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by pheonix11

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I have a machine that I need to scrape and reinstall. The version os Windows 2000 I have was installed via the upgrade disk... When 2000 checks to make sure I qualify for the upgrade what files do I need to have on the hard drive short of reinstalling NT4 or Win98 in order to get 2000 back on the workstation.

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by bart777

I'm not sure if Win2K does it the same way, but NT ans 9x would look for the WIN.COM file in the windows directory. There does not have to be anything in the file, it just needs to be present.
Boot the machine with a 9x boot disk and create the windows directory and copy the file into it. That should get you going.

Best of Luck..

by msgtray

You should not need to install any files on your HD. During the installation of Win2k, when it checks for a qualifying product for the upgrade, it will report that a product was not found (on a clean HD). At that time the installation will provide you an opportunity to place your distribution disk (for the qualifying product) in the CD drive to be detected. After successfully validating the qualifying product, installation will proceed as normal.

Ray

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