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I have upgraded win98 to win 2000 pro on a dell xps r400. All seemed ok
except when it does its final restart it keeps re-executing the setup
program. I have a bad floppy drive that I ususall just bypass on normal start
up. could this be the problem and what do you suggest?
 
Be advised that upgrades from win9x almost always fail for any number of
reasons. Save yourself some time and trouble, given that you'll more than
likely end up with an unstable OS with all the remnants/ corruption left
behind from the upgrade. Best to blow it all away and go for the clean
install.

To do a clean install, either boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom or setup
disks. The set of four install disks can be created from your Windows 2000
CD-Rom; change to the \bootdisk directory on the CD-Rom and execute
makeboot.exe (from dos) or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the
prompts.

Setup inspects your computer's hardware configuration and then begins to
install the Setup and driver files. When the Windows 2000 Professional
screen appears, press ENTER to set up Windows 2000 Professional.

Read the license agreement, and then press the F8 key to accept the terms of
the license agreement and continue the installation.

When the Windows 2000 Professional Setup screen appears, all the existing
partitions and the unpartitioned spaces are listed for each physical hard
disk. Use the ARROW keys to select the partitions Press D to delete an
existing partition, If you press D to delete an existing partition, you must
then press L (or press ENTER, and then press L if it is the System
partition) to confirm that you want to delete the partition. Repeat this
step for each of the existing partitions When all the partitions are deleted
press F3 to exit setup, (to avoid unexpected drive letter assignments with
your new install) then restart the pc then when you get to this point in
setup again select the unpartitioned space, and then press C to create a new
partition and specify the size (if required). Windows will by default use
all available space.

During Windows 2000 setup, at some point, will want to confirm the previous
operating system for the upgrade; at that point you'll simply insert the
qualified product install CD for it to verify. Then the install will
proceed.

Be sure to apply these to your new install before connecting to any network.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx

Then

Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...CF-8850-4531-B52B-BF28B324C662&displaylang=en

--

Regards,

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

:
|I have upgraded win98 to win 2000 pro on a dell xps r400. All seemed ok
| except when it does its final restart it keeps re-executing the setup
| program. I have a bad floppy drive that I ususall just bypass on normal
start
| up. could this be the problem and what do you suggest?
 
Chris said:
I have upgraded win98 to win 2000 pro on a dell xps r400. All seemed ok
except when it does its final restart it keeps re-executing the setup
program. I have a bad floppy drive that I ususall just bypass on normal start
up. could this be the problem and what do you suggest?
Click to expand...


remove the cd...
 
Thanks for the response, I did a boot up from hte CD and was able to complete
hte insatll except in did not prompt me to set an admin password. Now I am
stuck at the Adminsignon page signon. Are there any features on the cd (it is
a legal copy with prodcut id) to get it to reset the admin and prompt me for
a pasword.

Dave Patrick said:
Be advised that upgrades from win9x almost always fail for any number of
reasons. Save yourself some time and trouble, given that you'll more than
likely end up with an unstable OS with all the remnants/ corruption left
behind from the upgrade. Best to blow it all away and go for the clean
install.

To do a clean install, either boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom or setup
disks. The set of four install disks can be created from your Windows 2000
CD-Rom; change to the \bootdisk directory on the CD-Rom and execute
makeboot.exe (from dos) or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the
prompts.

Setup inspects your computer's hardware configuration and then begins to
install the Setup and driver files. When the Windows 2000 Professional
screen appears, press ENTER to set up Windows 2000 Professional.

Read the license agreement, and then press the F8 key to accept the terms of
the license agreement and continue the installation.

When the Windows 2000 Professional Setup screen appears, all the existing
partitions and the unpartitioned spaces are listed for each physical hard
disk. Use the ARROW keys to select the partitions Press D to delete an
existing partition, If you press D to delete an existing partition, you must
then press L (or press ENTER, and then press L if it is the System
partition) to confirm that you want to delete the partition. Repeat this
step for each of the existing partitions When all the partitions are deleted
press F3 to exit setup, (to avoid unexpected drive letter assignments with
your new install) then restart the pc then when you get to this point in
setup again select the unpartitioned space, and then press C to create a new
partition and specify the size (if required). Windows will by default use
all available space.

