have tried to install this os on my computer but I can only get as far
as the screen that says it is checking for devices then it just freezes.
For the life of me I just can't figure so I am stuck with XP lol.

My system is

K8n NEO Platinum Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64+ 3200 CPU with Thermaltake Venus12 fan
2 gig DDR400 memory
MSI NX6600GT Video Card
Leadtek Winfast DTV1000T TV Card
250 GIG Western Digital IDE HD (with 5 partitions)
200 GIG Western Digital SATA HD (with 4 partitions)
80 gig WD IDE External HD for backups
NEC ND 3520A DVD Burner
Pioneer 110 DVD Burner
SoundBlaster Audigy2 ZS soundcard
Topower TOP-500PS 560W PSU
Thermaltake Kandalf Tower
Logitech Elite Keyboard
Logitech Optical Mouse
Altec Lansing 5100 5.1 speaker system

What service pack level is the Win2K setup disk? If it's and older setup
disk, it might not support the large disks.

If not, try disconnecting everything you can possibly disconnect and see
if you can get hardware detection to finish and then add the devices back in
after Win2K is running.

--

- Gary Chanson (Windows SDK MVP)
- Abolish Public Schools


"belveder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:4490ec7b$0$7212$(E-Mail Removed)...
> have tried to install this os on my computer but I can only get as far
> as the screen that says it is checking for devices then it just freezes.
> For the life of me I just can't figure so I am stuck with XP lol.
>
> My system is
>
> K8n NEO Platinum Motherboard
> AMD Athlon 64+ 3200 CPU with Thermaltake Venus12 fan
> 2 gig DDR400 memory
> MSI NX6600GT Video Card
> Leadtek Winfast DTV1000T TV Card
> 250 GIG Western Digital IDE HD (with 5 partitions)
> 200 GIG Western Digital SATA HD (with 4 partitions)
> 80 gig WD IDE External HD for backups
> NEC ND 3520A DVD Burner
> Pioneer 110 DVD Burner
> SoundBlaster Audigy2 ZS soundcard
> Topower TOP-500PS 560W PSU
> Thermaltake Kandalf Tower
> Logitech Elite Keyboard
> Logitech Optical Mouse
> Altec Lansing 5100 5.1 speaker system

Gary Chanson wrote:
> What service pack level is the Win2K setup disk? If it's and older setup
> disk, it might not support the large disks.
>
> If not, try disconnecting everything you can possibly disconnect and see
> if you can get hardware detection to finish and then add the devices back in
> after Win2K is running.
>
> --
>
> - Gary Chanson (Windows SDK MVP)
> - Abolish Public Schools
>
>
> "belveder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:4490ec7b$0$7212$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>have tried to install this os on my computer but I can only get as far
>>as the screen that says it is checking for devices then it just freezes.
>>For the life of me I just can't figure so I am stuck with XP lol.
>>
>>My system is
>>
>>K8n NEO Platinum Motherboard
>>AMD Athlon 64+ 3200 CPU with Thermaltake Venus12 fan
>>2 gig DDR400 memory
>>MSI NX6600GT Video Card
>>Leadtek Winfast DTV1000T TV Card
>>250 GIG Western Digital IDE HD (with 5 partitions)
>>200 GIG Western Digital SATA HD (with 4 partitions)
>>80 gig WD IDE External HD for backups
>>NEC ND 3520A DVD Burner
>>Pioneer 110 DVD Burner
>>SoundBlaster Audigy2 ZS soundcard
>>Topower TOP-500PS 560W PSU
>>Thermaltake Kandalf Tower
>>Logitech Elite Keyboard
>>Logitech Optical Mouse
>>Altec Lansing 5100 5.1 speaker system
>
>
>
It's an original Win 2k Pro disk, with no service packs.

Disconnect the SATA HD, disable SATA in your system bios and
make sure the IDE drive is set to primary boot device. Once
Win2K is installed and the latest service pack applied, you can
enable the SATA drive and add it.

