How to start Windows 2000 installation?

[RPatrick6]

I was trying to start installation like I have with previous versions. Go to the CD drive and type SETUP.

Does not work here.

Help appreciated.

 

[Nohr]

Boot off the CD. You may have to go in to your BIOS and change the drive boot order.

 

[KenSr]

You may need to have a clean hard drive, and then boot from CD

 

[Aleksandar]

type cd "cd rom letter" :\i386 press enter
then type winnt or setup

 

[RPatrick6]

Now it is halting during bootup and says "operating system missing"

My boot sequence in bios is

floppy
HDD0
CD

The hard drive in new, and it is assigned as C and active (Fdisk), but not formatted. Do I need to format it before it will bypass it to the CD?

 

[LiLithTecH]

If your CD ROM drive allows booting, and your version of Win2k
is bootable, that is the way to go. (move the CD ahead of HDD0)

Otherwise you will need to create the BOOTDISK (4 floppies) from
the CD (located in the BOOTDISK directory)

 

[RPatrick6]

Thanks to all,

I am going with creating the 4 boot floppies.

That should do it !

 

[Paperlantern]

Originally posted by: LiLithTecH
If your CD ROM drive allows booting, and your version of Win2k
is bootable, that is the way to go. (move the CD ahead of HDD0)

Otherwise you will need to create the BOOTDISK (4 floppies) from
the CD (located in the BOOTDISK directory)

this man has the answer

pcs typically hit HDD and guve up, regardless of whats after them, like he said, move HDD0 ahead of cd and wait for the promp that says "press any key to boot from cd", then hit anything and it shoudl take you to a blue screen and start loading files to begin setup with. you can format your hard drive from within win 2000 setup

 

[Paperlantern]

Originally posted by: RPatrick6
Thanks to all,

I am going with creating the 4 boot floppies.

That should do it !

that will work too ( i like the cd install better though) cheers