Recently loaded w2k onto computer,I have both 98se and w2k on same hd. I can boot to 98se no problem. when I attempt to select w2k all I get is a blank screen? The system is just as I recieved it. Ibm 380xd pent. 233, 64 ram, original harddrive was only 4.1gb changed to 40gb. Not, sure what I need to do to get w2k to work. Anybody have suggestions or answers?

Does the bios actually support a 40GB Hard Drive ??

Did you load 2K on a separate partition from the 98 install? Life is more painless for those who are brainless.

Thanks for you replies. jessejames,Jennifer SUMN: not for certain if bios supports 40gb or not. The drive is has two partions one about 9+gb for 98se and the rest about 30+gb for w2k. I had read somewhere on this forum or another where someone uses a 30gb? I also heard of someone running XP on one of these. I chose w2k because under 98 the full size of the drive is not recognized. Others said that under w2k it would? I just want the thing to run and work with w2k pro. I am not sure if I need new drivers or bios update or what. Any input to alleviate the issue would be greatly appreciated. More info about system: IBM 380xd model IBM 2635EAU Pentium II/0.25µm, 232.1 MHz Intel 440BX/ZX/MX (82443BX/ZX/MX + 82371AB PCI-ISA Bridge) PCI Chipset Memory 64MB EDO Main BIOS n/a BIOS date 12/06/99 Video Adapter NeoMagic MagicGraph 128XD SMBios: Mainbios Vendor: IBM Version/System Bios/Firmware: Rel.19WW SMBios Version: 2.0 Running windows 98se This is the info I got with a hardware utility. I hope this can help identify the problem or shed a little light on the matter. THANKS.

W2K can handle drives over 40Gig; it cannot however create/format a partition (as fat32) in excess of 32Gig... You have your 40Gig configured as: 9Gig = '98; balance = W2K? Under '98 can you see the whole of the drive? Presumably you boot up to '98 via a W2K boot-menu (or do you...)? You "may" need to download/update MoBo drivers for this system to run W2K... With this in mind... perhaps visit IBM site to see if the system is OK for W2K. Also locate/download/run the W2K readiness analyzer to check the system as is for W2K compatability... It may be on the W2K CD - it was on some...? Also - although M$ say 64Meg RAM... 128Meg is a better minimum... I had a Dell P2/233 with 64Meg... It ran (walked) W2K OK; going upto to 128Meg made a difference and upto the Mobo max (more or less) around 345 Meg? made it better still... That Dell was an early 1998 product... with 95-OSR2c originally. Installed a new 40Gig drive, installed '98 SE, and later W2K installed in its own logical-drive. W2K can co-exist OK with '98 in the same partition - but it's wiser etc. to have it in its own. Your present arrangement - 98 in Primary, W2K in Extended is OK. But it would be wise too to have a separate logical-drive for shared data (as fat32)?

Enter BIOS and it will state what size the drive is,if the BIOS does not recognise th full size there aint a lot one can do. The latest BIOS update is dated 2000: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=ibm&lndocid=DSHY-3S2RLY Actually when installing either W9x or W2K you should of noticed Partion/Drive size was correct or incorrect...

Also not all laptops (regardless of make) are necessarily OK for W2K... Some (e.g. Dell) were not OK for NT..., although often those Dell units would run NT OK (but Dell wouldn't support it). Possibly your IBM is "not" OK for W2K - regardless...?