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Author Topic: Win 2000 DOS bootup  (Read 15145 times)

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Dougie

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Win 2000 DOS bootup
« on: December 13, 2004, 03:28:57 PM »
Hi,

I just inherited a new hard drive which is user locked, so i want to start up in DOS and reinstall windows. What command does that in W2K? My other pc does ot have a cd burner so cant use any of the utilities.

Many thanks

merlin_2

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Re: Win 2000 DOS bootup
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2004, 03:37:26 PM »
is this an ibm travelstar hard drive.....and this is a laptop yes..the cmd is d:\i386\winnt  in dos
« Last Edit: December 13, 2004, 03:41:14 PM by merlin_2 »

Dougie

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Re: Win 2000 DOS bootup
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2004, 03:40:34 PM »
Yes,

both of the above

merlin_2

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Re: Win 2000 DOS bootup
« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2004, 03:45:09 PM »
very hard to crack the locked password of a ibm travelstar.....sling it even my friend who works for ibm has problems??>>>http://www.experts-exchange.com/Storage/Q_21197847.htmlor ask the user for the password.....they are cheap enough to buy..ebuyer.com.../computergeeks
« Last Edit: December 13, 2004, 03:49:00 PM by merlin_2 »