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Answer» well here is my problem
I recently had to reinstall my w2000pro but when I did, I did it in FAT, which is not bad except I had additional hard drives with more memory that are in ntfs from the original install and now my pc doesn't detect them :-?
I know all my old w2000 stuff is still there because my wife did something by accident and my old desktop and setup came up??? recognizing all drives and background and all just like it was before I reinstalled???...so now I am trying to get my current system to recognize it or boot from the extras without having to change the harddrive order on the interior.
any help would be greatly appreciatedHow many drives are there? How are they partitioned? How did you manage to get Win2000 to install on FAT16?I have 2 additional drives. When I re-installed it GAVE me the option to install with NTFS or FAT32 so I picked FAT in case I couldn't get it I could put win98 on till I downloaded my bootdisks. I didn't even THINK about my other TWO drives at the time. There is only single partitions on each.OK, I guess we NEEDED to clarify terms. There are 3 hard drives in the machine of varying sizes? (You put that one has "more memory" but hard drives only have size, no memory.) The previous version of Windows was on this same drive?
Of these 3 hard drives only one has Windows currently installed on it? AND it is the C drive? If so, what are on the other drives and how are they lettered? And these two other drives use NTFS file system?ok excuse my termonolgy....I realize they have "size" not memory, sorry.
That is correct , I have 3 drives of varying size....this is my desktop which is really old so my drives are small compared to the average of today's standards. My primary hard drive is extremely small like a Gig. the others are 2 and 6. The secondarys , I used to to basically store everything I installed since my primary contains my OS and one or two small applications and pretty much out of space. I do believe that the secondary also has a copy of my OS but am unsure . I know that when I reinstalled w2000 it said that there was another winnt folder and did I want to overite or install in another, since I didn't want to take the chance of erasing something that I needed, I installed it in a new folder winnt2 and that is about it. I HOPE you can help.Are they seen in the BIOS?
How to convert from FAT32 to NTFS in Win2K...
Here Ya Go
patio. 8-)ok, the plot thickens...I just converted my FAt to NTFS so now everything is the same fs but it is still not detecting the extra drives :-?How can you convert them when it's not detecting them?
The only plot that thickens is you plotting to ignore my question.
Quote Are they seen in the BIOS?
QuoteHow can you convert them when it's not detecting them?
The only plot that thickens is you plotting to ignore my question.
QuoteAre they seen in the BIOS?
What is up with the attitude? Are you here to help me or clown me?
I converted the only hard drive that my pc is reading to NTFS. The other 2 aren't being detected. I thought it was because they were different FS but apparently not so I am back to square one with my 2 additional harddrives not being detected but they are all ntfs now. I don't know if the BIOS is seein them or not, how do i check?What is the computer or motherboard make/model. If your primary drive is 1 gig I don't see how you squeezed Win2000 in there, especially on top of an existing Windows installation. That just doesn't fit.
Have you changed any jumpers on any drives, or done ANYTHING other than just reinstalling Windows?
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QuoteHow can you convert them when it's not detecting them?
The only plot that thickens is you plotting to ignore my question.
QuoteAre they seen in the BIOS?
What is up with the attitude? Are you here to help me or clown me?
I converted the only hard drive that my pc is reading to NTFS. The other 2 aren't being detected. I thought it was because they were different FS but apparently not so I am back to square one with my 2 additional harddrives not being detected but they are all ntfs now. I don't know if the BIOS is seein them or not, how do i check?
Are you calling me a clown after ignoring me?
Anyhow, check the BIOS to see if your HDD is recognized.
QuoteWhat is the computer or motherboard make/model. If your primary drive is 1 gig I don't see how you squeezed Win2000 in there, especially on top of an existing Windows installation. That just doesn't fit.
Have you changed any jumpers on any drives, or done ANYTHING other than just reinstalling Windows?
Thats it just re-installed windows. I formated the drive and deleted and created a partition but that is it and it is actually 813mb. I think win2000 takes up 634mb or something like that. I think I am goin to just remove it and switch the other drive as primary and see if it boots.
Here is my system info:
System Information report written at: 10/14/2006 04:12:54 PM
[System Summary]
Item Value
OS Name Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Version 5.0.2195 Service Pack 4 Build 2195
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name HOME-5A8E7ADFC0
System Manufacturer INTEL_
System Model BI440ZXA
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 6 Stepping 5 GenuineIntel ~399 Mhz
BIOS Version 04/07/99
Windows Directory C:\WINNT2
System Directory C:\WINNT2\system32
Boot Device \Device\Harddisk0\Partition1
Locale United States
User Name HOME-5A8E7ADFC0\home
Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Total Physical Memory 261,552 KB
Available Physical Memory 169,240 KB
Total Virtual Memory 550,588 KB
Available Virtual Memory 363,248 KB
Page File Space 289,036 KB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Yeah I know its ancient but it was getting the job done until recently.
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QuoteHow can you convert them when it's not detecting them?
The only plot that thickens is you plotting to ignore my question.
QuoteAre they seen in the BIOS?
What is up with the attitude? Are you here to help me or clown me?
I converted the only hard drive that my pc is reading to NTFS. The other 2 aren't being detected. I thought it was because they were different FS but apparently not so I am back to square one with my 2 additional harddrives not being detected but they are all ntfs now. I don't know if the BIOS is seein them or not, how do i check?
Are you calling me a clown after ignoring me?
Anyhow, check the BIOS to see if your HDD is recognized.
Your kidding right? It is a fiqure of speech, you trying to 'clown' me; translation= are you trying to make fun of me, Are you trying to dog me...
How do I chck the BIOS?What? Is that it? Do you think I'm here for your entertainment? Do I amuse you?
Forget about it.
How to enter the BIOS or CMOS setup.(Click)
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