Re: Win2K install problem

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Ok, booted to Win98 dos prompt, ran NTFSDOS, pathed to \winnt\system32 and
located ntoskrnl.exe.

It appears to be in the correct location.

"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Your next step should be to determine if you still have
a Windows installation on your disk. Try this:
1. Boot the machine with a Win98 boot disk
from www.bootdisk.com.
2. Run ntfsdos.exe /L:MN (from www.sysinternals.com)

Now have a look on drive M:. Can you see the folder
M:\WinNT? Can you see the file M:\WinNT\system32\ntoskrnl.exe?

You should also try different numbers for partition(x)
in a:\boot.ini of the Win2000 boot disk you made previously.
Valid numbers are x=1, 2 or 3.


"Tim Ogiela" <thogiela@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The system has a IDE motherboard controller.

I created a Windows 2000 boot disk as indicated and received the
following
error message when attempting to boot from the boot disk,

Windows 2000 could not start because the following file is missing or
corrupt:
<Windows 2000 root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
Please re-install a copy of the above file.

I ran a manufacturer's recertification test program on my Maxtor drive,
which resulted in no errors, just prior to a low level format and
installiation of Windows 2000.

I have not however run a ram test as yet.

"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Tim Ogiela" <thogiela@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a system I'm on which I'm trying to install Win2K. I've gone
through
the entire install process, with an NTFS file system, and it appears
to
completely install correctly with no errors or appearant problems.
When
it
does a reboot after the install process, I get "error loading
operating
system".

My motherboard is a Tyan Tiger 133, 1Ghz, dual Pentium III
processors,
256
mb ram and 136 GB hard drive.

According to my Win2k manual and box, my system should meet the
minimum
requirements to install and operate.

If I attempt a repair, it doesn't locate an operating system. I've
even
tried to log onto the system for a manual repair and have no success
in
locating the partation.

I have had other operating systems previously installed on this
system
and
it has worked fine. And I even low level formated the hard drive to
ensure
there were no traces of any other os.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Tim



What happens when you boot the machine with a Win2000
boot disk? Here is how you can make one:
- Format a floppy disk on some other Win2000/XP PC.
Don't do it on a Win9x PC - it won't work.
- Copy these files from the \i386 folder of your Win2000 CD to A:\
ntldr
ntdetect.com
- Create a file a:\boot.ini with these lines
[Boot Loader]
Timeout=3
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect









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