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2000 install via usb cdrw on DOS

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Name: tlmagnet
Date: April 1, 2005 at 20:28:12 Pacific
OS: win 95
CPU/Ram: 133mhz/80mb
Comment:

greetings,im trying to upgrade from windows 95 to windows 2000 using a USB cd drive on DOS.I already installed the necessary drivers so DOS can recognize the USB cd drive.As to installing the 2000 OS i doN'T know where to start.should i partition ,reformat...or ..please help



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Response Number 1
Name: rogerashley
Date: April 1, 2005 at 21:19:02 Pacific
Reply:

Windows 95 does not support USB therefore it would be wise to fdisk/format the hard drive a with and start afresh from nothing see ensuring the hard drive is formatted FAT32, not FAT16 which has a 2GB partittion size:

http://www.computing.net/dos/wwwboard/forum/15591.html

&

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307848

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Response Number 2
Name: rogerashley
Date: April 1, 2005 at 21:22:26 Pacific
Reply:

Formating, FDisk, Active partition etcetc see:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;255867

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Response Number 3
Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: April 1, 2005 at 22:01:30 Pacific
Reply:

Not sure where this

"md temp and press enter
xcopy /s *.* and press enter"

is going.

But once you partition, format and sys the HD, you can:

xcopy [CDROM drive]\i386 c:\i386\
[enter]
c:\i386\winnt
[enter]


M2

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Response Number 4
Name: rogerashley
Date: April 1, 2005 at 22:44:31 Pacific
Reply:

YES M2GO too early in the morning LoL! Yes you are correct.......I need more sleep.

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Response Number 5
Name: rogerashley
Date: April 2, 2005 at 03:18:57 Pacific
Reply:

http://freespace.virgin.net/x86.computers/usbcdrom.htm

found this on the WWW

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Response Number 6
Name: tlmagnet
Date: April 2, 2005 at 09:02:00 Pacific
Reply:

thanks for the replies guys.so far ive formatted and partitioned and now im getting a bad command in this line:
D:\>xcopy d:\i386 c:\i386

i tryed to follow directions from http://www.addonics.com/support/faqs/windows_OS_installation.asp

and im still getting a bad command at the xcopy line


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Response Number 7
Name: tlmagnet
Date: April 2, 2005 at 09:24:06 Pacific
Reply:

should i proceed by typing :
d:\i386\winnt without the xcopy....????


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Response Number 8
Name: rogerashley
Date: April 2, 2005 at 14:03:50 Pacific
Reply:

try

D:

cd i386

winnt

pressing enter after each line...

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Response Number 9
Name: tlmagnet
Date: April 2, 2005 at 15:06:55 Pacific
Reply:

Reply:

try

D:

cd i386

winnt

pressing enter after each line...

it tells me set up was unable to install windows boot loader and to ensure drive is formattted and is not damaged' and setup cannot continue


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Response Number 10
Name: rogerashley
Date: April 2, 2005 at 18:08:40 Pacific
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"set up was unable to install windows boot loader and to ensure drive is formattted and is not damaged"

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;255867

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Response Number 11
Name: tlmagnet
Date: April 3, 2005 at 08:59:46 Pacific
Reply:

i got it to work finally.the xcopy command wasnt working on DOS so i downloaded xcopy.exe and xcopy32.exe and i put these files in the windows 2000 cd and the command worked.I succesfully installed windows 2000 ...thank you all for replies.


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