Re: How to copy W2K CD onto fresh HD
From: Dan Seur (click_at_casta.net)
Date: 05/02/04
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Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 15:24:18 -0400
You can, before Monday:
- get a W98 boot diskette image from www.bootdisk.com.
- boot your machine with it to the W98 DOS prompt, & setup HDD
partitions as you wish, all FAT32.
- copy the CD to a partition, preferably not the one you'll install W2k
on. Copy the whole thing (except for non-Intel code directories) if
space permits; copy at least the \i386 and all subdirs therein if space
constrained.
- from the DOS prompt start the W2k install by running \i386\winnt.exe
with your choice of parameters if any. I'm not sure whether with the W98
boot diskette you can run the winnt32.exe 32-bit installer; doesn't
matter much since end results are identical.
- when W2k is up and running, you can convert partition format(s) to NTFS.
a wrote:
> OK, the background first:
>
> Windows crashed and couldn't repair it. So now I'm trying to do a
> fresh install from CD. However, during the first phase of the
> installation (blue screen), setup complains about files not being
> correctly copied from CD. I press retry and it seems to work fine.
> Then, in the next phase (after windows boots from HD), after
> localization and admin setup, when it starts copying files and
> configuring (COM+... etc) it crashes (reboots). I haven't been able to
> go past that phase, it perpetually reboots at that point.
>
> I have tried 3 different CD units, 3 different CD's (2 of them
> original W2K CD's, one a burned backup copy) but with the same
> results. I checked the CD drives and the CD's on another computer and
> they seemd to be fine. I also tried a different IDE cable, no joy.
>
> Now, my question:
>
> Well, two questions. 1: Any ideas on what the problem might be?
>
> Is there a way I can boot into command prompt, copy the installation
> CD-ROM contents on to the hard disk and install from the hard disk?
>
> Thanks for any help. I need to get this machine up and running before
> monday if possible.
>
> PS. Specs: P4 2.8 / 1GB RAM / Seagate 120GB 7200 HD / LG DVD-CD /
> FX5900 / ASUS P4P800 / Antec 380W PS...
>
> PPS. I had installed W2K from CD on this system a few months ago
> without any problems.
>
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