Re: Installation: doesn't see setup files on hard drive?

From: Dave Patrick (mail_at_Nospam.DSPatrick.com)
Date: 02/10/05 

Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 21:48:43 -0700

Is the scsi controller integrated or add-on? Check to see what device is the
boot device in cmos setup and or scsi controller bios (if add-on).

Near the bottom of this article is the procedure for running winnt.exe from
a dos boot disk. But this won't circumvent drive controller issue.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/2000/professional/reskit/en-us/part2/proch04.mspx 

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"Frank W." wrote:
| Just plain old IDE for the drive I'm installing.  BUT...I have been using 
Win2k on a SCSI drive for 2
| years.  Is there a chance its still looking for the SCSI drive?  I have 
the CMOS set to start with
| "CDrom, C" and its booting off the CD OK.  And when I set it to "C only" 
it doesn't see the CDrom.  So
| that seems to work.
|
| What about copying all the CDrom files to the hard drive and booting with 
it?  I read in a Windows
| Resource Kit book a long time ago that an install from a hard drive is far 
faster and efficient than from
| a CD.  Any URL explaingin that procedure would be great.  I have several 
hard drives so its no problem
| moving stuff around.  As for the problem of not being able to choose the 
size of the partition during the
| install, I'll use Partition Magic later.  Not worried about that now.

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