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Microsoft => Microsoft DOS => Topic started by: Mike-e-boy on December 08, 2006, 04:34:47 PM

Title: installing windows 2000 from dos
Post by: Mike-e-boy on December 08, 2006, 04:34:47 PM

i have an IBM Thinkpad... everytime i turn it on it says "vmm32.vxd is required to run windows. if this file is not in ur path you might need to reinstall windows" and then its followd by a dos prompt... i have a windows 2000 disk but i dont know where to go from there... the computer does not have a floppy drive so the whole process needs to be done from the disk (D) drive.... can anyone please help me? thank you...

Title: Re: installing windows 2000 from dos
Post by: Fed on December 08, 2006, 05:35:30 PM

Put the disk in the drive & boot the computer.
If that doesn't work you will need to set your cdrom as the first boot device in your bios.

Title: Re: installing windows 2000 from dos
Post by: GX1_Man on December 09, 2006, 05:27:37 AM

That is if the Win2000 is a real Microsoft disc and not a restore disk for a different computer.