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JohnQ
I have a windows2000 PC at home which has been running
without any problems from the past 3 years. Recently my
wife tried to install some porgrams which were freezing
the computer so i thought of partitioning the computer and
install windows98 on one side so she can use it. I
installed Partition MAgic 8.0 and try to create a FAT32
partition and suddenly it took me to a blue screen and i
tried to recover my system but couldnt. So i thought i
will do a clean install of windows98(as i have my data
backedup prior). I formatted the harddisk and installed
Windows98. After the installation went smooth., I tried to
install windows2000 with the option of partitioning(the
little checkbox in the begining of setup). Now it took me
to the setup mode and from the menu i chose 'install
windows2000' and in the next menu i chose 'install
partitioning the drive(or something like that)' thats it!!
it took me to a blue screen saying
KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED and some hex numbers along
with a file name called atapi.sys.
Now after this when i try to run my Windows98(at this
point i installed sound drivers too-turtle beach santa
cruz), it just hangs at the welcome screen!!!!
So i dont have windows98 and windows2000!!!! I tried all
kinds of things on 98 like diagnostic setup etc etc but
with nooo result
any help would be appreciated!!!!
John..
without any problems from the past 3 years. Recently my
wife tried to install some porgrams which were freezing
the computer so i thought of partitioning the computer and
install windows98 on one side so she can use it. I
installed Partition MAgic 8.0 and try to create a FAT32
partition and suddenly it took me to a blue screen and i
tried to recover my system but couldnt. So i thought i
will do a clean install of windows98(as i have my data
backedup prior). I formatted the harddisk and installed
Windows98. After the installation went smooth., I tried to
install windows2000 with the option of partitioning(the
little checkbox in the begining of setup). Now it took me
to the setup mode and from the menu i chose 'install
windows2000' and in the next menu i chose 'install
partitioning the drive(or something like that)' thats it!!
it took me to a blue screen saying
KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED and some hex numbers along
with a file name called atapi.sys.
Now after this when i try to run my Windows98(at this
point i installed sound drivers too-turtle beach santa
cruz), it just hangs at the welcome screen!!!!
So i dont have windows98 and windows2000!!!! I tried all
kinds of things on 98 like diagnostic setup etc etc but
with nooo result
any help would be appreciated!!!!John..