Re: Win 2K install reboots, starts over during setup - now says ntldr missing

From: Dave Patrick (mail_at_NoSpam.DSPatrick.com)
Date: 07/25/04 

Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 14:54:41 -0600

You didn't mention the current 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. 

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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"Frogabog" wrote:
| I installed an 80g hard drive after the original 13g
| failed.  It wouldn't recognize any of the HD so I bought a
| controller card (Promise) but that didn't work either.  So
| I flashed the BIOS and viola it found the HD slick as can
| be.  Thought my problems were over.  Not so.  During
| various phases of windows setup it reboots.  I have re-
| formatted the HD 3 times trying to make sure it's a very
| clean install.  Once it rebooted at 100% of the HD format
| and then said I didn't have a formatted HD.  There was a
| point where I got through setup and to the final phase
| after entering the registration numbers and then it
| reboots during the second task in the last phase of the
| install (can't remember what it is, right before it
| deletes temporary files).  At one point it would go right
| back to setup installing devices, then asking my name,
| enter the numbers and again reboots during the last few
| tasks.  Now it reboots during the first phase of the
| initial setup.  Says NTLDR is missing.  Like it has part
| of the install completed but not all.
|
| I do not have the Promise card installed anymore.  Will
| this help?
|
| And, why when I start over, format the HD again does it do
| this?  It has always installed without problems, on any
| machine I've done it on.
|
| Any ideas?

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