Hi, Don.
The obvious question is: What does the blue screen say?
A very common BSOD at this point is Stop 0x7B, Inaccessible_Boot_Device.
That problem - and solution - is posted here almost every day.
What kind of hard drive/controller are you using for a boot device? It
almost certainly is newer than the Win2K CD-ROM, which went on sale in
February 2000, about 3 1/2 years ago, when 20 GB was a BIG HD. Most of the
HDs on the market today need drivers newer than those on the Win2K CD. You
need to have the Win2K drivers for your HD/controller on a floppy diskette
before you start to run Setup.
With the floppy at hand, boot from the Win2K CD-ROM and run Setup. Early in
the Setup process, as it is detecting your hardware configuration, it will
briefly flash a message to Press F6 to install drivers for SCSI or other
mass storage devices. Press F6; it will appear to ignore you and continue
to load dozens of files, but then it will halt with instructions on how to
use that floppy into install your drivers. After that, Setup should run to
completion in a half-hour. Don't lose that floppy! If you ever need to
Repair or reinstall Win2K for any reason, you'll probably need it again.
A full "clean install" will wipe out your installed applications, of course.
If you follow the instructions in this KB article, you will do an "in-place
upgrade", which will reinstall Win2K but preserve all or most of your apps
and all of your data - and some of your tweaks. As the article says, it is
not intended as a time-saver for installing Win2K itself, and you will need
to visit Windows Update as soon as you get back online to be sure you have
the latest SP and other fixes. Yes, the F6 instructions apply fully to this
"upgrade" procedure.
How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q292175&
If your BSOD is not 0x7B, please post back with some details and we can
probably help you.
RC
