[wannabe1]

Is your CD-ROM set as First Boot Device in BIOS? If it is...

Put the Win2000 CD in the CD-ROM Drive and restart the machine. The installation should auto run.

Let me know how this goes...

wannabe1

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I have done that and it says "System not installed, hit a key to reboot"

After hitting a key it will just display the same message again...

[Chilly4572]

I have done that and it says "System not installed, hit a key to reboot"

After hitting a key it will just display the same message again...

[wannabe1]

Restart with the Win98 floppy in the drive and the Win2000 cd in your hand.

At the Options screen, choose to "Start with cd-rom support" and press "Enter". At the A:\ prompt, type d: and press "Enter". Put the Win2000 cd in the cd-rom drive. AT the D:\ prompt, type i386\winnt.exe and press "Enter"

Does this start the installation?

[Chilly4572]

Yes, this is were I get stuck...it says to locate the installation files. I hit the default (the way that I got into the installation) and it says it can't locate them

[wannabe1]

Get back to the D:\ prompt and type dir /p...press "Enter". Note: If you get a bad command error, drop the /p from the command and try again.

Look for the following entries:

• winnt
• winnt32
• windows or win2000
• i386

Note: If you need to see more of the list, press the down arrow key.Let me know what you find...

[Chilly4572]

Should I be using the prompt for the cd or the hard drive?

[wannabe1]

The CD

[Chilly4572]

The only one is i386

[wannabe1]

At the D:\ prompt, type i386\dir /p and press "Enter".

What we are doing is a directory search for the setup files...this is how you find them when you don't know where they are... We're still looking for those other files.

Edited by wannabe1, 22 February 2006 - 12:16 AM.

[Chilly4572]

ok, now what am I looking for?

[Chilly4572]

Which files?

winnt
winnt32
windows or win2000

right?

[wannabe1]

We still need to find:

• winnt
• winnt32
• windows or win2000 (or similar)
• something that has setup in it

[Chilly4572]

I found winnt

[wannabe1]

At the D:\ prompt, type i386\winnt\dir /p and press "Enter".

Look for a setup or install file...or a windows folder

Edited by wannabe1, 22 February 2006 - 12:37 AM.

[Chilly4572]

Here is what I found before your last post:

winnt bm
winnt exe
winnt256 bm
winnt32A dll
winnt32u dll


above these was:
win9xmig
win9xupg

both of these are dir