Re: Win 2K install reboots, starts over during setup - now says ntldr missing
From: Carl Farrington (carl_at_000compsup000.net.invalid)
Date: 07/25/04
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Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 22:49:55 +0100
Dave Patrick wrote:
> <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.
Did they make a 450MHz PII? Sure it's not a P-III? Either way, the board is
likely to be a 440BX based motherboard using the 82371AB (PIIX4) IDE set.
The problem is likely to be either a BIOS limitation on the motherboard, for
which a suitable update could be hard to come by, or bad ram.
Use the Promise card (and hence it's BIOS) and do what Dave said regarding
F6 to use the Promise drivers on installation.
Best of luck.
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