re: forgot to add..
Saturday, December 8, 2007 at 1:54 pm
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Malcolm Fowler
(1561 messages posted)
Thanks, CK I first Repaired using my disk and Product Key and this "worked" but
left too many loose ends including a corrupt Windows Installer So I clean installed
the 2000 Pro (inc SP4) and now everything is fine. Thanks again for your help...
On Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 4:49 pm, C K wrote:
>You really need the same flavor to repair as the original and in addition, if you
>don't have, or haven't burned a new install disc with the latest service pack slipstreamed
>into it, you should do that before doing the repair. Can save a failure and/or
a
>lot of problems when you have to add all those updates as a repair will wipe out
>everything (service packs and hot fixes etc) released after the service pack on
the
>CD. Just in case you didn't know this.. Can never assume around here. LOL ;-)
>
>Just a note about what a repair install is. It isn't repairing your old install.
> It installs a new copy of Windows with updated drivers and new registry, then it
>imports/migrates all of the apps, user settings and other needed items and data.
> It then cleans up after itself. This is why you need enough space on the drive
to
>do it, and sometimes errors will be migrated right into the new install, thereby
>not fixing anything in some cases. That's when we have to give up and do a clean
>install..
>
>Good Luck! :-)
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- forgot to add.. (C K: Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 4:49 pm)
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