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  • December 6, 2000 at 4:43 pm #2092216

    Win2k install won’t play nice!!

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    by avand1 · about 22 years ago

    I have a 11.5 gig hard drive [ide] with win98
    on drives c: d: e:, f: is to be the win2000
    install. I go through the install up to the
    point of formatting f: then get the message
    that it can’t be formatted, after the format
    is done?
    Win98 works well with no problems what gives?
    Am I selecting the incorrect option after my
    hard drive is analyzed? The options on which
    one to format are rather perplexing. I
    selected the drive that matched the capacity
    of f:
    The nt loader is visible through win98 and
    drive f: is present but inaccessible.
    c: 2.46
    d: 5.84
    e: 1.36
    f: 1.74
    These numbers don’t match the ones after the
    hard drive is analyzed in win2000 setup. Cmos
    is set to boot from the cdrom and no antivirus.

    Andy

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    • December 6, 2000 at 4:49 pm #3879629

      Win2k install won’t play nice!!

      by avand1 · about 22 years ago

      In reply to Win2k install won’t play nice!!

      Thanx to JerryM MCSE+I /A+ for original
      assistance. This is new dilemma. Nuts!

    • December 12, 2000 at 1:47 pm #3871159

      Win2k install won’t play nice!!

      by avand1 · about 21 years, 12 months ago

      In reply to Win2k install won’t play nice!!

      Point value changed by question poster.

    • December 23, 2000 at 4:44 am #3866443

      Win2k install won’t play nice!!

      by msgtray · about 21 years, 11 months ago

      In reply to Win2k install won’t play nice!!

      This may be a silly question, but what type of partitions are d,e, and f? Remember that you are limited to 4 primary partitions per hard drive no matter how big it is.

      Just a thought… Ray

      • January 23, 2001 at 9:52 am #3850400

        Win2k install won’t play nice!!

        by avand1 · about 21 years, 10 months ago

        In reply to Win2k install won’t play nice!!

        I have fat32 partitions on all drives. Will an old bios be the culprit (1995)?

    • April 7, 2001 at 12:53 pm #3814285

      Win2k install won’t play nice!!

      by wjwncpro_techrepublic · about 21 years, 8 months ago

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      Let me through this out their, Did you try installing from Win98, or did you boot from the CD. Try rebooting with the install Win2k CD in the drive and the 2k boot disk in “A” and not to Win98. Win2k will not install from Win98.

    • May 8, 2001 at 11:07 am #3809977

      Win2k install won’t play nice!!

      by avand1 · about 21 years, 7 months ago

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