ARGHGH!!! Now Win2K won't see my hard drive... arhgghgh

[smp]

okay.. i started with NT4, and it said that I didn't have a hard drive &quot;setup can not detect a mass storage device, make sure that the etc etc... &quot; and the hard drive works fine and is hooked up, cause I'm running 98 off of it.. i got the second partition reserved for either of the NT's.. 4 or 2000 and I can't install either cause they both give me that message. I heard that NT4 won't recognize it cause it's ata 100 (diamond max hdd) but 2000 won't either (and I would have thought that it could). The other thing I heard is that you need to put it in an extended dos partition. That one doesn't make sense to me, cause I thought it had to be primary to be bootable.. ?? please help me.. I've been wrestling with this for a whole stupid week and it's killing me... <edit> the second partition that I have reserved for win2K or NT is ntfs, not fat32</edit>

 

[Gouky]

yeah, like i said in another thread... you need to copy your controler card's drivers to a disc and insert that disk durring the install when it asks for additional scsi drivers. that should fix your problem. also, if memory serves, that prompt might only pop-up when you're doing a fresh install and not when you do an upgrade.

Hope that helps.

 

[MulLa]

During the blue screen part of W2K's setup it will ask you to hit F6 if you want to install addition SCSI / Mass storage controller. Press F6 and insert the driver disk. Then setup should be able to recongnise your hdd.