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Can`t install Windows 2000 server

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by gdemoura 1 view

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I have a Dell PowerEdge 2300 server with 4*18GB SCSI hard drives in a raid 5 config.
I have two logical partitions0:
C: 48 GB for data
D: 2GB for system

Each time I try to install Windows2000 server from the CD I format the D partition in NTFS and when it copies the files it stops a 99% and can`t copy the following files:
arcldr.exe, arcsetup.exe, ntldr,ntdetect.com.

If I skip them It can finish copy the rest of the files but my OS install is aborted and can`t boot on it.

How can I fix this problem?

This problem started when I first installed Windows 2000 server succesfully and then from disk management I enabled the partition D: (original the data partition, that then became C:) because I couldn`t access it.
The C: partition was originally the system partition.
I then redid the Windows2000 server install and reformated the 2GB system partition.

Why did the drive letter change? Can I modify it?

It`s very critical for me to have it fix, please help

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by pctech

Did you hit F6 during installation to install the drivers for the SCSI controller? .... Just a thought.

by timwalsh

I would suggest that your 2GB system partition is being strained to the breaking point.

On my Win2K servers, the WINNT folder alone averages 1.5GB. When you start adding all the things Windows loads plus a decent size pagefile, well...

In the past, I have used the rule of thumb of NEVER using a system partition smaller than 4GB (usually sufficient with a server with a minimum of utility software installed). But with the cost of hard drives continuing to drop, why constrain yourself if you don't have to.

Increase the size of your system partition unless you ABSOLUTELY cannot spare the space.

by mark

Make your system partition C and about 8G in size. Install your OS and then setup your data partition with the rest. You can change your drive letters in Disk Management which is probably what you did. The boot.ini file tells the system which partition to boot from.

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