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How do I reboot after installing sp4?

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by dougiela

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I installed sp4 on my win2000 server. When I reboot, the computer freezes. I can't even reboot in Safe Mode. I tried a repair using my emergency repair disk but it is still the same.
Does anybody know how to fix this? please.

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by stubby

Have you tried the "repair option" on the Win2K CD? It may complain that some files are older if it isn't an sp4 slipstreamed CD - if it does allow it to overwrite them.

Then try rebooting and checking that your system comes up. Then go a hunting to make sure all is working properly before heading to the sp4 update again.

Stub

by dougiela

Thanks to whose who answered my question. After retrying all options I finally reinstalled Win2000 over the top of the existing OS and got it to work OK. Very glad I had a backup server.

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