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by zimmerrush

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I am having trouble installing a BETA version of Server 2000. I have loaded the 4 boot disks. When it asks for the CD and to press enter, nothing happens. It hangs there but the CD is in the CD-Rom drive. Any ideas why I can't continue the installation from the CD-Rom?

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by zimmerrush

For some reason it doesn't want to boot from the CD. I have tried it on a few computers. I can see all the files on the CD, there is no setup file or autorun. There is a Mkboot file that creates 4 disks. They work but when it asks to continue the installation from the CD nothing happens. I hope this makes sense. Thanks

by "doctor"

Your CD is incomplete. All 2000 server CDs are bootable period, Beta, RC and GA. Someone passed you a bogus copy. Either that or your CD rom is broken.

by "doctor"

Also, if your drive itself is not bootable that would explain why you cant bot but if you areusing the setup disks, it should find your CD rom. Now, if you have a scsi cd rom, you will need your drivers for your scsi controller card. While booting with the setup disks, it will prombt you to hit f6 to load extra drivers. Use your driver disk here. When you CD rom is found, your your media. If this does not work, buy another system.

by natcat

The file you should look for in the cd is in
i386/winnt/winnt.exe if it is a fresh install or
i386/winnt32/winnt32.exe if its an upgrade.

here are some suggestions
1. make the boot diskettes on another machine than the one you had orginally created them on. I can't explain why but when I was unable to boot from the cd and created the 4 boot disks on a server it didn't work, making them on my 2000 laptop did, go figure.

2. Boot from a 98 boot disk and try looking for the exe files I told you about on the cd....while your at it try to use another cd to ascertain if its a problem with the cd drive or the cd you were given.

by shanghai sam

I found the winnt.exe file on the CD. I didn't have to use the floppys. Everything went well until I got to that same point where it asks for the CD. It's an older CD-Rom(5 years). It's puzzling because I can load many programs from it. I am starting to think it's the CD-Rom though.

by jailbreak

Try to use a boot disk from Win95/98/me and choose in the startup menu the dos prompt with the cd rom drivers. And then on dos test the cd-rom and all the files in the cd-rom. If it work fine the problem is something else.

by cul8rm8e

your cd should consist of 7 folders(BOOTDISK,CLIENTS,i386,PRINTERS,SETUPTXT,SUPPORT,VALUEADD)

OTHER FILES ARE (AUTORUN, CDROM_IA.5 ,CDROM_NT.5, READ1ST,README,SETUP)

anything other than files above will leave you unable to install your O/S

by zimmerrush

I have the 7 file folders(8 with MSreport) but I am missing Autorun, cdrom_ia.5, cdrom_nt.5, read1st and setup). So just to confirm without these files installation will not work??? Thanks

by cul8rm8e

sorry to say but the answer to that is NO it wont run,if you want i can e/mail you these files, if i can rem they arent too big!

let me know!

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