Re: Reinstall of W2000

From: Dave Patrick (mail_at_NoSpam.DSPatrick.com)
Date: 08/22/04 

Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 08:33:02 -0600

If you replaced the registry from another machine then it probably wouldn't
start. Even if it did the software installs would be trashed.

This may help.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/ddtools/hh/ddtools/BCCodes_68add711-ef93-4821-9905-9198100da683.xml.asp 

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"Tom Gunby" wrote:
| Trying to accomplish a reinstall of the OS using the W2000
| setup CD to recover from a Process1_Initialization_Failed
| stop error.
|
| Problem is the setup program cannot see the installed
| (corrupt?) OS.
|
| KB 292175 says "If the Setup program does not detect a
| previous installation but just continues to the
| partitioning screen, there is a problem. An in-place
| upgrade may not be possible."
|
| Is there any way to miagrate the registry from a working
| install of W2000 to the damaged OS (I can write to
| systemroot of the damaged OS by configuring the drive as
| slave in another computer running W2K) and enable the
| setup program to then see and overwrite the damaged OS?
|
| Thank you.
|
| Tom Gunby
|
|

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