Also, unless you slipstream a service pack into your Win2K install
CD, that 250GB IDE drive will be a problem. Make sure you
install Win2K on the first partition of the drive, and make sure this
partition resides completely within the first 8GB of the drive (the
actual limit is something around 7.8GB). Again, this limitation
doesn't apply if you slipstream SP2, 3 or 4 into your install CD.

belveder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:4490ec7b$0$7212$(E-Mail Removed)...
> have tried to install this os on my computer but I can only get as far
> as the screen that says it is checking for devices then it just freezes.
> For the life of me I just can't figure so I am stuck with XP lol.
>
> My system is
>
> K8n NEO Platinum Motherboard
> AMD Athlon 64+ 3200 CPU with Thermaltake Venus12 fan
> 2 gig DDR400 memory
> MSI NX6600GT Video Card
> Leadtek Winfast DTV1000T TV Card
> 250 GIG Western Digital IDE HD (with 5 partitions)
> 200 GIG Western Digital SATA HD (with 4 partitions)
> 80 gig WD IDE External HD for backups
> NEC ND 3520A DVD Burner
> Pioneer 110 DVD Burner
> SoundBlaster Audigy2 ZS soundcard
> Topower TOP-500PS 560W PSU
> Thermaltake Kandalf Tower
> Logitech Elite Keyboard
> Logitech Optical Mouse
> Altec Lansing 5100 5.1 speaker system

Thanks heaps for that. Muchly appreciated

Glen wrote:
> Disconnect the SATA HD, disable SATA in your system bios and
> make sure the IDE drive is set to primary boot device. Once
> Win2K is installed and the latest service pack applied, you can
> enable the SATA drive and add it.
>
> Also, unless you slipstream a service pack into your Win2K install
> CD, that 250GB IDE drive will be a problem. Make sure you
> install Win2K on the first partition of the drive, and make sure this
> partition resides completely within the first 8GB of the drive (the
> actual limit is something around 7.8GB). Again, this limitation
> doesn't apply if you slipstream SP2, 3 or 4 into your install CD.
>
> belveder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:4490ec7b$0$7212$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>have tried to install this os on my computer but I can only get as far
>>as the screen that says it is checking for devices then it just freezes.
>>For the life of me I just can't figure so I am stuck with XP lol.
>>
>>My system is
>>
>>K8n NEO Platinum Motherboard
>>AMD Athlon 64+ 3200 CPU with Thermaltake Venus12 fan
>>2 gig DDR400 memory
>>MSI NX6600GT Video Card
>>Leadtek Winfast DTV1000T TV Card
>>250 GIG Western Digital IDE HD (with 5 partitions)
>>200 GIG Western Digital SATA HD (with 4 partitions)
>>80 gig WD IDE External HD for backups
>>NEC ND 3520A DVD Burner
>>Pioneer 110 DVD Burner
>>SoundBlaster Audigy2 ZS soundcard
>>Topower TOP-500PS 560W PSU
>>Thermaltake Kandalf Tower
>>Logitech Elite Keyboard
>>Logitech Optical Mouse
>>Altec Lansing 5100 5.1 speaker system
>
>
>