During Windows 2000 setup, at some point, will want to confirm the previous
operating system for the upgrade; at that point you'll simply insert the
qualified product install CD for it to verify. Then the install will
proceed.

Be sure to apply these to your new install before connecting to any network.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx

Then

Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...CF-8850-4531-B52B-BF28B324C662&displaylang=en

--

Regards,

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

:
|I have upgraded win98 to win 2000 pro on a dell xps r400. All seemed ok
| except when it does its final restart it keeps re-executing the setup
| program. I have a bad floppy drive that I ususall just bypass on normal
start
| up. could this be the problem and what do you suggest?
Click to expand...
 
Then you didn't do a clean install. You can use this tool to reset it.

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

--

Regards,

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

:
| Thanks for the response, I did a boot up from hte CD and was able to
complete
| hte insatll except in did not prompt me to set an admin password. Now I am
| stuck at the Adminsignon page signon. Are there any features on the cd (it
is
| a legal copy with prodcut id) to get it to reset the admin and prompt me
for
| a pasword.
 
I don't have floppy drive or a CD righter so the only input I have is the
WIN2000 CD. I woiuld go for the clean install if it will reprompt me for hte
admin passowrd. However I don't this message "When the Windows 2000
Professional Setup screen appears, all the existing partitions and the
unpartitioned spaces are listed..."
The other optin would be to find soemone with a cd writer and use the
utility you recommend.

Chris said:
Thanks for the response, I did a boot up from hte CD and was able to complete
hte insatll except in did not prompt me to set an admin password. Now I am
stuck at the Adminsignon page signon. Are there any features on the cd (it is
a legal copy with prodcut id) to get it to reset the admin and prompt me for
a pasword.

Dave Patrick said:
Be advised that upgrades from win9x almost always fail for any number of
reasons. Save yourself some time and trouble, given that you'll more than
likely end up with an unstable OS with all the remnants/ corruption left
behind from the upgrade. Best to blow it all away and go for the clean
install.

To do a clean install, either boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom or setup
disks. The set of four install disks can be created from your Windows 2000
CD-Rom; change to the \bootdisk directory on the CD-Rom and execute
makeboot.exe (from dos) or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the
prompts.

Setup inspects your computer's hardware configuration and then begins to
install the Setup and driver files. When the Windows 2000 Professional
screen appears, press ENTER to set up Windows 2000 Professional.

Read the license agreement, and then press the F8 key to accept the terms of
the license agreement and continue the installation.

When the Windows 2000 Professional Setup screen appears, all the existing
partitions and the unpartitioned spaces are listed for each physical hard
disk. Use the ARROW keys to select the partitions Press D to delete an
existing partition, If you press D to delete an existing partition, you must
then press L (or press ENTER, and then press L if it is the System
partition) to confirm that you want to delete the partition. Repeat this
step for each of the existing partitions When all the partitions are deleted
press F3 to exit setup, (to avoid unexpected drive letter assignments with
your new install) then restart the pc then when you get to this point in
setup again select the unpartitioned space, and then press C to create a new
partition and specify the size (if required). Windows will by default use
all available space.

During Windows 2000 setup, at some point, will want to confirm the previous
operating system for the upgrade; at that point you'll simply insert the
qualified product install CD for it to verify. Then the install will
proceed.

Be sure to apply these to your new install before connecting to any network.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx

Then

Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...CF-8850-4531-B52B-BF28B324C662&displaylang=en

--

Regards,

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

:
|I have upgraded win98 to win 2000 pro on a dell xps r400. All seemed ok
| except when it does its final restart it keeps re-executing the setup
| program. I have a bad floppy drive that I ususall just bypass on normal
start
| up. could this be the problem and what do you suggest?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Sounds like you're not booting the CD-Rom. Possibly set the boot order in
cmos setup to CD-Rom first in boot sequence. Also look for the keystroke (if
necessary) at POST to force boot from CD-Rom drive or check your mobo/pc
manual for instructions.

--

Regards,

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

:
|I don't have floppy drive or a CD righter so the only input I have is the
| WIN2000 CD. I woiuld go for the clean install if it will reprompt me for
hte
| admin passowrd. However I don't this message "When the Windows 2000
| Professional Setup screen appears, all the existing partitions and the
| unpartitioned spaces are listed..."
| The other optin would be to find soemone with a cd writer and use the
| utility you recommend.
|
| "Chris" wrote:
|
| > Thanks for the response, I did a boot up from hte CD and was able to
complete
| > hte insatll except in did not prompt me to set an admin password. Now I
am
| > stuck at the Adminsignon page signon. Are there any features on the cd
(it is
| > a legal copy with prodcut id) to get it to reset the admin and prompt me
for
| > a pasword.
 
