Hello Jeffrey, > So to go back to the original question, now that I have found these > files and saved on my HDD, if I were to wish to re-install W2K, > > - Can I just run from \i386 and re-install over say a troubled > install? -
Yes. But if you wanted to make a completely clean install, you could first format the HD, and after that copy the \i386\ and re-install. > Will it upgrade to a version with all the downloaded > fixpaks and patches? Or will it be like the version that came on the OEM > install CD? I don't know what you mean by "upgrade" (if you wanted to "upgrade" to W2K it would mean that you have W98 or ME or NT4 as the previous install?). However, the new install will always install to exactly the version of the Windows CD which you took the \i386\ from, naturally. So, unless you have a W2K setup CD that has the service packs and patches already integrated, the original W2K setup CD from MS will be barebones as it came in 1999. So after that, you would apply SP 4 and then use either Windows update for the patches, or use an off-line patch tool as they are available for W2K. I use the latter as they are much faster and more convenient (just one restart for all patches not xxx times as windows update will make you believe is necessary). Richard Becker London > > Jeffrey Race > > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > Thinkpad@stderr.org > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list Thinkpad@stderr.org http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
