w2k reading dos formatted hd?

[gagz]

Hi-

I ran into an issue where I couldn't boot to my w2k disc, so i used an windows98 boot disk to boot, attached a new drive as slave, and xcopied all my data from the bad drive to the good one. When I put that drive in a working windows 2000 machine, and it says it not formatted (used fdisk and format on the boot disk to create the fs). is there anythign i can do?

 

[Dreamland]

gagz-

If you FDISK'd, formatted and XCOPY'd without errors, then the file system on that disk is probably fine. The cause of 2K/XP problems recognizing drives almost always comes down to:

1. Drives not configured properly as Master/Slave/Cable Select via drive jumpers or cable position after the move. The configuration of the existing drive in the machine is as important as the one you're moving, and the jumper configuration varies by manufacturer and model. We need to know how the existing one is set. The generic answer is to have the existing one set as master and the one you're moving as slave. It might not be that simple - we need more details.

2. BIOS never detected or set up new drive after install, or DMI pool not reset. The drive must be installed with the machine powered off, and (when the machine is restarted) you need to go into the BIOS setup and make sure it detects the actual model of the drive. This procedure varies by machine, but the generic answer is to have it set to AUTO-detect and force it to recognize the drive while you're in the BIOS. Finally, mark the 'reset configuration data' option as you leave the BIOS setup. Again, it may not be this simple. We need to know the motherboard model, other hardware, etc.


It's not as simple as just moving a secondary drive from one machine to another (although sometimes you're lucky and it works anyway).


Your problem has nothing to do with W2K or Win98 - the partition tables (FDISK) are compatible and W2K can recognize any file system Win98 is capable of writing.