Windows 2000 RE: Can't reboot after installing SP4 - please help!

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Robersabel

>You must instruct the BIOS to boot
from your CD drive

What is the process?

I have 3 computers. Two have floppy disc capabiltiy and I possess emergency
reboot discs.

However the one I was experiencing a problem before complete recovery does
not have floppy disc capability.

I need to prepare a reboot from the CD-ROM.

Robert
 
"Robersabel" <Robert> wrote in message
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> >You must instruct the BIOS to boot
> from your CD drive
>
> What is the process?
>
> I have 3 computers. Two have floppy disc capabiltiy and I possess
> emergency
> reboot discs.
>
> However the one I was experiencing a problem before complete recovery does
> not have floppy disc capability.
>
> I need to prepare a reboot from the CD-ROM.
>
> Robert
>

In such cases I borrow or buy a floppy disk drive and connect
it temporarily to the motherboard.

If this is not an option then you have to burn a bootable CD
from your floppy disk. Most if not all CD burners have a dedicated
mode for this. Make sure to store all necessary tools on that same
CD too!
 
You can start Recovery Console and from a command prompt change to the
%SystemRoot%\$NtServicePackuninstall$\spuninst
directory. Then issue the command
batch SPuninst.bat

The next step is to start in 'Safe Mode' and uninstall the SP again from
Control Panel|Add/Remove to finish the uninstall.

To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows 2000
Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. If you do not have Setup
floppy disks and your computer cannot start from the Windows 2000 Setup CD,
use another Windows 2000-based computer to create the Setup floppy disks. At
the "Welcome to Setup" screen. Press F10 or R to repair a Windows 2000
installation, and then press C to use the Recovery Console. The Recovery
Console then prompts you for the administrator password. If you do not have
the correct password, Recovery Console does not allow access to the
computer. If an incorrect password is entered three times, the Recovery
Console quits and restarts the computer. Note If the registry is corrupted
or missing or no valid installations are found, the Recovery Console starts
in the root of the startup volume without requiring a password. You cannot
access any folders, but you can carry out commands such as chkdsk, fixboot,
and fixmbr for limited disk repairs. Once the password has been validated,
you have full access to the Recovery Console, but limited access to the hard
disk. You can only access the following folders on your computer: drive
root, %systemroot% or %windir%

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Regards,

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

"Robersabel" <Robert> wrote:
> >You must instruct the BIOS to boot
> from your CD drive
>
> What is the process?
>
> I have 3 computers. Two have floppy disc capabiltiy and I possess
> emergency
> reboot discs.
>
> However the one I was experiencing a problem before complete recovery does
> not have floppy disc capability.
>
> I need to prepare a reboot from the CD-ROM.
>
> Robert
>
>
 
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