My windows 2000 disc is scratched !

[r_sin999]

If you can copy the whole data of "I386" folder and make it bootable, you can use it to install your system.

[jaclaz]

If you can copy the whole data of "I386" folder and make it bootable, you can use it to install your system.

Really?

We hadn't thought about that:

At one time In the past I tried to make a backup copy of my win 2000 pro disc, but for whatever reason its not bootable (apparently). I am not too great at making copies I guess, but I will give it a try !

If you still have that disk, and it has a "readable" \I386 directory, it's easy to make a bootable CD out of it, possibly also slipstrreaming to it latest service pack

You can extract the boot image from your "scratched" disk, or get one searching around.

Tool to extract boot image:

http://www.nu2.nu/bbie/

Tutorials:

http://web.archive.org/web/20050318033100/bink.nu/bootcd/

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894950/en-us

jaclaz

jaclaz

[thydreamwalker]

http://www.xxcopy.com ,or a burn to copy program(NERO or ......?)for your personal use!As you shall not ever mention selling or bartering a MS CDROM -just copy or clone for your personal use!!! XXCOPY.zip is wonder-ful at CDROM-disc to Hdd recovery of a bad disc and its "BOOTABLE"-just like an "OEM"when you re-burn disc:Use from dos mode/or safe mode ,never tried while windows was running...***xxcopy always copies even most all damaged areas of disc unless disc is "cracked or written" on label surface incorrectly?*XXCOPY works with 3.1,95,98,98se,2000,xp,and supposededly vista?It's better than most clone/copy programs! Freeware Too!

[specialbao1]

i also had a problem like this.some files were not copied.

but the windows did run.i am still unable to install any service pack.

[Th3_uN1Qu3]

It would help to get a "real" reader. Teac CD-540E, Teac DV-516D or Lite-On LTR-52327S if you can find one of them. Trust me. The CD-540E has been the CD-ROM drive against everything else was benchmarked for several years, the DV-516D has an incredibly powerful laser - it blazes through basically anything i throw at it despite that it doesn't even have C2 error correction, and the Lite-On LTR-52327S was so good it was OEMed by Sony and Teac, and the only reason i'm on my second one is that a bad power supply killed the first.

If you can't get any of those, try any Lite-On DVD writer to read it. It should do better than your Nec.

Edited July 13, 2008 by Th3_uN1Qu3