Re: Botched W2k and SP4 Installation

On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 17:25:03 -0800, Fred <ms2005help@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

1. Installed W2k (no SP's) as an upgrade to W98. Went Fine. Also converted
form FAT32 to NTFS.
2. Used IE to download the short file to install SP4. Went Fine.
3. Started the installatio of SP4. While downloading and/or installing,
the DSL modem failed. An error occurred.
4. When W2k attempted to start, it would get to the point where it was
about to bring up the desktop and the system would reboot.
5. Went to another machine and downloaded the full SP4 file and burned a CD.
6. Strarted system in SAFE mode and started to install SP4. An error
occurred.

Before Acronis!, I did a number of new installs. I had sp4 downloaded, stored on
CD and never managed to get it to work from the CD - not ever. I downloaded it
again and copied it to a CD, it still did not work.

When I copied the file to the drive it was another matter altogether - success
after success. But then came ACRONIS

Borge in sunny Perth, Australia
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