uninstalling win2000

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup (More info?)

My husband works at home and has a gateway computer with
win2000. We then set up a second computer using router and
wireless adapter. I did not realize that the installation
disk could only be used on the primary computer. I wanted
to do some upgrades to aol and windows98 on my computer. i
uninstalled aol, because i wanted to install a newer
version. Before installing newer version of aol I began
installing 2000. Instructions were to uninstall 98 first,
which I did. Boy, am I sorry! Before finalizing
installation i got fatal error message. After much time
trying to reinstall, I found out what my mistake was. I
cannot acces anything in my computer. The screen is frozes
on the 2000 blue screen, with fatal error message. When I
close that, the computer restarts, and does the same thing
again. I cannot get to my desk top or anything else. Also,
it will not let me install anything else. HELP! Sorry for
being so long winded.

 

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup (More info?)

To wipe the drive, some ways include; boot a win98/ME startup disk, run
fdisk and delete all partition information found (as long as NTFS is
primary). Or boot the Windows 2000 CD-Rom or setup disks and when you get to
the point, delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions found, then
abort the install. Or use a utility named delpart. Once removed you can boot
the Win98/ME CD-Rom or restore CD-Rom to start your install. Make sure you
have win9x device drivers available before hand.

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/reskit/nt31/i386/reskit.exe


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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


"ladyj888 (anonymous) @aol.com" wrote:
| My husband works at home and has a gateway computer with
| win2000. We then set up a second computer using router and
| wireless adapter. I did not realize that the installation
| disk could only be used on the primary computer. I wanted
| to do some upgrades to aol and windows98 on my computer. i
| uninstalled aol, because i wanted to install a newer
| version. Before installing newer version of aol I began
| installing 2000. Instructions were to uninstall 98 first,
| which I did. Boy, am I sorry! Before finalizing
| installation i got fatal error message. After much time
| trying to reinstall, I found out what my mistake was. I
| cannot acces anything in my computer. The screen is frozes
| on the 2000 blue screen, with fatal error message. When I
| close that, the computer restarts, and does the same thing
| again. I cannot get to my desk top or anything else. Also,
| it will not let me install anything else. HELP! Sorry for
| being so long winded.