reinstall Win200 over the top & as in upgrade it that should fix you problem.

Also.. is there anyway to install the SP2 and Win2k and the same time, ive read that its possible but i dont know how

Yes ckeck back later unless DosFreak show up he the How To I have to find some on of thoses damm 100+ CD hehe.

1. Put in Win2000 CDROM Open Windows Explorer you should see label name of the disk make a
folder at root of the disk with the same name as label name as the cdrom.
 
2. Copy all the files from Windows 2000 CD to (HardDisk):\(Label Name) on your HD.
 
3. Make a folder call it SP2 you Unzip program like winzip to extract files out of sp1network.exe
extract to the SP2 folder.
 
4. Go to the Update directory in the extracted SP2 directory.
 
5. Make a batch file called update.bat and place these lines into it:
update.exe -s:(Driver Letter):\(Label Name)
 
What update.exe looks for is the i386 directory. So change the (Driver Letter):\ to reflect the drive that has
the i386 directory from the Windows 2000 CD. (Label Name) is just the directory where the i386 directory
resides. In case your wondering why mine is different it's because I have the SELECT version.
 
6. Save the batch file and run it.
 
7. It should update your files and it will tell you when it is done. If it doesn't then you have done
something wrong.
 
8. Download CDRWIN from www.goldenhawk.com
 
9. Get the CD-ROM boot sector and CD Marker files from here:
http://www.angelfire.com/de2/w2kcd/neededfiles.zip
 
10. extracted boot.bin out of neededfiles.zip copy it to (HardDisk):\temp\
 
11. Check The (HardDisk):\(Label Name) root of the should now have these files:
autorun.inf
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
You should have one follow files
cdrom_ip.5 - If you are doing 2000 PRO then place this into the root.
cdrom_is.5 - If you are doing 2000 SERVER then place this into the root.
cdrom_ia.5 - If you are doing 2000 ADVANCED SERVER then place this into the root.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
cdrom_nt.5
read1st.txt
readme.doc
setup.exe
 
This allso good time add any other newer device drivers to it before you make the image of it,
"(HardDisk):\(Label Name)\drivers\?\" give each set driver there own folder" that way you can
install out redownload or hunting for the CD later on.
You may want to do the same with newer applications like Windows Media Player update thing like
that "(HardDisk):\(Label Name)\apps\?\".
 
12. Open CDRWIN and choose the File Backup and Tools option
 
13. In the BACKUP/TOOL Operation Choose the (Build an ISO9660 Image File)
 
14. in FILE BACKUP List click the DIRECTORY button and choose the directory where you copied
Windows 2000 (HardDisk):\(Label Name). Click OK. Then click the ADD button. You should see the directory in the big box now.
 
15. Uncheck all Box then only check the Include Hidden Files, Long FileNames(JOLIET), Include System Files, Recurse SubDirectories
boxes.
 
16. For IMAGE FILENAME click the three dots at the right and choose a directory and a filename. Then
click Save. You should see the pathname and the filename of your .iso in the box "Like in (HardDisk):\temp\win200.iso".
 
17. Check the Disable Version Numbers box.
 
18. Click the Advanced Options button.
 
19. Volume Descriptor tab.
Volume Label use the name of the original Windows 2000 CD. Volume Label:(Label Name)
Volume Set Name: (Label Name)
Publisher Name: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Preparer Name: MICROSOFT CORPORATION, ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND WA 98052, (206) 882-8080
 
20. Dates/Times & Import Session tab don't nede to mess with those
 
21. Bootable Disc tab.
Check: Make Bootable Disc box.
Media Emulation Type: Custom
Image File Name: (HardDisk):\temp\boot.bin.
DEVELOPER Name: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Load Segment: 07C0
Load Sector Count: 4
 
22. Click OK and then START.
 
23. When it's done open up any CDR burning program that supports .ISO's to burn your IMAGE to CD.

Well, ive copied the files from the win 2k cd to a temp dir called D:\W2k\ , extracted w2ksp2.exe files to a temp dir called D:\SP2\
went to the UPDATE dir and made a batch with the command Update.exe -s:D:\W2k\ and it says
"A required .DLL file, CLUSAPI.DLL, was not found." so ive found this file in i386 and copied it.. yet another problem, a missing export in ntdll.dll ... tried to copy the ntdll.dll and it didnt help, any suggestions?

