I am running Windows ME and tried to install Windows professional 2000.
It gave me the option of installing as an upgrade(recommended) or as a clean install. I chose upgrade.
It informs me that it does not recognise any mass storage devices(I presume it means hard drive).
My hard drive controller is an Ali 5229 PCI Bus Master IDE Controller. I have an upgrade for WP2000 but it will only load in WP2000.Chicken and egg situation.
I tried to continue and it informed me that a file Aic116x.sys is corrupt, and then aborted. I have searched for this file and cannot find it on my hard drive or the WP2000 CD.
1. When I try to re-install it now tells me that to install as an upgrade is no longer an option. When I install as clean it still aborts with the same message.
2. Windows Professional 2000 Setup has written itself in to the boot record and now offers itself as an option on startup.
Any ideas on how to install or remove the setup from the boot record if I can't install
It gave me the option of installing as an upgrade(recommended) or as a clean install. I chose upgrade.
It informs me that it does not recognise any mass storage devices(I presume it means hard drive).
My hard drive controller is an Ali 5229 PCI Bus Master IDE Controller. I have an upgrade for WP2000 but it will only load in WP2000.Chicken and egg situation.
I tried to continue and it informed me that a file Aic116x.sys is corrupt, and then aborted. I have searched for this file and cannot find it on my hard drive or the WP2000 CD.
1. When I try to re-install it now tells me that to install as an upgrade is no longer an option. When I install as clean it still aborts with the same message.
2. Windows Professional 2000 Setup has written itself in to the boot record and now offers itself as an option on startup.
Any ideas on how to install or remove the setup from the boot record if I can't install
