system restore

[scrabblehead]

After a computer crash, my son tried to get it up again by going into the bios and set default values..I eventually got back into windows and it was sluggish, I saw I was running out of room so I started deleting some things I dont use. It was running great untill I went into msconfig and choose system restore (it sounded so innocent) now I cant get into windows (2000) At all..I get a message saying "windows can not update 1% to 2% ..help! Pentium 2, windows 2000.

[andyms18a]

i dont know how you got systom restor or msconfig as its not part of win2k unless you used the msconfig that was got from winxp the only fix i can think of is to press f8 at boot and chose last known good config if that dont work try a reinstall of win2k

[fudtone]

2k repair (I think its called) can be fast when it is overwriting a previous 2k install.

To use Repair pretend you are going to do a freash install. 2k should find the old OS and give you the Repair option.

[scrabblehead]

I cant reinstall, I cant get out of DOS, believe me I have tried. The cursor just flashes and it wont accept anything I Type. I will try the f8 to boot. When I turn my computer on, as it boots I get a message that the CPU is unworkable or has been changed. I hit f1 to continue and that is when I get the 2nd DOS page that says to wait a few minutes..then I get a message that says %1 %2 win can not update.

[jeresimo]

What is the speed of the CPU now? Since your son reset it to DEFAULT value, did he return the BIOS SETTINGS as same setup when it was running perfectly? I hope he saved all the said settings in a paper or floppy disk. HTH.