Urgent!! Win2k Server Installation Problem

[mesagreg]

Hey Guys,

I have made Windows 2000 Server boot disks for installation on a brand new 40GB hard drive. I booted with the first disk and followed all the steps, letting the installation format the new drive. When prompted to reboot I did so, removing the installation disks from the floppy drive. Upon reboot, I get a disk read error and the new operating system cannot load.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to proceed from here? I need to get this done today.

Thanks in advance` Gregory A. Lusk, P.E., CCNA

 

[mikecx]

Is this a SCSI drive? With the compaq smart array controllers I have found that I get that error if I do not re-define the array before doing the install. If it is a normal EIDE HD check to make sure there is good contact. Try reformatting and starting again. If this is an older computer the controller may be going bad.

 

[mesagreg]

Mike,

Thanks for your response. I just now checked the cable and it the hd may not have been connected to the right connector on the ribbon cable. Also, I just used FDISK to create and activate a primary DOS partition. I am going through the Win2k setup once again and am converting the partition to NTFS. We'll see if it works.

By the way, I found a really neat utility called EZ OS Install that I downloaded for $4.95 at

http://www.ezosinstall.com.

It lets you easily make Windows boot disks (all versions) and has several other utilities that are very useful.

Thanks,
Gregory A. Lusk, P.E., CCNA

 

[MattWray]

For Boot Disks, you can also check out

http://www.bootdisk.com.

And the Win2k Server is a bootable CD, so if your BIOS supports booting from CDRom, you may want to try that. It is much faster than floppies... Matt Wray
CCNA, MCP

 

[tedg]

i have aproblem with ISM - I WANT TO REMOVE THE COMPONENT
ANFD THEN ADD THE COMPONENT. I INSERTED MY CD AND HIT "ADD/REMOVE" COMPONENT - then it tells me a program is already running and wait till it finished - then i cannot find the component i want to add? it just sits there?

 

[tedg]

i have aproblem with ISM - I WANT TO REMOVE THE COMPONENT
ANFD THEN ADD THE COMPONENT. I INSERTED MY CD AND HIT "ADD/REMOVE" COMPONENT - then it tells me a program is already running and wait till it finished - then i cannot find the component i want to add? it just sits there?

 

[tedg]

i have aproblem with ISM - I WANT TO REMOVE THE COMPONENT
ANFD THEN ADD THE COMPONENT. I INSERTED MY CD AND HIT "ADD/REMOVE" COMPONENT - then it tells me a program is already running and wait till it finished - then i cannot find the component i want to add? it just sits there?