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Solve : Win2K Installation Woes? |
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Answer» Hi, everyone. You may remember me from the win2k product ID thread. Thanks to your help, I managed to get my installation going. Now, I'm having problems after the installation. I did! I downloaded these files from e-academy, in association with Syracuse University. I can prove it if you could tell me how! Ah, well I'm not asking you to prove it, I merely thought it would be better for you to have a bootable CD which makes everything a lot easier. However, if that isn't the case, we'll have to do in in a different MANNER:
Quote Ah, well I'm not asking you to prove it, I merely thought it would be better for you to have a bootable CD which makes everything a lot easier. Tell me about it! I hae no partitions on my hard drive. (Well, the installation process listed 1, but I figured it's the same thing.) Both Win2K and the phantom 98 appear to be on the same one, but as I said the 98 OS doesn't work. Thanks!If the Windows 98 OS doesn't work, how did you install the Windows 2000 OS?2 OS's cannot exist on one partition...whether you know it or not you have more than one partition on that HDD... Run the HDD's diagnostic program and post the results... patio. 8-) Quote If the Windows 98 OS doesn't work, how did you install the Windows 2000 OS? Win 98 isn't working now, but it was during the original installation. Now, I should be upgraded to 2k, but that little phantom 98 is still listed there during all my boots now. I've tried repairing/reinstalling 2k several times now, and it continues to list 1 partition. That's what I think is causing the problem- 98 shouldn't be there, but is, causing problems for 2K. Quote Run the HDD's diagnostic program and post the results... How do I do that? (Running the diagnostic, I mean.)Create a bootable diskette (Bootdisk.com) and type "Fdisk" You're going to need a bootdisk to install Windows 2000 again, however, I need to know how many partitions you have and on what partition the Windows 2000 installation files are located.Here's the only partition listed by Disk Management... Volume: (C:) Layout: Partition Type: Basic File System: NTFS Status: Healthy (System) Capacity: 27.95 GB Fault Tolerance: no Overhead: 0%Then take Raptor's advice and do a format and clean install... I still believe there is more than one partition but however it won't be the first time i've been wrong.... Heck, i got married once.Okay, let's speak to that end, then. I'll try creating a book disk, which I gather should be a FAIRLY automated process. Now, would be able to install Win2K based on the install-files I downloaded to my hard drive, or do I should I try burning them to a CD or something? From there, how would I reformat the drive? Thanks for all the help you guys are giving me!In what form did the installation files come? Was it an .ISO or a folder with files? Can you still burn them to a CD? That'd be good. |
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