Re: Laptop With Windows 2000 Will No Longer Boot Up

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I like simple!

I see that this is a ZIP file. Do I unzip first and then burn to CD? Or do i
burn the Zip and then unzip? Also - I'm not sure if I have WinZip program. If
not what do you suggest?

Once I get the above squared away - I guess I just turn on the Laptop and
then immediately put in the CD with the files you told me to download?

Thanks, I'm a little slow today.

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

Keep it simple - take the first choice offered! (cd080802.zip (~3MB) -
Bootable CD image). Since it says "Bootable CD image" it's perfectly OK to
burn an image. If you prefer to work with a diskette then you select the
first one from the "Floppy release" set.


"Frank" <Frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello Pegasus, thanks for your help.

I clicked on the link you attached or the Nordahl boot diskette, but there
are several choices and I'm not sure which one to use. Could you be more
specific with exact names, etc? Once I locate the right file, is it okay
me
to burn it to a CD? I noticed you used the term "diskette". so i wasn't
sure.
If you could elaborate on these questions, I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks.

Frank

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:


"Frank" <Frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello - I hope someone can help me. I have been using an old Dell
Pentium
2
laptop for several years with the Windows 2000 OS. Although slow - I
have
had
no problems until now.

When the system booted up yesterday, I got to the desktop but nothing
would
open (I clicked on IE and the hour glass came up and then stopped).
Same
issue when I tried to get into other applications. So - I shut the
system
down and now it will not boot up at all. It is going through a lengthy
login
process and then I get an error message that "the system cannot log you
in
because the domain is unavailable". It stopped right at the logon
screen
which it has never done before and I have never gotten that message
before. I
shut down again and tried to boot up using F8 and trying every menu
selection
available (ie: Safe Mode; late known good configuration, etc.). I even
tried
booting up with my Windows 2000 CD and got an error message that some
file
was corrupted and I need to restart.

Nothing works. I am willing to reinstall the entire Windows 2000 OS if
I
have to, but I can't even get to a point in the process that would
allow
me
to do so. I don't have any recovery discs as the laptop was a gift and
did
not have any.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

You will need to purchase a Win2000 installation CD & licence if you wish
to
re-install Windows. In the meantime you can probably log on by doing
this:
1. Boot the machine with a Nordahl boot diskette from here:
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html
2. Reset the Administrator's password to a blank.
3. Boot the machine normally.
4. Specify the following things in the three boxes you see
on the logon screen:
Username: Administrator
Password: (leave blank)
Domain: Open the drop box and select your computer's name.
5. When you're up and running, create a second admin account
and lock its name away in a safe place. Having a second admin
account is equivalent to having a spare key for your car (which
I'm sure you have!).






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