Hi JeffIT,
The same thing happened to me the first time I installed Win2000 Professional. I was
trying to do a clean install over Win98 SE- a FAT32 drive that had a single 20G
partition - and I could not use my keyboard during text-mode setup to select the
option to delete, create, or format a partition.
The problem is documented in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 223056. However the
"Resolution" to "press keys until you find the appropriate key that maps to the
standard US-101 layout for that key," did not work for me.
KB223056 - Keyboard Does Not Work Properly During Text-Mode Setup
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=223056
As a work-around I booted using a Win98 boot disk and used FDISK to delete the 20GB
partition, create one 10GB partition for Win2000, and mark the partition as Active.
Then I booted using the Win2000 CD and setup was able to format the 10GB partition
and install the OS. Post-installation I used Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc) to
create more partitions.
Interestingly enough, when I reinstalled Win2000 - same drive but NTFS with 4 primary
partitions - the keyboard worked during text-mode setup.
Here are some links to articles on the subject:
KB223056 - Keyboard Does Not Work Properly During Text-Mode Setup
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=223056
KB255867 - How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or
Repartition a Hard Disk
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=255867
FDISK : The Built In Partitioning Tool
A website with step-by-step instructions and 'screen shots' [Authored by
MS-MVP(?) MrScary]
http://oldstuff.myagora.net/powerload/fdisk.htm
Bootdisk.com link, if you need to download a Win98 boot disk
http://www.bootdisk.com
TechNet Home > IT Tasks > Deploy > Setup Guide by Jerry Honeycutt
Chapter 3 from Introducing Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, published by
Microsoft Press
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/ittasks/deploy/setup.asp
NOTE: If you are trying to delete logical NTFS volumes in an extended volume search
the web for, and use, delpart.exe.
--
Carrie Garth, Microsoft MVP for Windows 2000
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: "JeffIT" <jspillers AT tsrc DOT com>
: Wrote in message : Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 2:44 PM
: I want to delete the old partition and create a new
: partition, but when i press "D" to delete selected
: partition, nothing happens
