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Hello, I had a friend upgrade my memory on my Sony Vaio. Everything was running great until I decided to delete him as a user. I meant to try and change the User id and password info to mine but I ended up deleting him and the computer automatically rebooted. I have no idea what category this falls under, so I am listing under hardware because I tried rebooting and selected F3 in order to see if I could fix it. I ended up selecting "yes" for reconfiguration and now I cannot get anything to come up on my monitor at all in order to at least start over by reinstalling my Windows 2000. Help! I have no idea WHAT I am doing.
 
Are you trying to 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.

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 or setup disks to avoid unexpected drive
letter assignments with your new install.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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| Hello, I had a friend upgrade my memory on my Sony Vaio. Everything was
running great until I decided to delete him as a user. I meant to try and
change the User id and password info to mine but I ended up deleting him and
the computer automatically rebooted. I have no idea what category this
falls under, so I am listing under hardware because I tried rebooting and
selected F3 in order to see if I could fix it. I ended up selecting "yes"
for reconfiguration and now I cannot get anything to come up on my monitor
at all in order to at least start over by reinstalling my Windows 2000.
Help! I have no idea WHAT I am doing.
 
I guess I will have to do a clean install because I was dumb and messed everything up. I tried putting the Windows 2000 CD in to see if it would install, but nothing happened. The screen flickers for just a second with some words at the top left hand corner and then nothing. I don't have a floppy version. I don't know how to change to the \bootdisk directory on the CD-Rom to execute the makeboot.exe (from dos) or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) to follow the prompts

In order to do the following above, when I turn the computer back on, when is the time to do all of this?
 
Always best to boot the CD-Rom to start your install. You'll probably need
to set the boot order in cmos set to CD-Rom
first. Depends on the pc, check your mb manual for instructions on booting
from the CD-Rom drive. Possibly the keystroke at POST (f2, spacebar, etc.)
Otherwise you can make the setup floppies from the install CD-Rom using
another machine.

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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


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| I guess I will have to do a clean install because I was dumb and messed
everything up. I tried putting the Windows 2000 CD in to see if it would
install, but nothing happened. The screen flickers for just a second with
some words at the top left hand corner and then nothing. I don't have a
floppy version. I don't know how to change to the \bootdisk directory on
the CD-Rom to execute the makeboot.exe (from dos) or makebt32.exe (from 32
bit) to follow the prompts.
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| In order to do the following above, when I turn the computer back on, when
is the time to do all of this?
 
Most pc's have the ability to start from the; floppy drive, fixed disk, or
CD-Rom drive. This is controlled by the rom bios on the mother board. So you
need to get into the mb bios to change the sequence. At POST (power on self
test) watch for the key stroke to enter the system bios (aka cmos)

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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


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| Dave, when you say "set the boot order in cmos", what exactly does that
mean?
 
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| Well, I can't boot using the CD-Rom. I still come up with a completely
blank monitor.
*** Since you don't provide any details it isn't possible to suggest
anything.

Talk about frustrating. I am going to see if I can get a floppy with
Windows 2000 on it and do a clean install that way.
*** Windows 2000 doesn't come on a floppy. You can create the setup floppies
if you can not boot from the CD-Rom.


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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
 
Smelly -
Take 4 formatted floppies and the CD to a running machine.
Insert the CD.
On that machine, navigate to the [CD:]\bootdisk folder
Run: makebt32.exe if you're on a 32-bit system, or
makeboot.exe if you're on a 16-bit system, and
Feed the floppies as prompted.
Go back to your machine with the 4 numbered floppies & CD.
Insert the CD and the #1 floppy and boot your machine.

The #1 floppy is bootable, and it'll initiate a system install on your
machine that is identical to booting from the CD. Just follow the prompts.

These floppies are called the "setup disks."
There is such a thing as a single "boot disk", which can be used to boot
an already-installed and operational system whose critical boot files
have been damaged, but it cannot be used for any other purpose.
 
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"smellycat1973" wrote:on Mar 22 2004 11:31AM "...I have
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no idea what to do."

I think it's time that you "take" this computer to a
technician that can help you. Unfortuanately, you seem to
have more problems then can be dealt with in a newsgroup.
You yourself wrote that "you have no idea what to do."
 
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