re: 2000 reformat problem
Sunday, May 15, 2005 at 6:41 pm
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Tracy H
(13 messages posted)
Good evening, Aspen Bob-
As I re-read your instructions, I realized that I forgot to mention the reason for
the reinstall: I picked up a trojan (win32/banker "about:blank") which completely
screwed up Internet Explorer. I can't get to any website, let alone download anything,
and though I tried to remove the trojan, I couldn't do it.
Hmm... now what? Shall I sell my priceless 1989 Honda civic and buy a new computer?
Tracy
On Sunday, May 15, 2005 at 6:03 am, DEX wrote:
>Tracy
>If you can't get the cd to boot use this work around.
>Download winME boot disk from:bootdisk.com
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>Run the file you downloaded and it will make a boot disk for you.
>Then reboot the machine with it.
>When you see the A: type Fdisk
>REMOVE ALL the partitions (ALL OF THEM)
>Then make a new one, at that point the machine will reboot.
>Then when you see the A: type format c: /s
>When it's done with the format reboot.
>Then when you see the item called Used CD Rom Support select it..
>Then when you see the A: put your win2k cd in the rom drive.
>Then cd to the rom ( x: ) X is your cd rom drive.
>Then type cd i386
>You should see X:\i386
>Now type winnt32
>And win2k will now install..
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>You can also copy the i386 folder from the win2k cd to the HD,,,(this will help
speed
>up the install of win2k and you have a backup copy of it on the HD)
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>cd to the C: drive
>At the C: type md ntsetup
>Then type cd ntsetup
>You should see C:\>ntsetup
>Now type xcopy X:\i386 *.*
>When it's done copying the files to your HD.
>Remove the win2k cd and the boot disk and reboot your machine.
>When you see the C:\> type cd C:\i386
>You should see C:\>i386
>Now type winnt32 or just the winnt
>Win2k will now install to your HD.
>After win2k is done with the install ,go into NotePad
>and make a new text file called "win2k Product ID"
>put you key number in that file for safe keeping.
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>Note*****
>When you install win2k besure to put in the passwords when win2k ask for them Don't
>just use the enter key and move on..
>The 1st one win2k will askfor will be the Admin. password use one like 123456.
>The next one it will ask for will be the USER ID and password, use your 1st name
>for it like Tracy and use a password like 1234567...
>You can always go back and use a strong password if you want to, like 1~2@3#4$5%6^
>,this should stop just about anyone from guessing your password.
>
>Just one more NOTE about Security
>If you don't want anyone to use or boot your machine up with software "password
cracking
>software" unplug your 3 1/2" drive .
>This will not stop the Pro.but it will slow them down.
>and most of the software you now install will be from the rom cd disk anyway.
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>You can also help some one :>)
>Please revisit your post so that others on this forum will know if the solutions
>were helpful or not helpful ........
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