Ok...now i got the services started...then this is what i did..my pfile is copied from c:\oracle9i\ora92\admin\pfile\heatdb\initheatdb.ora to c:\oracle9i\ora92\database\heatdb.ora

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SQL> connect / as sysdba
Connected to an idle instance.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> startup nomount
ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters
LRM-00109: could not open parameter file 'C:\ORACLE9I\ORA92\DATABASE\INITCHEATDB.ORA'

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Why is it saying caouldnot open ?...any ideas...

Thanks a lot for all your help