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March 6, 2001 at 04:36 AM
myeyeshurt

W2K boot fix

by myeyeshurt . Updated 25 years, 3 months ago

Arrrrr,
Okay, yesterday one of my users installed some software for a Zipdrive onto his computer.
Since then, when we try to boot up, (normal mode, safe mode, safe mode w/dos), it gets to the CTRL+ALT+DEL screen and freezes…the only thing it will respond to is the power button.
I created the four boot/setup disks, and went through to repair, buuuuut….apparently there is something wrong with the ERD, arrr…
So I figured I’d throw on a new copy of W2K on top of the corrupted one, hoping that any vital drivers that had gotten fouled would be fixed…but…
W2K needs about 613 Mb of free space to install, and he only has 439.
I booted again to the repair console to look for files to delete, but through the console you only are granted access to the /WINNT folder.
Now for my question, is there a way to get to the rest of his files?
If not, since I’m about to re-install W2K, would there be any major issues with deleting certain files FROM the /WINNT folder?
I’m reachin’ here, any help would be appreciated.
Peace.

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