super_si

Gonna Format c:\ then re Install 2k but before i re format when do i need to get Cd working etc to install 2 pro??

or do i need 98 again then load over it?

Si

Mick

iTrader: (1)

Use boot disk/ startup disk and use option to enable CD

super_si

What boot disc lol dont have 1

Mick

iTrader: (1)

I haven't used 2k but all the other OSs have the option of making a 'startup disk' for emergency use. In WinME/98 you go to control panel/AddRemove programs, and there is a tab on the top of the box 'Startup Disk' you follow the instructions, insert a clean floppy and... 'Robert is your mother's brother!' - as they say

Presumably even a startup disc from another level of Windows would set you on the way ???

Mick

stevem2k

Win98 boot disc works fine - are you sure you can't boot from cdrom ? (usually bios option)...

get one from www.bootdisk.com

Steve

DazV

No need for BOOTDISK

1. Set your CD to be first boot device in BIOS

2. Insert Win2k CD

3. Boot computer - the setup program will autoboot, load its own cd-rom drivers and offer your partitioning and formatting options before finally going on to install the OS

super_si

Thank you very muh never thought of doing CD ROM boot 1st doh

got another pc ne ways if it goes all wrong

Is £50 good for 2k pro?

shunty

no.....£0 is good

shunty

DazV

[today, shunty wears an eye patch, a wooden leg and a parrot on his shoulder]

DJ Dunk

iTrader: (5)

shunty yesterday . . . . .

shunty

Thank you, I'll take that as a complement
The day I buy anything IT related then it is time to change career paths

shunty

babber

Do it proper, partition the hard drive into two drives(c:\ and d:\) and format them both of them using format on the boot disk. Make sure you can access your CD rom (in DOS) and copy the O/S disk into a folder on the d:\ drive.

Boot the computer with a boot disk, access the d:\cabs (for example) run the setup program, and install. I know you can do this with 95, 98, 98SE, ME, etc. Unsure about 2k, but assume you can do it.

Then you should copy all your drivers and programs onto the d:\ drive in thier own folders, so next time it will be much easier to install everything. It's good house keeping as well.

Hope this helps

Cheers Phill C

super_si

why partion it?

point?

this is only for 2months till im home from uni again then creating 2*40gb RAID thingy

Then win2 on 1 linux on other!

Also ... its £50 student licence, £270 normally got it installed at mo but ineed my OWN copy of it

babber

Why partion ? It uses the space better on each drive, due to the cluster sizes being smaller.

If one partion is shot, then usually you can access the other.

Cheers Phill C

super_si

argh thanks! ive got partition magic but i dont like playing around with it to be honest