Thy boot from cd is working and I can get to the Repair options. Does the
repair
features have something to get me into admin password reset.
Thanks for you responses,


Chris said:
I don't have floppy drive or a CD righter so the only input I have is the
WIN2000 CD. I woiuld go for the clean install if it will reprompt me for hte
admin passowrd. However I don't this message "When the Windows 2000
Professional Setup screen appears, all the existing partitions and the
unpartitioned spaces are listed..."
The other optin would be to find soemone with a cd writer and use the
utility you recommend.

Chris said:
Thanks for the response, I did a boot up from hte CD and was able to complete
hte insatll except in did not prompt me to set an admin password. Now I am
stuck at the Adminsignon page signon. Are there any features on the cd (it is
a legal copy with prodcut id) to get it to reset the admin and prompt me for
a pasword.

Dave Patrick said:
Be advised that upgrades from win9x almost always fail for any number of
reasons. Save yourself some time and trouble, given that you'll more than
likely end up with an unstable OS with all the remnants/ corruption left
behind from the upgrade. Best to blow it all away and go for the clean
install.

To do a clean install, either boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom or setup
disks. The set of four install disks can be created from your Windows 2000
CD-Rom; change to the \bootdisk directory on the CD-Rom and execute
makeboot.exe (from dos) or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the
prompts.

Setup inspects your computer's hardware configuration and then begins to
install the Setup and driver files. When the Windows 2000 Professional
screen appears, press ENTER to set up Windows 2000 Professional.

Read the license agreement, and then press the F8 key to accept the terms of
the license agreement and continue the installation.

When the Windows 2000 Professional Setup screen appears, all the existing
partitions and the unpartitioned spaces are listed for each physical hard
disk. Use the ARROW keys to select the partitions Press D to delete an
existing partition, If you press D to delete an existing partition, you must
then press L (or press ENTER, and then press L if it is the System
partition) to confirm that you want to delete the partition. Repeat this
step for each of the existing partitions When all the partitions are deleted
press F3 to exit setup, (to avoid unexpected drive letter assignments with
your new install) then restart the pc then when you get to this point in
setup again select the unpartitioned space, and then press C to create a new
partition and specify the size (if required). Windows will by default use
all available space.

During Windows 2000 setup, at some point, will want to confirm the previous
operating system for the upgrade; at that point you'll simply insert the
qualified product install CD for it to verify. Then the install will
proceed.

Be sure to apply these to your new install before connecting to any network.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx

Then

Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...CF-8850-4531-B52B-BF28B324C662&displaylang=en

--

Regards,

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

:
|I have upgraded win98 to win 2000 pro on a dell xps r400. All seemed ok
| except when it does its final restart it keeps re-executing the setup
| program. I have a bad floppy drive that I ususall just bypass on normal
start
| up. could this be the problem and what do you suggest?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
No it doesn't. Use the linux boot disk to do this. What are your goals here?
If you're trying to clean install then the current password doesn't matter.

--

Regards,

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

:
| Thy boot from cd is working and I can get to the Repair options. Does the
| repair
| features have something to get me into admin password reset.
| Thanks for you responses,
|
|
| "Chris" wrote:
|
| > I don't have floppy drive or a CD righter so the only input I have is
the
| > WIN2000 CD. I woiuld go for the clean install if it will reprompt me for
hte
| > admin passowrd. However I don't this message "When the Windows 2000
| > Professional Setup screen appears, all the existing partitions and the
| > unpartitioned spaces are listed..."
| > The other optin would be to find soemone with a cd writer and use the
| > utility you recommend.
| >
| > "Chris" wrote:
| >
| > > Thanks for the response, I did a boot up from hte CD and was able to
complete
| > > hte insatll except in did not prompt me to set an admin password. Now
I am
| > > stuck at the Adminsignon page signon. Are there any features on the cd
(it is
| > > a legal copy with prodcut id) to get it to reset the admin and prompt
me for
| > > a pasword.
 
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