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Need help on installing win2k pro
Name: Chester_Lou Date: February 18, 2007 at 15:46:20 Pacific OS: Windows 2000 Pro CPU/Ram: 2 gig Product: HP Media center pc m7369n
Comment:
Hello
I'm having trouble installing win2k pro in my computer, in the disk partition page, no harddrive showed up. I'm using WD3200.
In the recovery console, I type dir, or anything related to directory, it says path or file specified is invalid or something like that.
Please help!!!!
This also happened to my xp installation disk, but not the recovery disk from HP.
Name: OtheHill Date: February 18, 2007 at 16:07:25 Pacific
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Your post is confusing. What is it you have in the way of drives/partitions? What is/was installed in the way of an operating system? Is this WD3200 a brand new drive?
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Response Number 2
Name: Chester_Lou Date: February 18, 2007 at 16:24:53 Pacific
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There's only one partition, and it was Windows XP Media Center Edition, WD3200 is not a new drive.
This computer is from Best Buy and it's a mistake.
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Response Number 3
Name: Chester_Lou Date: February 18, 2007 at 16:26:12 Pacific
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edit: and it's sata
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Response Number 4
Name: OtheHill Date: February 18, 2007 at 16:34:14 Pacific
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What are you trying to accomplish right now?
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Response Number 5
Name: Chester_Lou Date: February 18, 2007 at 18:14:51 Pacific
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install win2k pro
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Response Number 6
Name: OtheHill Date: February 18, 2007 at 19:35:25 Pacific
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you boot to the Win2000 CD and install from there. Do you want to wipe the drive clean?
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Response Number 7
Name: orbital Date: February 18, 2007 at 23:22:01 Pacific
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If it is a SATA hard drive at start of install you press F6 and offer the SATA controller drivers on a floppy disk.
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Response Number 8
Name: Chester_Lou Date: February 19, 2007 at 16:56:53 Pacific
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Alright I got it, I was researching thru midnight in google.
Well, I installed Win2k in my IDE drive, now I need to install SATA to windows 2k pro, but I have no idea which driver should I download from http://support.wdc.com/download/, I mean the names are confusing :S. Anyway, my HDD is WD3200JS, and any helps are appreciated
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Response Number 9
Name: OtheHill Date: February 19, 2007 at 17:57:33 Pacific
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Are you saying you have both an IDE drive with windows2000 installed and now you need to get a SATA drive to work on this same computer? Is the SATA drive connected to a SATA connector on the MBoard or to a PCI controller card?
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Response Number 10
Name: Chester_Lou Date: February 19, 2007 at 20:00:26 Pacific
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It looks like it's connected to the motherboard but in Device Manager, there's 2 PCI Device with question mark icon inside the Other Devices category.
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Response Number 11
Name: OtheHill Date: February 19, 2007 at 20:06:43 Pacific
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Did you install this drive into the case?
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Response Number 12
Name: Chester_Lou Date: February 19, 2007 at 20:10:49 Pacific
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yes it's in my computer case if this is what you want to know
I bought this computer from Best Buy
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Response Number 13
Name: OtheHill Date: February 19, 2007 at 20:27:16 Pacific
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I am trying to find out how the SATA drive is connected to your computer but you don't seem to know what your Motherboard is. Do you have both a power connector AND a data cable connected to the drive and to the motherboard.
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Response Number 14
Name: Chester_Lou Date: February 19, 2007 at 20:38:42 Pacific
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yup
it does
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Response Number 15
Name: Earwig Date: February 20, 2007 at 08:10:07 Pacific
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Try this: google "Windows 2000 Pro Service Pack 4". The Microsoft site should come up. Go to it. Choose the Express install of Service Pack 4. Install it as per instructions. Win2K will find SATA drivers with this SP installed.
Earwig
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Response Number 16
Name: Chester_Lou Date: February 20, 2007 at 19:08:00 Pacific
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Hello Earwig,
SP4 was included in my win2k pro install CD, and yes I did follow your instructions and reinstalled SP4, but then I rebooted, the computer still didn't detect the SATA HDD.
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Response Number 17
Name: OtheHill Date: February 20, 2007 at 19:10:48 Pacific
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You need to install SATA drivers for your motherboard. You will not find them on the western digital site. Go to the MB manufacturers site for them. If you don't know the model of the MB use Everest Home Edition to find it.
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Response Number 18
Name: Chester_Lou Date: February 21, 2007 at 00:55:46 Pacific
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Hello
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