Re: reinstallation

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anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 02/22/04 

Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 07:51:56 -0800

OH, my hard drive is ATA100 (I think).
I know is isn't the SCSI or Serial and am pretty sure it
isn;t DMA

>-----Original Message-----
>You didn't mention the drive controller (possibly SCSI,
or ultra DMA, or
>ATA100, or raid, or serial ATA), but you may need to boot
the Windows 2000
>setup disks or CD-Rom and *F6* very early and very
important (at setup is
>inspecting your system) in the setup to prevent drive
controller detection,
>and select S to specify additional drivers. Then later
you'll be prompted to
>insert the manufacturer supplied Windows 2000 driver for
your drive's
>controller in drive "A"
>
>If you wait and then S to specify additional drivers,
then it may be too
>late as Windows 2000 Setup at this point may have already
assigned the
>resources your drive's controller is wanting to use.
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in
newsgroup.
>Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
>Microsoft Certified Professional [Windows 2000]
>http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
>
>"peter t" wrote:
>| I'm reinstalling Windows 2000 on my IBM NetVista.
>| Everything works fine through the 4 installation floppy
>| disks.
>|
>| Then I load in my Win2k CD, which is an upgrade so I
load
>| in my Win NT 3.51 CD and everything is still fine.
>|
>| Then the screen says to remove any floppy's because its
>| going to reboot. Everything is still great until...
>|
>| ...When my machine reboots, it stalls on the black
screen
>| with the underscore in the upper left blinking.
>|
>| Any idea what the problem is?
>| At first I thought it was my hard drive, so I tried
>| installation with another drive and the same thing
>| happens. This CD is not the original CD Rom but has
>| worked for two years. Is this a motherboard thing? Any
>| idea where the corruption is>
>|
>| Thanks in advance!
>
>
>.
>

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