Tutorial for Reformat, partition, and Reinstall Win2k Pro

[andwhite]

I need to reinstall Win2k. If anyone knows a link to a tutorial that would tell me the best way to format and partition the hard drive to optimize for Win2K profesional, could you please post that link. I would really appreciate it.

-Thanks

 

[TomBilliodeaux]

What are you starting from?
Do you have one partition? Will you be dual booting with 98?
W2K has a good partitioning tool in its utilities but you first have to install it to use it.
See my post question about primary partitions. Some good solutions have been offered that suggest the following: I intend to do this but have not done so yet:
1. First use a small 200Mb root using FAT16 that can be read by W9x.
2. For only W2K as your o/s: make 2 more partitions: 1.5G for the NTFS o/s and remaining space formated NTFS or seperate one 3.0G for applications.
3. For multiple o/s : (98,w2k,linux) Use 1.5G partitions for each o/s.
Then allocate one say 3.5G for programs to be shared by both 98 and W2k. THis needs to be a FAT32 formatted partition. Each application would need to be installed thru the operating system you will be using for that application and installed to the FAT32 drive partition. That eliminates having to have duplicates. Otherwise you will need a Fat32 for the 98 stuff and a either a FAT32 or NTFS for the W2k stuff.

 

[andwhite]

I guess some background info would be helpful. I have one 30 gig hard drive and I am currently dual booting between win98 and win2k. Right now I only have 2 partitions with each os installed on a different partition. I'm sick of keeping both os's updated with driver's etc.. All my important app's and hardware work well on win2k now, so I've decided to just go with win2k only. Plus, I've had some weird little problems in win2k that I can't correct (my right click on the bottom task bar doesn't work, and my suspend mode won't work because of a conflict with my zip100 drive), so I just want to do a clean install of win2k the best way possible. I'm just not sure of the best way to partition the HD.

Thanks!

 

[drizzt99]

My WIN2K is on it's way to me in the mail. I need it for my graphics apps to work well but I play lot's O Games. I plan to dual boot to check compatability. Later, I intend to use only WIN2K. So along with the original question I want to add. Is there ANY reason not to use NTFS on all partitions if I plan to only have WIN2K installed? Does any software dislike NTFS ie Games?

 

[TomBilliodeaux]

Andwhite,
Are you sure you don't need any 98 stuff?
You don't really have to keep updating. Stay as is.
I have a CDRW that I cannot drop/drag burns so i have to burn a whole cd at a time. Its a Sony Spressa 10x4x32cdrw. Worked great with 98 but cannot drop/drag in W2k. Also my Hp 820cse inkjet had to have a third party utility to print 2 sided in W2k.

I only have W2k but would like to have the cd option of drag/drop so I am wanting to add 98/dual boot.

Here is what we have as a W2K system:
C: primary - NTFS - 1.5G For Win2k system files
D: Extended Logical - NTFS - 1.0G For Win2k backup system, Call W2k2
E: Extended logical - Open - 3.5G unformated (Linux future addition)
F: Extended logical - NTFS - 10G W2k program files
G: Extended logical - NTFS - 14G Misc

This setup allows you to make a backup of w2k in case you need to reinstall and boot to it during a dual boot config.
You should keep backups of your configuration and registry. So if w2k gets unaccessible, you will have W2k2. Set up W2k and save registry, setup config. then reinstall those back to w2k2.

 

[SUOrangeman]

Maybe the link in my sig could be a little helpful as well.

-SUO