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 15:35:30 -0600

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
| Are you referring to the Promise controller card?
* No the current drive controller.

It is
| not installed. Otherwise, I am unsure which controller
| it's got and I don't have any driver disks for it.
* Check the assus web site.

| I should install the promise card then?
* Yes you can do that and follow these steps. You'll want to boot the
Windows 2000 setup disks or CD-Rom. The set of four install disks can be
created from your Windows 2000 CD-Rom; change to the \bootdisk directory on
the CD-Rom and execute makeboot.exe (from dos) or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit)
and follow the prompts.

Then *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 promise 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.

When you get to the point, delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions
found. After you delete the partition(s) abort the install, then again
restart the pc booting the CD-Rom or setup disks to avoid unexpected drive
letter assignments with your new install.

I saw this
| response and thought it might solve the problem before but
| had the same questions I do now about the Promise card.
| The MB is and Asus 450mhz, PII.
* Not enough detail on the controller or MB for me to look up. 

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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