Strange error in 2000

Tim

I have Windows 2000 loaded on a small 3 GB hard drive waiting for my BP6 motherboard to get here. I set up the hard drive on my normal desktop system today to download some BP6 drivers, but I had a strange error.

I was getting a screen saying error 30 - unspecified error in dialog.

It would go on the internet and click around various websites, but I couldn't click the mouse to make the cursor appear in a specific spot. I couldn't type in my user name or password for Hotmail, or type messages on other boards.

And it wouldn't let me get into C << Program Files and see the files either.

WTF? And more importantly, how can I fix it? The hard drive worked fine the last time I used it about a week ago.

I put my desktop back on its normal hard drives to come here and write this message. Couldn't do it with the 3 GB 2000 drive.

BlackHawk

You installed Win2K on the 3GB HDD with the machine you're on now or on another one?

Tim

No, on my desktop I disconnected my 2 regular hard drives and hooked up the 3 GB to put 2000 Pro on it.

Now a week later, I put the 3 GB back on (by itself, as before) to download some BP6 drivers, and the mouse click cursor won't work.

I uninstalled ZoneAlarm 5.1 from the 3 GB with Add/Remove Programs in C << Control Panel right before the problems started. Could that be it, and if so, how to fix it?

BlackHawk

Reinstall ZoneAlarm? My guess is that ZoneAlarm probably left something behind or uninstalled something that wasn't supposed to be removed. If reinstalling doesn't work, you could always try doing a repair install.