Repair process

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Tony Sayegh

Hi,

I was trying to run a manual repair using a windows 2000
cd sp2, on a windows 2000 sp4 system(system will not boot
missing some system file), and was wondering if it is
possible to repair a win2000 system with a newer service
pack than the win2000 cd, knowing that the system files
on the cd are older than the ones on the computer ?

What is the right way to repair in this case ?


Thanks
 
What's missing and what happens at boot?

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"Tony Sayegh"wrote:
| Hi,
|
| I was trying to run a manual repair using a windows 2000
| cd sp2, on a windows 2000 sp4 system(system will not boot
| missing some system file), and was wondering if it is
| possible to repair a win2000 system with a newer service
| pack than the win2000 cd, knowing that the system files
| on the cd are older than the ones on the computer ?
|
| What is the right way to repair in this case ?
|
|
| Thanks
 
when loading windows, it will stop and a message will say
that the c_1252.nls file is missing, i was able to expand
the file from the i386 directory and able to boot but the
system was still unstable. My question is how to run a
manual system file repair on a win2000 installation that
have a higher service pack than the original win2000 cd?
Thanks
 
You can run;
sfc /scannow

and or replace the file from a service pack extract if it contains a newer
version.

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

| when loading windows, it will stop and a message will say
| that the c_1252.nls file is missing, i was able to expand
| the file from the i386 directory and able to boot but the
| system was still unstable. My question is how to run a
| manual system file repair on a win2000 installation that
| have a higher service pack than the original win2000 cd?
| Thanks
 
Thanks for your response Dave,

I guess when you run sfc /scannow, it checks the cache
folder, and the cache folder should contain the right
file version if a service pack was ever applied.
Howe do u replace a file from a service pack extract ?

Thanks again
 
You can replace the file from the recovery console.

From a command prompt you can expand the file. An example;

expand E:\I386\c_1252.nl_ %windir%\system32\c_1252.nls

would expand a new copy to the \system32 directory.

Also you'll want to use the correct version for the service pack level
you're at. So you may need to extract the file from a service pack.

To extract the service pack files without installing them, execute
J:\W2kSP4\W2KSP4.exe /x
Then when prompted, specify a directory to hold the extracted files.

To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows 2000
Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. If you do not have Setup
floppy disks and your computer cannot start from the Windows 2000 Setup CD,
use another Windows 2000-based computer to create the Setup floppy disks.
Press ENTER at the "Setup Notification" screen. Press R to repair a Windows
2000 installation, and then press C to use the Recovery Console. The
Recovery Console then prompts you for the administrator password. If you do
not have the correct password, Recovery Console does not allow access to the
computer. If an incorrect password is entered three times, the Recovery
Console quits and restarts the computer. Note If the registry is corrupted
or missing or no valid installations are found, the Recovery Console starts
in the root of the startup volume without requiring a password. You cannot
access any folders, but you can carry out commands such as chkdsk, fixboot,
and fixmbr for limited disk repairs. Once the password has been validated,
you have full access to the Recovery Console, but limited access to the hard
disk. You can only access the following folders on your computer:
%systemroot% and %windir%

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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

:
| Thanks for your response Dave,
|
| I guess when you run sfc /scannow, it checks the cache
| folder, and the cache folder should contain the right
| file version if a service pack was ever applied.
| Howe do u replace a file from a service pack extract ?
|
| Thanks again
 
Hi again,

In the case of a system that will not boot, how would you
know which service pack has been installed ?


Thanks
 
Good question. If the owner doesn't know then you may need to compare
version info on some other files.

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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

| Hi again,
|
| In the case of a system that will not boot, how would you
| know which service pack has been installed ?
|
|
| Thanks
 
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