Hey Ali,

You did make some fundamental mistakes, as already pointed out. NOW:

Some days back I installed windows 2000 on my system because I had to test some programs using the NTFS file system
Did you go down your local store and buy a legitimate copy...boxed, not OEM, version of Windows 2000? if you did, then "Uncle Microsoft" will help you

But I am willing to bet that you used a pirate/oem version?............well let that be a lesson



AND, you, who claim to advise others, made the fundamental error of doing it on your main machine, without recovery or backup................

I am not the kind who gloats, particularly over people young enough to be my grand-children, but:

1. Treat this as an object lesson in life
2. Don't try it again
3. Use a different machine and/or backup
4. Reformat and re-install

Just some grandfatherly advice