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12-18-2002, 10:55 PM
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Screwed up my chipset help...
Upgrading from 98 to 2000 pro had some issues with a couple drivers. Downloaded and executed wrong chipset drivers. Now the comp goes thru start up and keeps rebooting itself. I have the right drivers on cd-rom. Am I screwed. How can I get them changed back??
Please help I have tons of valuable info on that drive and I only backed some of it up. Please help oh wise ones. |
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12-19-2002, 02:05 AM
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You can always put the drive into another computer and copy your valuables over to it before beginning just to be safe.
It depends on which chipset you have and if you are using NTFS or FAT32. But one way or another you ought to be able to boot from the CD or a floppy and go from there. Post back with more details about system's hardware and the file sytem you are using. Also are you booting from the mobo or a controller card. |
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12-19-2002, 04:18 AM
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boot in to safe mode and remove the drivers also i run winxp and on the advanced menue of the my computer properties is an option to automaticley reboot on errors i unticked this to stop bootup loops, win2k may have the same setings
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12-19-2002, 10:36 AM
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OK FAT 32 file system.
Boot to MOBO. I will check on the "reboot on errors" Thank you I will reply with results!~!! |
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12-19-2002, 12:55 PM
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won't boot in safe mode
Won't boot in safe mode. Keeps rebooting.
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12-19-2002, 01:26 PM
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boot from the win2k cd and reinstall on top of your curent sys
this will redetect all hardwair and still keep your data |
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12-19-2002, 04:16 PM
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How do I get it to boot to the cd? I'm stuck rbooting even if i tell it to boot in safe with cdrom it just keeps rebooting.
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12-19-2002, 04:49 PM
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In the bios there (push F2 or Delete) is an option for boot order. Select CDRom or the letter that corresponds with it. The first screen you see should tell you how to get into the bios if not your mobo manual will.
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12-19-2002, 08:41 PM
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will not boot to cd
i set my bios to boot to cd, it does but will not run from there, should i disable the ide hdd??
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12-19-2002, 09:05 PM
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You could try it but then you couldn't change your drivers. You may have another problem if you can't get it to boot from a CD. Does it complete posting before it reboots itself?
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12-19-2002, 09:38 PM
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ok, i just booted it from the win2k boot disks. Got into repair mode, chose emergency repair, it asked for the cd, i put it in, when it did its restart it started the same thing, rebooting over and over.
i'm stuck |
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12-19-2002, 11:35 PM
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Looks like it might be time to reinstall over the top of its self. Back up your data if you can. Don't chose to format and it should still be there, but just in case back it up!
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12-20-2002, 10:01 AM
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Shiro Usagi
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Hi badfishx2,
What are your system specs? I understand Win2000 and WinXP are a little more fussy about the RAM used in a system than Win98 is. Do you have access to different sticks you can swap in to test with?  Cricket
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12-20-2002, 09:21 PM
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ok i installed a fresh version of win 2k pro on another partition and it boots fine,
is there a way to migrate the other stuff (programs) and make them show up on my desktop. I'd like to remove the bad install. |
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12-20-2002, 09:42 PM
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You can uninstall them from ADD/REMOVE. But if you really want to do a whipe out, you will have to format the drive.
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12-20-2002, 10:00 PM
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Your best bet is to back up your data and start all over. You can't copy most programs over anyway. They will need to be installed.
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12-21-2002, 11:18 AM
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so i can't install win2k over the top of the old install? Or will that just leave 2 os on one drive?
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12-21-2002, 01:42 PM
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You probably can but since you are able to boot up and back up that's what I would do. You are going to have so many Windows installs you are bound to have problems down the road. Besides wasting a significant portion of your drive.
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12-21-2002, 09:03 PM
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thank you all very much!!!!
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