pro SP4 installation (workstation).

>>> I had some files corrupt on the hard drive and ended up running a

>>> repair - chkdsk /f and getting the hard drive to read correctly now.

>>>

>>> Win2KPro wouldn't boot. The drive is still ok - I'm dual booting

>>> into other OS's just fine. However, it appears the corruption was

>>> in/on a section of the drive that had the 2KPro system files. It

>>> starts to boot into 2K and goes to the black screen with the white

>>> boxes across the bottom and hangs on the second little box. That

>>> part appears to be past bootldr and etc. I tried to do an inplace

>>> upgrade-repair of the partition and got a parallel install into the

>>> WINNT directory. The original is in the WINDOWS directory (since it

>>> was an upgrade from Win98SE).

>>>

>>> My question is - what file(s) can I copy to replace the bad file in

>>> the WINDOWS directory so that installation of Win2K can boot up?

>>> There's a lot of programs/settings/etc I really want to save and

>>> possibly upgrade into WinXPPro without doing a clean install?

>>>

>>> Thanks so much, in advance!

>>> Jim

>>

>

May 14, 2008

Re: corrupt files in W2K system

use "/sos" switch in boot.ini

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833722