Install W2KPro

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Dean J. Garrett

I have a PC that I'd like to install W2K Pro on. We just re-formatted the
hard drive which used to have Windows 98. I can boot from the Win98 Start-up
floppy disk, and I can see the CD drive, and the C drive is empty. I have
W2K Pro on a recent MSDN CD.

Question: I can't seem to start the W2K Pro setup program, says it can't be
run from DOS. Any clues how I might do this?

Thank you.
 
Dean

Run WINNT from the i386-folder on your CD. You probably also want to load
SMARTDRV in Win98 before starting WINNT, else the copying phase of the
installation will take forever.

Best regards

Bjorn
 
Or better yet download the ISO image from the MSDN site. The CD-Rom you'll
create from the image is bootable.

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On the CD, in \i386:
winnt32.exe does not install from DOS - needs a 32-bit sys.
winnt.exe does install from DOS.
They're otherwise the same.
 
....but pay attention to subtle differences in the command-line options.

Dave Patrick's suggestion is by far the best for this situation.

Regards

Oli
 
Hi,

This was perfect. It worked. Thank you!




Bjorn Landemoo said:
Dean

Run WINNT from the i386-folder on your CD. You probably also want to load
SMARTDRV in Win98 before starting WINNT, else the copying phase of the
installation will take forever.

Best regards

Bjorn
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Hi Friends,

My win2k sp4 server freezes when Iam doing fast typing or fast movement of
cursor?? I suspect bad Installation, For some reason I don't want to install
again, Does any body suggest cure for this??

Thanks
Raghu.
 
Try slow typing, slow cursor.

When this becomes intolerable, post back here with more info.
 
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