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re: 2000 reformat problem
Monday, May 16, 2005 at 8:15 am
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Posted by Tracy H (13 messages posted)


Hi Mac, Thanks for the suggestion. I'll see if I can find a way to download the bootdisks and give it a try after work. Tracy


On Monday, May 16, 2005 at 3:33 am, Mac wrote:
>XP OPERATING SYSTEM


>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.)
>
>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.
>
>
>

Mac
>
>WINDOWS SUPPORT   >HREF="http://www.crucial.com">RAM



Written in response to:
re: 2000 reformat problem (Cam: Monday, May 16, 2005 at 3:33 am)

Responses to this message:
*re: 2000 reformat problem (Cam: Monday, May 16, 2005 at 12:31 pm)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-2000 reformat problem (Tracy H: Sat, May 14, 2005, 7:17 pm)
-re: 2000 reformat problem (DEX: Sat, May 14, 2005, 7:42 pm)
-re: 2000 reformat problem (Tracy H: Sat, May 14, 2005, 9:24 pm)
-re: 2000 reformat problem (DEX: Sat, May 14, 2005, 9:37 pm)
-re: 2000 reformat problem (Tracy H: Sat, May 14, 2005, 9:56 pm)
-re: 2000 reformat problem (DEX: Sat, May 14, 2005, 10:29 pm)
-re: 2000 reformat problem (Tracy H: Sat, May 14, 2005, 11:12 pm)
-re: 2000 reformat problem (DEX: Sun, May 15, 2005, 6:03 am)
-re: 2000 reformat problem (Tracy H: Sun, May 15, 2005, 9:47 am)
*re: 2000 reformat problem (DEX: Sun, May 15, 2005, 10:47 am)
-re: 2000 reformat problem (Tracy H: Sun, May 15, 2005, 6:41 pm)
-re: 2000 reformat problem (DEX: Sun, May 15, 2005, 6:59 pm)
-re: 2000 reformat problem (Tracy H: Sun, May 15, 2005, 7:53 pm)
-re: 2000 reformat problem (DEX: Sun, May 15, 2005, 8:56 pm)
-re: 2000 reformat problem (Tracy H: Sun, May 15, 2005, 10:05 pm)
-re: 2000 reformat problem (DEX: Mon, May 16, 2005, 5:35 am)
*re: 2000 reformat problem (Mike: Mon, May 16, 2005, 6:45 am)
*re: 2000 reformat problem (Tracy H: Mon, May 16, 2005, 8:24 am)
-re: 2000 reformat problem (RevRat: Mon, May 16, 2005, 12:36 am)
-re: 2000 reformat problem (Tracy H: Mon, May 16, 2005, 12:50 am)
-re: 2000 reformat problem (RevRat: Mon, May 16, 2005, 1:04 am)
*re: 2000 reformat problem (Tracy H: Mon, May 16, 2005, 8:12 am)
-re: 2000 reformat problem (Mac: Mon, May 16, 2005, 3:33 am)
-re: 2000 reformat problem (Tracy H: Mon, May 16, 2005, 8:15 am)
*re: 2000 reformat problem (Mac: Mon, May 16, 2005, 12:31 pm)
-re: 2000 reformat problem (Tracy H: Fri, May 20, 2005, 9:27 pm)
*re: 2000 reformat problem (DEX: Fri, May 20, 2005, 9:46 pm)
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