Re: cannot install OS on empty disk...
From: Pegasus \(MVP\) (I.can_at_fly.com)
Date: 09/08/04
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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 09:07:28 +1000
"kurt" <kurt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> hi, i am having major problems getting w2k setup running...
> Before i received it, the pc had winMe installed, but corruptions in
> registry of the himem nature forced shutdown after starting windows.
>
> I tried using my own WinME recovery CD to do a clean reinstall but shortly
> after setup starts i got denied since the installer says that the my Me
> version does not match the previous owner's version...damn!!
>
> So i turned to W2K. First, the W2k Cd is a copy of the original and was
not
> booting so i had to get into the DOS command prompt using the Me recovery
CD.
> I used the MErecovery Cd's fdisk and format options for hard drive
failure
> rescue to erase the existing partitions and set a new logical partition
> formatted in fat32.
>
> then i ran w2kCd\i386\winnt.exe to run W2K setup. But after asking me for
> the source path for w2K files, it says that it cannot continue because of
> something having to do with the incorrect partition and format
>
> Then, i created the setup startup floppies, which got into the blue screen
> for win2000setup, but after reading from the #1 for a few seconds, nothing
> happens...
>
> what should i do? Try with a different OS setup? Can WinME fdisk &
format
> cause mayhem for the W2K setup process? Where can i find the Fdisk and
format
> tools for W2k (are they even in the W2K cd?)? Why can't my W2K cd boot,
even
> when set in the bios config?
>
> Help me please!
Do this:
- Boot the machine with a Win98 boot disk from www.bootdisk.com.
- Use fdisk.com to create the FAT32 partitions you require.
- run \i386\winnt.exe from your Win2000 CD to install Win2000.
- Convert the partition to NTFS if desired (convert c: /fs:ntfs)
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