Win2k boot disk problem

[Thyme]

I created win2k boot disks from the myshed link at bootdisk.com and burned them with WinImage and Rawwrite. When I put the first one it, it reads the disk and then says "Disk I/O Error." Anyone know where the problem lies? I don't have a bootable CDROM and I need to reinstall win2k.

Thanks.

 

[loosbrew]

if you have the win2k cd, pop it in the drive and go into bootdisk folder. thereyou should find a file called makeboot32! use it. it works! 🙂

loosbrew

 

[rbV5]

Just download the win98 bootdisk, add smartdrive to the bootdisk to speed things up in DOS, boot up your computer, navigate to the I386 folder on the windows cd, type "winnt", follow directions.

 

[Thyme]

rbv5, I followed your directions but all MS-DOS can detect is the RAM-Drive and it just says that there isn't enough space for the temp files. Will this method not work because I am not using FAT32?

 

[SemperFi]

I would say your cd drive is not supported by the win98 generic drivers. The easiest thing to do is goto the website and download the dos driver for your cdrom. Copy it to the 98 boot disk. Edit config.sys line that has oakcdrom.sys to read as the file you just copied to the floppy.

For example if the file you just copied to the floppy is stupidcd.sys. Replace oakcdrom.sys with stupidcd.sys. Leave the rest of the line alone just change the driver name. This should work. Sometimes the generic driver won't work especilly with older drives.

I hope this helps.

 

[SemperFi]

The dreaded double post! 😱

 

[rbV5]

Are you using NTFS? If you can see the hardrive, is it formated? You will need to fdisk and format,use fat32 to setup win2k then change it to NTFS after you finished installing, Is your hardrive being recognised in bios? Check to make sure your jumpers are correct, and that you have the cable plugged in properly.