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  • Win2K bootup disk: at \bootdisk on win2k cd, run makeboot or use winimg to write the .img to floppy disk
  • Win2K bootable CD: Making a bootable Windows 2000 CD
  • Remove Win2K from Win98+Win2K: start from floppy or cdrom with win98, fdisk/mbr c:; or: under win98/dos-prompt, fdisk/mbr (?)
  • Recover Win2K from Win98+Win2K after Win2K lost: Win98 (C:) + Win2K (D:), lost Win2K after run fdisk/mbr under win98 or win98/dos-prompt. To recover Win2K and it's boot option menu, run Win2K installation from Win98, choose repair, and then insert Win2K Emergency floppy disk. If no emergency floppy disk, try this: Boot to DOS, Run smartdrv, cd WIN2000_INSTALL\i386, Run winnt. 2sec after the file copying Started. Reset the machine. Use Arrow keys to boot to your original win2k. Delete temporary dir, edit boot settings. (Remove that "Win2K Installation")
  • Win2K SP1: Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 (87M)
  • Win2K locks up during installation when XPERT 2000 graphics adapter presents
  • Problem install win98 after using PQMagic: usually reports vmm32.vxd missing. if copy this file, then install can continue with some errors, but win98 will be incomplete. Solutions: (1) format /u (2) install Win2K
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