Re: upgrade 2000 > XP to recover a corrupted sys



An upgrade is not possible on an operating system that doesn't start.

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"Rik" wrote:
| Hi everybody,
|
| to recover a corrupted 2000 system (most probably due to hd failure
| compromising some core files) that cannot start anymore and not
| wanting to loose all my settings (after I tried all possible recovery,
| etc. unsuccesfully inside 2000 sys) I was thinking of upgrading to XP
| to solve at once the problem.
|
| The co. I work for has an XP sp.2 corporate edition. What I did was
| trying to install from boot disk (the only way possible since win
| doesn't boot) but it looks like it cannot reckognise the WINNT folder
| as a sys folder and in any case never mention in the install procedure
| "upgrading" on the contrary it clearly says "...will cacell all
| settings...". Of course I don't want to try that way risking to cancel
| for good all my setting and not having any other chance left.
|
| Any suggestion please?
|
| Rgds + tks in advance.
|
| Rik


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