Can't boot Win 2000!

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DSL-Dave

I must be missing something easy here, but it is evading me!
I have just transplanted a hard drive with Win 2000 from a dead Dell to an
older
Compaq. The system won't boot, so I started it with a new Win XP CD,
and am able to get into the recovery console, and to the root by using the
admin password.
I should mention that I cannot use the original Win 2000 disk, as Dell has
so nicely prevented me from using this O.S. on anything but a Dell computer!
At this point, I am stuck as to how to make the system boot normally into
the O.S.
At the C:\WINNT prompt, if I do a DIR, It looks like everything that should
be there, is.
What do I need to do to make the system boot normally?
I would also like to remove the two areas ( C:\XP and C:\Windows) which were
"false starts."
Can I just delete them, or should I leave them and just hide them in the
startup menu?
Many thanks in advance!

Dave
 
Slave the drive to another machine to recover your data then do a clean
install of the operating system.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
|I must be missing something easy here, but it is evading me!
| I have just transplanted a hard drive with Win 2000 from a dead Dell to an
| older
| Compaq. The system won't boot, so I started it with a new Win XP CD,
| and am able to get into the recovery console, and to the root by using the
| admin password.
| I should mention that I cannot use the original Win 2000 disk, as Dell has
| so nicely prevented me from using this O.S. on anything but a Dell
computer!
| At this point, I am stuck as to how to make the system boot normally into
| the O.S.
| At the C:\WINNT prompt, if I do a DIR, It looks like everything that
should
| be there, is.
| What do I need to do to make the system boot normally?
| I would also like to remove the two areas ( C:\XP and C:\Windows) which
were
| "false starts."
| Can I just delete them, or should I leave them and just hide them in the
| startup menu?
| Many thanks in advance!
|
| Dave
|
|
 
Which operating system?

The original is Win 2000, which cannot be re-installed, as the system is no
longer a Dell!
Can Win XP be used to replace the original Win 2000, retaining the original
structure (except for the O.S. files, of course)? As I said, all the data is
available when I boot with the Win XP disk and use Recovery Console.
Why can't I just overwrite the Win2000 system with the WinXP system, as they
both use NTFS?

Dave
 
As long as your hardware supports Windows XP then no problem. To do a clean
install boot the Windows XP install CD-Rom. When you get to the point,
delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions found. After you delete the
partition(s) abort the install, then again restart the pc booting the CD-Rom
to avoid unexpected drive letter assignments with your new install.

Be sure to apply SP2 or at least these two below to your new install before
connecting to any network.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...be-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a&displaylang=en

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Which operating system?
|
| The original is Win 2000, which cannot be re-installed, as the system is
no
| longer a Dell!
| Can Win XP be used to replace the original Win 2000, retaining the
original
| structure (except for the O.S. files, of course)? As I said, all the data
is
| available when I boot with the Win XP disk and use Recovery Console.
| Why can't I just overwrite the Win2000 system with the WinXP system, as
they
| both use NTFS?
|
| Dave
 
Dave,

Yes, the hardware will support Windows XP.
To be sure, you are saying that your proposed procedure will retain all the
data from the original Win 2000 install, minus any Win 2000 O.S. files?
I only ask this because you mentioned the phrase "clean install" in your
last reply.

Thanks again,

Dave
 
No clean install means lose everything. You can try a repair install but
chances aren't good for stable results.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Dave,
|
| Yes, the hardware will support Windows XP.
| To be sure, you are saying that your proposed procedure will retain all
the
| data from the original Win 2000 install, minus any Win 2000 O.S. files?
| I only ask this because you mentioned the phrase "clean install" in your
| last reply.
|
| Thanks again,
|
| Dave
 
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