Re: Install Win 2K from hard drive w/out CD-ROM?
From: Dan Seur (click_at_casta.net)
Date: 05/02/04
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Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 13:37:12 -0400
Post more info:
1. Is the internal CD drive hardware broken, for sure? Could it just be
a corrupted W2k driver problem or other software? (If uncertain, try a
DOS boot diskette with the necessary general-purpose CD software
included.) What clues can you find in Event Viewer & Device Manager?
2. What is the partitioning structure on the laptop's hard drive?
Where's the W2k CD image? Where's the owner's precious data? How are the
partitions formatted (FAT32/NTFS)? How full are the partitions?
3. What EXACTLY is/are the natures/symptoms of "all sorts of problems"?
You can install W2k from the hard drive, but that might be a destructive
fix and, depending on the above, might well be unnecessary.
C Lee wrote:
> Hi All
>
> My friend has a Win2K Pro laptop with a non-operational
> internal CD-ROM drive. Recently she upgraded to SP4 and
> is now having all sorts of problems.
>
> During the SP4 installation she did NOT archive her old
> settings. This means there is no way to restore a
> working configuration, as I understand it, except by re-
> installing Win2K Pro.
>
> However, as noted, the internal CD-ROM drive does not
> work on this laptop. Her hard drive does have a copy of
> the Win2K CD-ROM (installed by the manufacturer),
> though.
>
> My question is simple: can I re-install Win2K over SP4
> from the hard drive? If not, can I do a clean install of
> Win2K from the hard drive?
>
> I am reluctant to do anything before getting some
> feedback as if things go wrong, the faulty internal CD-
> ROM means she has no way of re-installing her OS.
> Obviously buying a new internal CD-ROM drive would be one
> option, but it is a proprietry drive and the manufacturer
> is quoting a price of several hundred dollars, which
> seems very excessive.
>
> TIA
>
> C
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