bkb15
11-28-2006, 08:07 PM
Hi,
I originally posted this message in win2000.general forum...but didn't get
much response. Please reply if anybody has any suggestions.
When I tried to boot from Win2k CD, Windows 2000 Setup screen came up and I
pressed F10 and C while it loaded series of files and finally it came back
with options...R=Repair; F3=Quit; When I pressed 'R' it gave the following
error:
"Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer. Make
sure all hard disk drives are powered on and properly connected..." and F3 is
the only option available at that time.
Could you please explain me what the issue is?
I tried booting from Win2k bootable floppies (4 of them, are these different
from Win2k setup floppies?)...when I inserted FD1, it gave "\ntkrnlmp.exe
could not be loaded. The error code is 7". The floppy has a file called
ntkrnlmp.ex_. When I renamed this file to ntkrnlmp.exe, it gave error code 4.
I have Win95 bootable disk. When I boot using this disk, I am able to access
two hard drives...unfortunately the Uninstall patch folder is in NTFS file
system (the third disk). The second disk has Win2K installed.
Please give me some suggestions.
Thanks.
-- bkb15
"Dave Patrick" wrote:
> 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%
>
>
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "bkb15" wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I have Win2K Professional SP3 and yesterday I tried to upgrade it to SP4
> > using windows update and it made copies of uninstall files onto a folder I
> > selected and after that it came back with an error message "Your system is
> > very low in virtual memory...." and said reboot and repair it with Repair
> > Disk. I do have Setup CDROM but I dont have ERD. When I reboot the machine
> > OS
> > doesn't come up...it just keeps rebooting...any suggestions greatly
> > appreciated.
> >
> > --bkb15.
>
I originally posted this message in win2000.general forum...but didn't get
much response. Please reply if anybody has any suggestions.
When I tried to boot from Win2k CD, Windows 2000 Setup screen came up and I
pressed F10 and C while it loaded series of files and finally it came back
with options...R=Repair; F3=Quit; When I pressed 'R' it gave the following
error:
"Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer. Make
sure all hard disk drives are powered on and properly connected..." and F3 is
the only option available at that time.
Could you please explain me what the issue is?
I tried booting from Win2k bootable floppies (4 of them, are these different
from Win2k setup floppies?)...when I inserted FD1, it gave "\ntkrnlmp.exe
could not be loaded. The error code is 7". The floppy has a file called
ntkrnlmp.ex_. When I renamed this file to ntkrnlmp.exe, it gave error code 4.
I have Win95 bootable disk. When I boot using this disk, I am able to access
two hard drives...unfortunately the Uninstall patch folder is in NTFS file
system (the third disk). The second disk has Win2K installed.
Please give me some suggestions.
Thanks.
-- bkb15
"Dave Patrick" wrote:
> 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%
>
>
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "bkb15" wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I have Win2K Professional SP3 and yesterday I tried to upgrade it to SP4
> > using windows update and it made copies of uninstall files onto a folder I
> > selected and after that it came back with an error message "Your system is
> > very low in virtual memory...." and said reboot and repair it with Repair
> > Disk. I do have Setup CDROM but I dont have ERD. When I reboot the machine
> > OS
> > doesn't come up...it just keeps rebooting...any suggestions greatly
> > appreciated.
> >
> > --bkb15.
>