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| Repair a Windows 2000 installation |
| In addition to performing new installations and updating an existing operating system, Windows |
| 2000 Setup also provides the capability to repair an existing installation. The repair process can |
| perform a handful of tasks, depending on the repair option you select. |
| To start the repair process, boot from the Windows 2000 Professional CD, press R to select Repair, |
| and press R again to start the Emergency Repair process. Setup offers two repair options: Manual |
| The Manual Repair option provides three choices. The first choice, Inspect Startup Environment, |
| uses the Setup.log file to check and, if necessary, fix the path to the Windows boot partition and |
| system folder. The second choice, Verify Windows System Files, checks the Windows boot files |
| against the CRC information for the files in the Setup.log file. Setup gives you the option of |
| replacing the files from the CD or OEM driver disk if the files are missing or corrupted. The third |
| choice, Inspect Boot Sector, repairs the boot sector. |
| A Fast Repair performs the same tasks as a Manual Repair, but it doesn't allow you to choose which |
| tasks to perform. Fast Repair checks the registry files and copies the backup file from the |
| %systemroot%\Repair folder if a registry file is missing or corrupted. Unless you've updated these |
| backup files, using Fast Repair essentially resets any replaced registry files to the post-installation |
| state. After using Fast Repair, you must restore the system state data from a recent backup. |
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