unable to install win2k on HD?

[igell]

I have a Iwill xp333-R motherboard and xp1700+ processor.
I am having a hell of a time trying to install an operating system on a 80gig IBM drive.
Thid drive had a win2k installed on it previously but i deleted everyhtign via fdisk.
Now i am trying to reinstall win 2k on it but:
1. tried to install via boot from cd rom - pc will not boot from cd rom no matter what i do
2. tried to use the win2000 WS boot disks - all the disk go on fine, but when it askes you for win2k cd rom it tells me it cant find the end user license agreement on cd.. i tried this with 3 different win2k cds.
3. it does not want to boot off of the win2k server boot disks at all...
4. I tried installing win 98 - it tells me it cant install due to some NTFS partition on drive... i deleted all partitions via fdisk... but i am not sure if it deleted the ntfs partition it had on there. Is ther another way to delete everythign including ntfs partitions?

5. is my only choice left, to install the drive in another comp and try to install win2k there.. ?
am i missing something, i ve installed different OSs many times and never had so many problems....

 

[igell]

anyone have any ideas?
is this hardware related?

 

[Pederv]

Did you enable cdrom in the boot order in the bios?
Is the cdrom that you're trying to boot from the master on it's channel?
Have you tried clearing all partition info with IBM's tools?

 

[igell]

I did enable the cd rom as first in boot order, i also tried it as the only boot device.. still no go...
It is a master in its chanel IDE-1

thanks for the link to the utility, ill try that tonight and hopefully it will work.