Check back later to day I see there any error in the Readme

Damm it turn out the SP2 is not a slipsteam Installation, I guest you have wait for SP2 Network Installation that a dumber.

Ops I goof it dose work I guest should take a better look at what I did hehe.
It should look this
update.exe -s:d:\w2k
del what you did frist then try it againe OK.

I've tried to make an upgrade install over Win98, thought all was going well, the setup was sucessfull, then BOOM! that problem again on the startup, WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEMd missing or corrupted , though sometimes the system did work.
But most of the time i had this annoying error message and nothing i could do about it, i've even installed SP2 , all compatible drivers for win2k, VIA 4in1 1.29, still nothing.. this stupid message, what can cause this? hardware? can it be the partition table? of 15gig, 5gig ? .. (tried to install on both partitions).
where should i turn to for help ?

Are you overclocking?
What brand of memory are you using?

20giga hdd splitted in two partiotions: C: - 15gig D: - 5gig , trying to do dual boot with win98(that is found on C ) <-- isnt there something about win2k and the need for it to be on the c drive?? could'nt that be the problem...??

Crissi, Windows 2000 can be installed on any drive as long as the boot loader is installed on drive C which W2k does automatically.
 
Well, hmm this is a problem I have suffered to some degree. Not the same error but similar. This annoys me about Windows 2000. It's a temperamental OS that's for sure. It does not take much tweaking with it or it will just kill itself. But It does not sound like you have tweaked. I don't think it has anything to do with the partition.
 
If the hard drive is on a pci controller, eg highpoint or Hotrod then Windows 2000 needs to have the driver installed seperately during the initial install. It is very sensitive to overclocking as DosFreak hinted. I can't really imagine what it could be just by looking at your hardware setup. Hmm perhaps a Bios setting could be at fault.
If all else fails make sure you have the Bios settings properly set.
A good link for Bios optimisation can be found here
 
Other then that I can't offer anything more. Hopefully someone else might.
 
Good luck.
 
- Card

Did you check the quality of your ram? Did you include the hard disk controller driver at the very beginning of installation (key F6)?
 
Integration of SP2 in a boot CD works well but two things to watch:
 
-file cdromsp2.tst must not be copied too soon to the Windows 2k root directory since it could prevent the update;
-update must be run from the Windows 2k root directory, not from its own i386 and not from the SP2 update directory.

hey guys,
 
here's the intructions for slipstreaming sp2 with win2k:
 
1)download sp2
 
2)extract the service pack to dir
 
3)copy win2k cd to HD
 
4)x:\sp2\i386\update\update.exe /s ;(:\win2k (:from command line)
 
*change path to path were you extracted sp2 and were you put your win2k files.
 
5)now you need to make cd bootable, either obtain boot.bin file for you version of win2k or take your win2k cd and put into drive and make your own boot.bin file.
 
6)if making your own boot.bin then launch cdrwin and choose extract disks/tracks/sectors utility.
 
7)extract mode should be set to sectors, sector selection should read
start: 20 end : 20 data mode1 (2048)
 
8)choose path for boot.bin file, click start
 
9)now that you have a boot.bin file you need to launch cdrwin's file backup and tools utility.
 
10)backup tool operation should read Record directories/files directly to an ISO9660 disk(on the fly)
 
11)add the directory of your slipstreamed win2k files
 
12)have the following checked:longfile names, recurse subdirectories,
Include Hidden Files, Include System files
13)now select advanced options, volume lable should read W2PFPP_EN for win2kpro, now select bootable disk tab and choose your boot.bin files, Developer name should be "Microsoft Corporation" and Load sector count should be 4.Click ok.
 
14)burn disk
 
hope this helps,
 
Darrylzero