Re: Setup

Yes, it's pretty well the same with Windows XP. But you shouldn't need to reinstall XP, how did you remove XP from the SATA configuration? Can't you just "re-enable" it?

If the problem is that after you installed Windows 2000 you lost the ability to boot XP in dual boot configuration, replace the files NTDETECT.COM and ntldr in the root of the System (active) partition (usually c:\) with the XP version of the files, the files can be copied from your XP cd to the root folder of the System partition while you are booted in Windows 2000. The Windows 2000 version of these files are not aware of Windows XP and cannot boot it. The XP version of the files are aware of earlier NT versions and can boot them.

John

S. Harris wrote:

Thanks for you help fellas, I have installed 2K on my secondary
drive...great! I inadverently remove the primary master drive (XP) from the
SATA configuration utility. If I start the computer using my XP CD, will I
be able to select F6 and install the SATA drivers then select repair without
loosing the data on the XP drive? Is there another way? Thanks for your
help.
"John John" <audetweld@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OB$qLvxXHHA.4368@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

You will have to press F6 at the begining of the setup routine and
supply the SATA drivers on a floppy diskette. Pay close attention when
the setup begins, you will see a prompt at the bottom of the screen
telling you to press F6 for Raid or Mass Storage Device drivers.

John

S. Harris wrote:


I had dual boot OS; XP on drive D and Win2K on drive C. I was using

SATA

for the drives. I decided to reformat/reinstall 2K. I put the drive

into

another computer using XP and repartitioned/reformat and set drive as
active. In the other computer I installed the newly formatted drive

only. I

started the system using the 2K CD. I got the following error message:
Setup cannot load the keyboard layout file KBDUS.DLL. I cannot get the
drive to work in the original computer because of the SATA utility.

I've

gone to MS Knowledge base and read Q239722. I'm not sure the resolution
listed here would apply to my problem since only one drive is install

during

setup; although this is a SATA utility drive. Reading KB article

Q246187, I

ensured that the user profile is the administrator on the other computer
before I formatted, still I got the error message. I believe if I could
install 2K with the SATA option, then the drive would work on the

original

computer. Please help.





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