how can I perform a system rollback on windows 2000 pro?

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I have a dell inspersition laptop. my system hangs
badly when I boot without my printer and scanner connected
this happened when I changed printers. The system boots
fine when everything is connected but when I want to
run the unit without the items connected it takes about
an hour to boot to a desktop.

Can I restore a previous version of my configuration
which worked fine say a couple of weeks ago?

Also I noticed I only have 850mb of free space on
my hard drive. Is this the problem with the system
taking forever to boot the hard drive works like a dog
when starting.

Any information and instructions would be much appreicated.

Thank you for your help
Kenny
 
There isn't a restore point feature in Windows 2000

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|I have a dell inspersition laptop. my system hangs
| badly when I boot without my printer and scanner connected
| this happened when I changed printers. The system boots
| fine when everything is connected but when I want to
| run the unit without the items connected it takes about
| an hour to boot to a desktop.
|
| Can I restore a previous version of my configuration
| which worked fine say a couple of weeks ago?
|
| Also I noticed I only have 850mb of free space on
| my hard drive. Is this the problem with the system
| taking forever to boot the hard drive works like a dog
| when starting.
|
| Any information and instructions would be much appreicated.
|
| Thank you for your help
| Kenny
 
You might try, in any order:
1. Uninstall/reinstall printer & scanner, test each way. Latest
W2k-specific device drivers req'd.
2. Uninstall any recent updates one at a time, test.
3. Run System File Checker (sfc.exe).
4. Run checkdisk; if anomalies, run with /f /r parameters.
5. Defrag with a defragger that defrags everything incl system areas
like tables/pagefile.
6. Check pagefile size and placement; could be some "thrashing."
7. Download/run the manufacturer's hard drive diagnostic, typically a
bootable floppy image. There are drive-related hardware conditions where
under-the-covers access retries (invisible to the OS which simply
enters a wait state) can continue for a very long time, and may
eventually succeed. Sign of a failing drive or an unmarked
borderline-bad sector(s). Sometimes the diagnostic can fix this; bad
results should be discussed with tech support. Drives have long warranty
lives, often they're replaced free. Startup is probably a serialized
process and doesn't go to the next step until the current step is completed.
8. Add the /sos parameter to the boot.ini line that initiates your
system load. (Usually after the /fastdetect param, if present.) This
will display the drivers as they load (normally rapidly) and may yield a
clue.

DaveP and DL are both correct. You might also make sure you have backup
for precious stuff. The only rollback in W2k, other than a reinstall, is
a backlevel partition image and a tool that will replace the current
partition image with that.
 
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