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Quick Win2k installation question!

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Maverick2002

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Well, I'm trying to get rid of WinME and put Win2k on my test system but it won't let me format. I tried installing Win2k but all it does is create another OS. It won't format the drive. The CD is non-bootable (at least not according to my system; even when I set all 3 boot devices to CD-ROM I get an error saying invalid system disk). I have two partitions and I need to format both to NTFS and then install Win2k. Help?
 
Use a bootdisk with CD-ROM support to gain access to the CD.
Within the i386 folder on your 2K CD is an executable (winnt.exe I believe) that will allow you to run the installation.

Viper GTS
 
Take the HD to another system, format it as a FAT32 system disk, install CD-ROM drivers on the HD.
Transfer the HD back to the system, boot off of it, & run winnt.exe off the 2K CD.
During the install it will ask you if you want to convert the volume to NTFS.
Convert to NTFS, & call it good.

Viper GTS
 
the disk is bootable, your cdroms might not support El-Torito, if you boot up with the floppy run winnt32 in the i386 directory like Viper said. it will ask you if you want to delete the partitions say yes.
 
I found another way around this. I have two partitions so I installed on the other, reformatted the first, then installed on the first and reformatted the other. Thanks for the tips though. I guess sometimes the floppy drive does come in handy ...
 
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