Installing Windows 2000 Pro on a 1GB Microdrive

[JMahon]

Hey guys, I have a VIA Epia 800 mini ITX motherboard and a 1GB Microdrive. Now, the person I got this from, said he started from a Linux CD and it installed linux on the microdrive like any other drive. I'm trying to install windows 2000 pro on it. It gives me a kernal error and makes me restart. This is after the windows 2000 CD loads all of the drivers and all that and it says "Starting windows 2000 setup..." at the bottom of the screen. Then, about 10 seconds in to this, the CD-ROM spins down and then a blue screen with this error comes up. The person I bought this from looked up the error and its definition was: "An incompatibility between hardware and Windows"

Now, I'm going to try to install a small distro of linux and see if that works. I still want windows 2000 on there though. Any way I can "clone" from a hard drive with a fresh install on it to the microdrive? In windows 2000, the microdrive is reconized as a 1gb hard drive. So, I know the drive works. I think it might be the CF to IDE convertor that might be causing this problem.

Anyways, if you guys could give me some tips or any apps that can clone one HD to the other, that'd be great. I'm just using the microdrive as the primary HD for now because it's quiet and I will use an external HD (so I can remove it from my car and bring it inside) to store all of my music and video.

Thanks in advance for any help provided.

 

[corkyg]

Microdrives are not recognized as bopotable drives in any BIOS I am aware of. They are just glorified C/F cards. They are now passé.

 

[JMahon]

Nope, I got it to work. It has been installed from a windows 2000 setup disk and works. Everyone thinks they are just crappy little things, but they arn't. Super small, super quiet, super cool....It's a bit slower than your average HD, but it works.

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: JMahon
Nope, I got it to work. It has been installed from a windows 2000 setup disk and works. Everyone thinks they are just crappy little things, but they arn't. Super small, super quiet, super cool....It's a bit slower than your average HD, but it works.

That's cool. :beer:

I :heart: the 5GB Seagate Microdrive that I have in my camera...

 

[Mark R]

Originally posted by: corkyg
Microdrives are not recognized as bopotable drives in any BIOS I am aware of. They are just glorified C/F cards. They are now passé.

They should be if you hook them up to an IDE port - microdrives, like CF cards, are fully functioning IDE devices. There's actually no need for any electronics on IDE->CF converters.