Re: Can't get to Bios

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ok
Thanks David

--
Barry


"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
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> From: "Brynk" <B@xxxxxx>
>
> | thanks
> | I found the keystrokes to get the bios menu
> | Changed the sequence to boot from the w2000 CD and w2000 installed fine
> | Thanks for your help
> |
> | --
> | Barry
>
> You should still copy over the i386 folder to the root of "C:".
>
> Since you installed from the CDROM you will have to set the Registry to
> point there...
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup
>
> set; SourcePath to; c:\
>
> Then whenever you change hardware or install a printer it will find the
> files in c:\i386 and
> won't need the CDROM anymore.
>
> Then when you install SP4, you should slip-stream the c:\i386 folder to
> SP4 level. This way
> you won't install an older version file if you change hardware or install
> a printer.
>
> If you don't copy the i386 folder to the hard disk and slip-stream it you
> risk installing an
> older version of a file and will cause problems.
>
> To install Win2K SP4 and slip-strem the c:\i386 folder, download the
> administrators version
> of the EXE file.
>
> Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 Network Install for IT Professionals
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1001aaf1-749f-49f4-8010-297bd6ca33a0&DisplayLang=en
>
> And execute;
> w2ksp4_en.exe -u -s:c:\
>
>
> --
> Dave
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> http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
>
>


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