Re: Win2K Install Issues
From: Peter R. (PeterR_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/05/04
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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 22:54:01 -0800
Went ahead and deleted all partitions on the disk and reinstalled Windows 2K.
Windows recognized the entire size of the disk. I went through the
installation process, and had no issues with the core installation. When it
got to the starting up... splash screen, it again froze up and showed no
further process or movement on the activity screen.
Since Windows has not yet completed the installation, would there be any
benefit to booting into Safe Mode? Can Windows complete the installation
while loaded in Safe Mode.
Thanks for the help so far.
"Lawrence Tse" wrote:
> *I think* the disk detection and access behavior have not be heavily changed
> and the major difference between 2K & XP should be the supported hardware
> have been increased. So, installing Win2K again from scratch may bring some
> luck to you.
>
> I think not only formatting the entire disk, what I suggested is to delete
> all the disk paritions and re-create again. That's a recommended way if
> data is already backup and previous installation was facing boot problem.
>
> Regards,
> --
> Lawrence Tse
> MCT, MCSE:Messaging, MCSA:Messaging, MCDBA, MCSD, MCSE+Internet, MCP+Site
> Building
> "Peter R." <PeterR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BBFA2673-91D6-48DA-BBB1-09B1510C6DBD@microsoft.com...
> > Would this have changed from Win2K to WinXP? Although the WinXP was
> > extreamly slow both installing and running, it had no problems
> initializing
> > the HDD. Since the core of the OS is already installed, would it work
> just
> > to delete the 2Mb partition cantaining the WD drive utility, or should I
> > Format the entire disk and reinstall Win2K from scatch?
> >
> > "Lawrence Tse" wrote:
> >
> > > Although I don't know too much about WD HDD characteristic, but I
> believe
> > > the disk management utility you mentioned may not be a Win2K driver. If
> > > this is the case , the drive is usable in DOS mode and even can be
> > > paritioned as you want. However, when the system is rebooted, Windows
> take
> > > over the drive detection task which may comes to unexpected behavior
> like
> > > what you're facing.
> > >
> > > I wondered if you boot the Win2K installation from CD, can it detect the
> > > full size of the disk. If it can detect up to a reasonable portion of
> the
> > > space, it's recommended to leave it like that and create another
> partition
> > > after Win2K is successfully installed.
> > >
> > > If you insists to fully utilitize the HDD, try locating a Win2K version
> of
> > > driver from vendor, during the setup program initialize, press "F6" to
> load
> > > the driver using floppy disk, this may resolve the problem.
> > > --
> > > Lawrence Tse
> > > MCT, MCSE:Messaging, MCSA:Messaging, MCDBA, MCSD, MCSE+Internet,
> MCP+Site
> > > Building
> > >
> > > "Peter R." <Peter R.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:2617399C-1E5F-4216-ABE4-B6797E201010@microsoft.com...
> > > > I am attempting to install Win2K on a Dell Optiplex GX1 with a PII 350
> w/
> > > > 384Mb of RAM. The HDD is a WD 80GB 7200 rpm w/ 8Mb Cache. For the
> mother
> > > > board to recognize the full size I had to install WD disk management
> > > utility.
> > > > The base install went well but as Windows was loading to complete the
> > > > installation, it's hanging on the splash screen w/ no movement on the
> > > > activity bar.
> > > >
> > > > I attempted to install WindowsXP first, but due to incapadibility
> issues
> > > > with the onboard video drive, the OS ran painfully slow and was unable
> to
> > > > clear up the issues.
> > > >
> > > > Any suggestions would be great.
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>
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