I have multi-boot system 2 IDE drives. HDA is small/old 1.2GB, &2nd drive is 40GB. (first disk was only used to tinker in small linux distros and was mostly empty)
WHen I installed win2000pro, I was unfamiliar with directing what installed to where, the boot partition was installed on the first HD, system files installed on the other hard drive,in a primary partition. Installed a linux distro and GRUB bootloader wiped the MBR of the Win2000 booting-drive. Trying to repair it, had no luck,reinstalled win2k last night, thinking it might overwrite and reinstall its previous bootloader partition. Wrong>it installed another copy of win2000 on the small drive. I can see all my files/folders from the orig install, in Explorer, but cant boot to that system. I had all the fixes/updates installed, hate to loose it. IS there a way to reinstall so I can access the orig system again with my old username or admin account? Do I totally erase the new small drive/install, and try reinstalling again?
I'd leave it alone but with only about 500mb left, I will have no space left after I install the sp4 and other updates to the New win2000......anything appreciated here
charles//aka zebot
WHen I installed win2000pro, I was unfamiliar with directing what installed to where, the boot partition was installed on the first HD, system files installed on the other hard drive,in a primary partition. Installed a linux distro and GRUB bootloader wiped the MBR of the Win2000 booting-drive. Trying to repair it, had no luck,reinstalled win2k last night, thinking it might overwrite and reinstall its previous bootloader partition. Wrong>it installed another copy of win2000 on the small drive. I can see all my files/folders from the orig install, in Explorer, but cant boot to that system. I had all the fixes/updates installed, hate to loose it. IS there a way to reinstall so I can access the orig system again with my old username or admin account? Do I totally erase the new small drive/install, and try reinstalling again?
I'd leave it alone but with only about 500mb left, I will have no space left after I install the sp4 and other updates to the New win2000......anything appreciated here
charles//aka zebot