Reloading W2K problem

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gladiator

After receving various status codes and to a MS helpdesk
tech, it was recommended that I only run the repair
option from my W2K CD.

After running that option my computer no longer boots
clean. It defaults to a menu where I can select W2K
Professional aor W2K Professional setup. If I don't
select it coninutes to boot eventually asking for a boot
disk.

I have tried to recover my previous CFG.SYS but that
failed.

What is the procedure to get W2K to boot clean and
straight into the desktop?
 
Edit boot.ini located in the root of the system partition (usually C:\)
boot.ini will be something like;

[Boot Loader]
Timeout=30
Default=C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000" /fastdetect
C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT="Windows NT Setup"

Change it to; (note the 'default=' line must also change. rdisk and
partition values may be different for your system.)

[Boot Loader]
Timeout=30
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000" /fastdetect


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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


:
| After receving various status codes and to a MS helpdesk
| tech, it was recommended that I only run the repair
| option from my W2K CD.
|
| After running that option my computer no longer boots
| clean. It defaults to a menu where I can select W2K
| Professional aor W2K Professional setup. If I don't
| select it coninutes to boot eventually asking for a boot
| disk.
|
| I have tried to recover my previous CFG.SYS but that
| failed.
|
| What is the procedure to get W2K to boot clean and
| straight into the desktop?
|
 
You're welcome.

--
Regards,

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


:
| Thanks Dave.
|
| I appreciate the assistance.
|
| I will give it a shot.
|
| Randy
 
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