Re: Reinstall of Windows 2000

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Don't do it. You will get a slew of new user profiles and you'll have a mess. You can live with it but it's not pretty.

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George Hester
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"Bruce E. Breeding" <bebl.it@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:e3BUO8VZFHA.1044@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I would like to reinstall Windows 2000 (or at least portions of it) on one
> machine without reformatting the drive.
>
> Question 1: Is there a way to read from the registry the "key" that I used
> for the Windows 2000 CD? I have several machines (and several CDs) and
> would like to use the CD that matches the machine.
>
> Question 2: How do I go about attempting to reload part of the operating
> system, without reformatting the drive?
>
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> Bruce E. Breeding
> Bruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Plano, TX 75086-7238
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> FAX 972.491.1897
>
>

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