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I have had to reinstall windows pro 2000 op system because of a corrupted
registry file. I didn't want to lose all my settings so I installed it in a
new folder from my original op system. How can I easily use the programs that
are still installed on the machine that the new op system can't see? And how
can I easily transfer user settings?
 
Joe N said:
I have had to reinstall windows pro 2000 op system because of a corrupted
registry file. I didn't want to lose all my settings so I installed it in a
new folder from my original op system. How can I easily use the programs that
are still installed on the machine that the new op system can't see? And how
can I easily transfer user settings?
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I'm afraid you cannot port your programs from
the old installation to the new one. There are
numerous settings in the old registry that were
placed there by the respective installation processes.
Your only option is to re-install those apps and
recreate the user settings.
 
What registry file?

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|I have had to reinstall windows pro 2000 op system because of a corrupted
| registry file. I didn't want to lose all my settings so I installed it in
a
| new folder from my original op system. How can I easily use the programs
that
| are still installed on the machine that the new op system can't see? And
how
| can I easily transfer user settings?
 
Unfortunately the registry file affected was the software one. It all started
with the installation of new memory. The hard drive wouldn't boot.
Troubleshooting it by taking it out caused the drive to boot but since
nothing was attached to the machine I had to turn it off. Is the drive not
booting a normal sign of bad memory or am I facing something more? The
machine is 5 years old.
 
We've no idea without any details but if the software hive was corrupt and
you have no backups then there's nothing you can do but start a clean
installation.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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| Unfortunately the registry file affected was the software one. It all
started
| with the installation of new memory. The hard drive wouldn't boot.
| Troubleshooting it by taking it out caused the drive to boot but since
| nothing was attached to the machine I had to turn it off. Is the drive not
| booting a normal sign of bad memory or am I facing something more? The
| machine is 5 years old.
|
| "Joe N" wrote:
|
| > I have had to reinstall windows pro 2000 op system because of a
corrupted
| > registry file. I didn't want to lose all my settings so I installed it
in a
| > new folder from my original op system. How can I easily use the programs
that
| > are still installed on the machine that the new op system can't see? And
how
| > can I easily transfer user settings?
 
OK. But to sound stupid, what is the best and cleanest way to do this? I have
the original but corrupt installation with all the software programs, etc.
and then I have the new installation. Original op system is in winnt folder.
New is in Winnt1 folder. Things are already looking a bit messy with all the
user document folders. I have backed up all the settings and documents that
are important.

Thanks for your input.
 
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.

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

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

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| OK. But to sound stupid, what is the best and cleanest way to do this? I
have
| the original but corrupt installation with all the software programs, etc.
| and then I have the new installation. Original op system is in winnt
folder.
| New is in Winnt1 folder. Things are already looking a bit messy with all
the
| user document folders. I have backed up all the settings and documents
that
| are important.
|
| Thanks for your input.
 
W2k is extremely picky about RAM sticks. If 2 or more sticks of RAM are
not perfectly matched in terms of latency (speed of response across the
bus) W2k may sense a problem that tells it the machine is broken.

If you choose to provide no detail about exactly what you did in terms
of adding memory and the specific system response when you try to boot,
you may spend a great deal of time going down paths that are fruitless.
I believe you're flatout guessing when you think you have a hard drive
problem or an OS problem.

Much more likely some trivial error, like loose )or other) drive cabling
from your RAM installation, or RAM in a bad slot (see mainboard manual)
or mismatched RAM. Good luck. :-)


Joe said:
Unfortunately the registry file affected was the software one. It all started
with the installation of new memory. The hard drive wouldn't boot.
Troubleshooting it by taking it out caused the drive to boot but since
nothing was attached to the machine I had to turn it off. Is the drive not
booting a normal sign of bad memory or am I facing something more? The
machine is 5 years old.

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