2003 R2: repair cant find: install.exe, iexplorer.exe

[Beemer Biker]

I am stuck and it appears I will have to re-install 2003 R2 Standard unless
I can get some help.

I did a repair of 2003 R2 as follows: Booted the 2003 R2 CD, let it find
the already installed 2003 R2 and told it to do a repair. The repair went
ok and about %75 thru I was asked to provide "install.exe" from the 2nd cd.
This did not exist and a google indicated this was a known problem and that
I should have uninstalled dot net 2 first. That would not have been
possible even if had read it before I started the repair. ie: I could not
boot.

I canceled and the install went a littler further and I was then asked for
iexplorer.exe. Since I didnt have that handy I skipped that. When the
system finally booted it was missing iexplorer and I installed FF (I did
have that handy) to be able to access the internet.

I downloaded an installed ie7 but was unable to get windows update to work.
Services.msc shows BITS not running and it wont start up as it says
something is missing. I started RPC up which was required by BITS, and
AFAICT all the dependencies are up and running.

I read where I could uninstall dotnet 2 and then do the repair. Another
suggestion I got from googleing was to unpack dotnet 2 and when the repair
asks for the install.exe, then supply the cd with the dotnet 2. I assume I
can find iexplorer.exe and do the same thing.

This seems such a kludge, is there anything cleaner I can do?

The problem came about when I cloned a small SCSI and migrated it to a large
IDE. It would constantly reboot, even in safe mode, so I attempted a repair
install.

TIA

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

"Beemer Biker" <jstateson@swri.edu> wrote in message
news:BACE6C6B-6CB9-4A34-A8E7-B828E5286600@microsoft.com...
>I am stuck and it appears I will have to re-install 2003 R2 Standard unless
>I can get some help.
>
> I did a repair of 2003 R2 as follows: Booted the 2003 R2 CD, let it find
> the already installed 2003 R2 and told it to do a repair. The repair went
> ok and about %75 thru I was asked to provide "install.exe" from the 2nd
> cd. This did not exist and a google indicated this was a known problem and
> that I should have uninstalled dot net 2 first. That would not have been
> possible even if had read it before I started the repair. ie: I could not
> boot.
>
> I canceled and the install went a littler further and I was then asked for
> iexplorer.exe. Since I didnt have that handy I skipped that. When the
> system finally booted it was missing iexplorer and I installed FF (I did
> have that handy) to be able to access the internet.
>
> I downloaded an installed ie7 but was unable to get windows update to
> work. Services.msc shows BITS not running and it wont start up as it says
> something is missing. I started RPC up which was required by BITS, and
> AFAICT all the dependencies are up and running.
>
> I read where I could uninstall dotnet 2 and then do the repair. Another
> suggestion I got from googleing was to unpack dotnet 2 and when the repair
> asks for the install.exe, then supply the cd with the dotnet 2. I assume
> I can find iexplorer.exe and do the same thing.
>
> This seems such a kludge, is there anything cleaner I can do?
>
> The problem came about when I cloned a small SCSI and migrated it to a
> large IDE. It would constantly reboot, even in safe mode, so I attempted
> a repair install.
>
> TIA

Could it be that you missed iexplorer.exe because it's "iexplore.exe"?

[Beemer Biker]

giving up the right to remain silent, "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz>
wrote in message news:%23tAOIopZJHA.5440@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>
> "Beemer Biker" <jstateson@swri.edu> wrote in message
> news:BACE6C6B-6CB9-4A34-A8E7-B828E5286600@microsoft.com...
>>I am stuck and it appears I will have to re-install 2003 R2 Standard
>>unless I can get some help.
>>
>> I did a repair of 2003 R2 as follows: Booted the 2003 R2 CD, let it find
>> the already installed 2003 R2 and told it to do a repair. The repair
>> went ok and about %75 thru I was asked to provide "install.exe" from the
>> 2nd cd. This did not exist and a google indicated this was a known
>> problem and that I should have uninstalled dot net 2 first. That would
>> not have been possible even if had read it before I started the repair.
>> ie: I could not boot.
>>
>> I canceled and the install went a littler further and I was then asked
>> for iexplorer.exe. Since I didnt have that handy I skipped that. When
>> the system finally booted it was missing iexplorer and I installed FF (I
>> did have that handy) to be able to access the internet.
>>
>> I downloaded an installed ie7 but was unable to get windows update to
>> work. Services.msc shows BITS not running and it wont start up as it says
>> something is missing. I started RPC up which was required by BITS, and
>> AFAICT all the dependencies are up and running.
>>
>> I read where I could uninstall dotnet 2 and then do the repair. Another
>> suggestion I got from googleing was to unpack dotnet 2 and when the
>> repair asks for the install.exe, then supply the cd with the dotnet 2. I
>> assume I can find iexplorer.exe and do the same thing.
>>
>> This seems such a kludge, is there anything cleaner I can do?
>>
>> The problem came about when I cloned a small SCSI and migrated it to a
>> large IDE. It would constantly reboot, even in safe mode, so I attempted
>> a repair install.
>>
>> TIA
>
> Could it be that you missed iexplorer.exe because it's "iexplore.exe"?

With FF, I haven't missed much. However, I will keep L00king under the xmas
tree till I find it.