Re: Help! Dim 8100 w/Win 2k & no disk


"Tom Scales" <tomtoo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"S.Lewis" <stew1960@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"John Pezzano" <jpezz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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At the museum where I volunteer, they have an 8100 w/Win 2K
professional. The OS needs to be reloaded as I changed the FS to NTFS
and it won't boot except in safe mode. None of the Symantec or Microsoft
fixes from their respective support pages help. So the next step is to
rebuild the OS. However, per what I read on Dell's web site, the system
should have shipped with a Win 2K Pro disk. Unfortunately, the museum
people have no idea where it might be. So I tried running setup on the
system itself but it refuses to run as it says it cannot load the
international INF. I find no recovery CD either.

I did back up the system to another computer with Microsoft backup
before the file system upgrade but that is no help as it would reload
onto NTFS anyway.

In any case,

1) Does anyone know for sure if the system would have come with a disk?
(not a recovery CD but an OS disk).
2) Since there is a printed official legal Win2K sticker with S/N on the
machine, I should be able to use any Win2K Pro CD with that S/N and
reinstall the OS. Anyone have one?

JohnP
jpezz@xxxxxxxxx


Yes, back then the system would've shipped with a Dell labeled Win2K OS
only disc, not unlike a retail disc.

A Dell Win2K disk would be ideal, as you won't have to enter the product
key, but a retail Win2K disk will likely work with the Dell key from the
sticker/COA entered.

I don't think activation should enter into the mix at all as that
"feature" wasn't added until WinXP.


Good luck......

Stew




I was under the impression the key would not work with a retail CD, but
would with any OEM CD. Also, I thought 2000 added activation for Windows
Update


I wouldn't bet the house that I'm right, Tom. I've never had to activate
Win2K (unless that was a late patch for the OS and I could've missed it).
You may be right.

Thing is, the OP needs a disc. He's not going to lose anything trying
either with his Dell COA key.......


Stew


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