Windows 2000 Pro and SATA

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Dave Patrick

Serial ATA controllers were not available at the time Windows 2000 went gold
so you'll need to supply the controller driver during text mode portion (F6
method) of Windows setup.

To do a clean install, either boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom or setup
disks. The set of four install disks can be created from your Windows 2000
CD-Rom; change to the \bootdisk directory on the CD-Rom and execute
makeboot.exe (from dos) or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the
prompts.

(Note: If your drive controller is not natively supported then you'll want
to boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom. Then *F6* very early and very
important (at setup is inspecting your system) in the setup to prevent drive
controller detection, and select S to specify additional drivers. Then later
you'll be prompted to insert the manufacturer supplied Windows 2000 driver
for your drive controller in drive "A")

Setup inspects your computer's hardware configuration and then begins to
install the Setup and driver files. When the Windows 2000 Professional
screen appears, press ENTER to set up Windows 2000 Professional.

Read the license agreement, and then press the F8 key to accept the terms of
the license agreement and continue the installation.

When the Windows 2000 Professional Setup screen appears, all the existing
partitions and the unpartitioned spaces are listed for each physical hard
disk. Use the ARROW keys to select the partitions Press D to delete an
existing partition, If you press D to delete an existing partition, you must
then press L (or press ENTER, and then press L if it is the System
partition) to confirm that you want to delete the partition. Repeat this
step for each of the existing partitions When all the partitions are deleted
press F3 to exit setup, (to avoid unexpected drive letter assignments with
your new install) then restart the pc then when you get to this point in
setup again select the unpartitioned space, and then press C to create a new
partition and specify the size (if required). Windows will by default use
all available space.

Be sure to apply SP4 and these two below to your new install before
connecting to any network. Internet included. (sasser, msblast)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx

Then

Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...CF-8850-4531-B52B-BF28B324C662&displaylang=en



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Will Windows 2000 pro install onto a sata drive? I have been trying to
install Win 2000 onto a new dell computer with only a sata controller
and Windows won't even format the partition.
 
Will Windows 2000 pro install onto a sata drive? I have been trying to
install Win 2000 onto a new dell computer with only a sata controller
and Windows won't even format the partition.
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It will, if you set the mode of the SATA interface to IDE, instead of
AHCI. You will also be restricted by the 28-bit LBA limitation of
Windows 2000 setup.
 
Andy said:
It will, if you set the mode of the SATA interface to IDE, instead of
AHCI. You will also be restricted by the 28-bit LBA limitation of
Windows 2000 setup.
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Thanks, Andy.

H.
 
Provided you have a sp slipstreamed win2k cd it will quite happily install
to a large hd, and if using other than intel, you simply install sata/raid
drivers from floppy using the F6 option, early in the process
 
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