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Win2000->cannot install boot loader
Name: realdan Date: November 24, 2003 at 03:08:56 Pacific OS: Windows XP, Windows 2000, CPU/Ram: Pentium 4 2.4/256DDR
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Whenever I tried to install windows 2000 server, it indicated that it cannot install the boot loader, please check whether your c driver is formatted or has any errors... It is formatted and doesn't have any errors... I am using a 60 gb HDD on an older MB, and have to run seagate drive overlay to make the BIOS recognise the whole 60 gb...
Name: trvlr Date: November 24, 2003 at 05:52:18 Pacific
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Is this system W2K compliant overall... (drivers etc may not be OK for W2K)?
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Response Number 2
Name: john Date: November 24, 2003 at 06:53:57 Pacific
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so do you have all those operating systems on one HD?
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Response Number 3
Name: wanderer Date: November 24, 2003 at 08:16:58 Pacific
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With the hardware you list there should be NO REASON for a drive overlay. This is your problem. Drive overlays act like a virus in that they translate drive parameters. Remove the drive overlay [if you can without effecting the other OS's].
Just for the record John you can have 4 OS's running from one hard drive. I have a box that has 98/NT/W2K/XP.
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Response Number 4
Name: Aaron Fletcher Date: November 27, 2003 at 07:06:45 Pacific
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Do you have boot sector virus protection enabled in you BIOS settings?
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