Re: can i reinstall my Win2K?


"promicro" <promicro@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi

I can no longer boot my Win2K sp4, the erd and repair mode doesn't fix it;
I can only boot from my floppy boot disk. I've replaced my boot.ini and
edited them to see all of the drives and partitions with no success.

I would like to re-install the system over the existing system, so my
question is: can I do this without having to re-install the service packs
and additional installed software ??

thanks for all your help

rob

If you can successfully boot into Windows with your floppy
disk then you don't need to re-insall Windows. The problem
can probably be fixed but you need to give full details about
what happens when you boot with your hard disk and what
you did before things went wrong.


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