Re: Windows me to Windows 2000

[ms]

yes i did, that was part of the setup... although the hard
disk is partioned, so only C drive is ntfs while D drive
is still fat32

now what?
thanks

>-----Original Message-----
>Did you convert to NTFS ? If not just boot using a
startup floppy and
>copy your data to another disk or drive.
>
>HTH
>MP
>
>"ms" > wrote in
message
...
>> hi rick
>>
>> Sorry i made a mistake about what happens. Actually it
>> boots from hard disk and does the loop as mentioned
>> previously. But after changing the boot order to start
up
>> from the win 2000 CD it goes to setup with option of
clean
>> install of 2000 or repair of previous installation. I
>> tried repairing it which did nothing at all.
>> no I havent created an emergency boot disk ...whick isnt
>> really hard to do?? or is it?
>>
>> Anyways my first priority is saving all my data if
>> possible, which is why im delaying the inevitable
>> formatting and clean install.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>
>
>.
>

[Rick T]

ms wrote:

> yes i did, that was part of the setup... although the hard
> disk is partioned, so only C drive is ntfs while D drive
> is still fat32

You've got a D: partition? that's great!!

All you have to do is find a booting floppy that can see NTFS, copy your
personal stuff over to D:, then wipe C: clean (reformat) and do a
clean install of Win2K (though you will need an original Microsoft WinME
CD or Win98SE(?) to verify that you have a "previous OS"... not a 3rd
party Recovery CD).

http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

About halfway down the page there's a link for "NTFS Bootdisk" (A Win9x
bootdisk with an NTFS reading utility on it) that seems to be what you
need at this point.


Rick




>
> now what?
> thanks
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Did you convert to NTFS ? If not just boot using a
>
> startup floppy and
>
>>copy your data to another disk or drive.
>>
>>HTH
>>MP
>>
>>"ms" > wrote in
>
> message
>
...
>>
>>>hi rick
>>>
>>>Sorry i made a mistake about what happens. Actually it
>>>boots from hard disk and does the loop as mentioned
>>>previously. But after changing the boot order to start
>
> up
>
>>>from the win 2000 CD it goes to setup with option of
>
> clean
>
>>>install of 2000 or repair of previous installation. I
>>>tried repairing it which did nothing at all.
>>>no I havent created an emergency boot disk ...whick isnt
>>>really hard to do?? or is it?
>>>
>>>Anyways my first priority is saving all my data if
>>>possible, which is why im delaying the inevitable
>>>formatting and clean install.
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>
>>
>>.
>>

[ms]

thanks a lot rick

just read your post, was offline for a few days during
which i installed win 2000 on the d partition without
changing the file system, ie..win 2000 on fat32, seems
fine can see all my stuff on c drive and now whenever it
boots sees both win 2000 as separate OS's.
anyways now all i want to do is to remove the previous
incomplete win 200 installation and i will be fine

Thanks a lot for your advice
Ms

>-----Original Message-----
>ms wrote:
>
>> yes i did, that was part of the setup... although the
hard
>> disk is partioned, so only C drive is ntfs while D
drive
>> is still fat32
>
>You've got a D: partition? that's great!!
>
>All you have to do is find a booting floppy that can see
NTFS, copy your
> personal stuff over to D:, then wipe C: clean
(reformat) and do a
>clean install of Win2K (though you will need an original
Microsoft WinME
>CD or Win98SE(?) to verify that you have a "previous
OS"... not a 3rd
>party Recovery CD).
>
>http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
>
>About halfway down the page there's a link for "NTFS
Bootdisk" (A Win9x
>bootdisk with an NTFS reading utility on it) that seems
to be what you
>need at this point.
>
>
>Rick
>
>
>
>
>>
>> now what?
>> thanks
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Did you convert to NTFS ? If not just boot using a
>>
>> startup floppy and
>>
>>>copy your data to another disk or drive.
>>>
>>>HTH
>>>MP
>>>
>>>"ms" > wrote in
>>
>> message
>>
...
>>>
>>>>hi rick
>>>>
>>>>Sorry i made a mistake about what happens. Actually it
>>>>boots from hard disk and does the loop as mentioned
>>>>previously. But after changing the boot order to start
>>
>> up
>>
>>>>from the win 2000 CD it goes to setup with option of
>>
>> clean
>>
>>>>install of 2000 or repair of previous installation. I
>>>>tried repairing it which did nothing at all.
>>>>no I havent created an emergency boot disk ...whick
isnt
>>>>really hard to do?? or is it?
>>>>
>>>>Anyways my first priority is saving all my data if
>>>>possible, which is why im delaying the inevitable
>>>>formatting and clean install.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>.
>>>
>.
>

[Rick T]

ms wrote:
> thanks a lot rick
>
> just read your post, was offline for a few days during
> which i installed win 2000 on the d partition without
> changing the file system, ie..win 2000 on fat32, seems
> fine can see all my stuff on c drive and now whenever it
> boots sees both win 2000 as separate OS's.
> anyways now all i want to do is to remove the previous
> incomplete win 200 installation and i will be fine
>
> Thanks a lot for your advice

:)
Well, somebody will probably make use of it (and blame me when it
doesn't work)

Rick


> Ms
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>ms wrote:
>>
>>
>>>yes i did, that was part of the setup... although the
>
> hard
>
>>>disk is partioned, so only C drive is ntfs while D
>
> drive
>
>>>is still fat32
>>
>>You've got a D: partition? that's great!!
>>
>>All you have to do is find a booting floppy that can see
>
> NTFS, copy your
>
>> personal stuff over to D:, then wipe C: clean
>
> (reformat) and do a
>
>>clean install of Win2K (though you will need an original
>
> Microsoft WinME
>
>>CD or Win98SE(?) to verify that you have a "previous
>
> OS"... not a 3rd
>
>>party Recovery CD).
>>
>>http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
>>
>>About halfway down the page there's a link for "NTFS
>
> Bootdisk" (A Win9x
>
>>bootdisk with an NTFS reading utility on it) that seems
>
> to be what you
>
>>need at this point.
>>
>>
>>Rick
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>now what?
>>>thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>Did you convert to NTFS ? If not just boot using a
>>>
>>>startup floppy and
>>>
>>>
>>>>copy your data to another disk or drive.
>>>>
>>>>HTH
>>>>MP
>>>>
>>>>"ms" > wrote in
>>>
>>>message
>>>
>>>
...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>hi rick
>>>>>
>>>>>Sorry i made a mistake about what happens. Actually it
>>>>>boots from hard disk and does the loop as mentioned
>>>>>previously. But after changing the boot order to start
>>>
>>>up
>>>
>>>
>>>>>from the win 2000 CD it goes to setup with option of
>>>
>>>clean
>>>
>>>
>>>>>install of 2000 or repair of previous installation. I
>>>>>tried repairing it which did nothing at all.
>>>>>no I havent created an emergency boot disk ...whick
>
> isnt
>
>>>>>really hard to do?? or is it?
>>>>>
>>>>>Anyways my first priority is saving all my data if
>>>>>possible, which is why im delaying the inevitable
>>>>>formatting and clean install.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>.
>>>>
>>
>>.
>>