Re: Win 2000 install problems (no CDROM dive!)

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From: M.J. (emjayjones_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 10/30/04 

Date: 30 Oct 2004 00:52:50 -0700

Hi all and thanks for your responses

Dave Patrick" <mail@Nospam.DSPatrick.com> wrote in message news:<epBLDrZvEHA.2520@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl>...
> Are you installing Windows 2000? To do a clean install, either boot the
> Windows 2000 install CD-Rom or setup disks.
The problem is I don't have a working CDROM and I can't boot from the
floppies "The set of four install disks
the ones I downloaded were a set of six, not four - is this relevant?
> 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.

I've tried to find the bootdisk directory on the Office 2000 CDROM on
a working puter and it's not there - I understand from Neil's post
that WIndows 2000 and Office 2000 are not the same - maybe that's the
problem?

My other concern is that, as I've mislaid my original 95 CDROM I had
to download the win95 boot disk from somebody's website (can't
remember which one) could it be that this disk is no good?

Can anyone point me towards a reliable d/l for the boot disk>

Cheers all

MJ
> When you get to the point, delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions
> found. After you delete the partition(s) abort the install, then again
> restart the pc booting the CD-Rom or setup disks to avoid unexpected drive
> letter assignments with your new install.
>
> Be sure to apply these to your new install before connecting to any network.
>
> 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
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "M.J." wrote:
> | Hi
> |
> | I have been using a computer with Windows95. I attempted to load
> | Office 2000 (pro) but it kept reverting to win95 when I booted it up.
> | I then formatted the hard drive using the win95 boot floppy, hoping
> | that a clean install would solve my problems. Now my CDROM is not
> | working (it flashes but doesn't spin or eject). I got a message which
> | ended d: /nospin??? when I attempted to boot using the win95 floppy.
> | I then used a win98 floppy to get my CDROM driver back but now I get
> | the message "CDR101: Not ready reading drive E".
> |
> | I have downloaded the Windows NT boot floppies from Microsoft but when
> | I attempt to start the computer with these I get "Disk I/O error"...
> |
> | Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
> |
> |
> | Cheers
> |
> |
> | MJ

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