>I hope to be able to give you an easier solution Tracy. Download these two bootdisks
>to another computer and double-click on them to start the makebootdisk procedure.
>(So you'll need two formatted floppy diskettes.)
>
>DELPART BOOTDISK & OLDBIOS BOOTDISK
>
>(If you have a problem deleting old NTFS drives use the delpart bootdisk.)
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>With the OLDBIOS bootdisk put it in the A: drive and your clean Windows 2000 CD
in
>the CD-ROM drive and start the computer.
>
>The OLDBIOS bootdisk should automatically re-direct the boot to the Win 2000 CD
and
>you should just have to press any key to boot from the CD.
>
>Does your Windows 2000 CD have Service Pack 4? If not it is better to slipstream
>Setrvice Pack 4 together with the core files from you 2000 Cd and make an .ISO file
>with which to burn a Windows 2000 SP4 CD to a good quality CDR (Not a CD-RW!) so
>that you don't have too much updating to do.
>
>You can use AutoStreamer 1·0 (freeware) to do that for you.
>
>Many CD copying problems are caused by a dirty or scratched CD. I just gently wash
>the CD in luke-warm water with two drops of soap solution and a soft spongde and
>then gently dry with a clean linen cloth.
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