"belveder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:449106a2$0$7180$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Gary Chanson wrote:
> > What service pack level is the Win2K setup disk? If it's and older
setup
> > disk, it might not support the large disks.
> >
> > If not, try disconnecting everything you can possibly disconnect and
see
> > if you can get hardware detection to finish and then add the devices back
in
> > after Win2K is running.
> >
> > --
> >
> > - Gary Chanson (Windows SDK MVP)
> > - Abolish Public Schools
> >
> >
> > "belveder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:4490ec7b$0$7212$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> >>have tried to install this os on my computer but I can only get as far
> >>as the screen that says it is checking for devices then it just freezes.
> >>For the life of me I just can't figure so I am stuck with XP lol.
> >>
> >>My system is
> >>
> >>K8n NEO Platinum Motherboard
> >>AMD Athlon 64+ 3200 CPU with Thermaltake Venus12 fan
> >>2 gig DDR400 memory
> >>MSI NX6600GT Video Card
> >>Leadtek Winfast DTV1000T TV Card
> >>250 GIG Western Digital IDE HD (with 5 partitions)
> >>200 GIG Western Digital SATA HD (with 4 partitions)
> >>80 gig WD IDE External HD for backups
> >>NEC ND 3520A DVD Burner
> >>Pioneer 110 DVD Burner
> >>SoundBlaster Audigy2 ZS soundcard
> >>Topower TOP-500PS 560W PSU
> >>Thermaltake Kandalf Tower
> >>Logitech Elite Keyboard
> >>Logitech Optical Mouse
> >>Altec Lansing 5100 5.1 speaker system
> >
> >
> >
> It's an original Win 2k Pro disk, with no service packs.

That definitely will not work with drives larger then 128GB. Either get a
later setup disk which has SP4 slipstreamed or put a smaller drive in the box,
install Win2K and SP4 and enable 48-bit LBA support, and then transfer the
installation to the larger drives.

--

- Gary Chanson (Windows SDK MVP)
- Abolish Public Schools

The SATA drive shouldn't be a problem if the right driver is installed in
setup. The large drives sizes are the problem.

--

- Gary Chanson (Windows SDK MVP)
- Abolish Public Schools

"Glen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Disconnect the SATA HD, disable SATA in your system bios and
> make sure the IDE drive is set to primary boot device. Once
> Win2K is installed and the latest service pack applied, you can
> enable the SATA drive and add it.
>
> Also, unless you slipstream a service pack into your Win2K install
> CD, that 250GB IDE drive will be a problem. Make sure you
> install Win2K on the first partition of the drive, and make sure this
> partition resides completely within the first 8GB of the drive (the
> actual limit is something around 7.8GB). Again, this limitation
> doesn't apply if you slipstream SP2, 3 or 4 into your install CD.
>
> belveder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:4490ec7b$0$7212$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > have tried to install this os on my computer but I can only get as far
> > as the screen that says it is checking for devices then it just freezes.
> > For the life of me I just can't figure so I am stuck with XP lol.
> >
> > My system is
> >
> > K8n NEO Platinum Motherboard
> > AMD Athlon 64+ 3200 CPU with Thermaltake Venus12 fan
> > 2 gig DDR400 memory
> > MSI NX6600GT Video Card
> > Leadtek Winfast DTV1000T TV Card
> > 250 GIG Western Digital IDE HD (with 5 partitions)
> > 200 GIG Western Digital SATA HD (with 4 partitions)
> > 80 gig WD IDE External HD for backups
> > NEC ND 3520A DVD Burner
> > Pioneer 110 DVD Burner
> > SoundBlaster Audigy2 ZS soundcard
> > Topower TOP-500PS 560W PSU
> > Thermaltake Kandalf Tower
> > Logitech Elite Keyboard
> > Logitech Optical Mouse
> > Altec Lansing 5100 5.1 speaker system
>
>

Ok, Thanks for that. So the fact that the OS partition is only 25 gig
won't make a difference, it's the size of the hard drive. I'll
slipstream SP4 into it then try again

Gary Chanson wrote:
> The SATA drive shouldn't be a problem if the right driver is installed in
> setup. The large drives sizes are the problem.
>
> --
>
> - Gary Chanson (Windows SDK MVP)
> - Abolish Public Schools
>
> "Glen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>Disconnect the SATA HD, disable SATA in your system bios and
>>make sure the IDE drive is set to primary boot device. Once
>>Win2K is installed and the latest service pack applied, you can
>>enable the SATA drive and add it.
>>
>>Also, unless you slipstream a service pack into your Win2K install
>>CD, that 250GB IDE drive will be a problem. Make sure you
>>install Win2K on the first partition of the drive, and make sure this
>>partition resides completely within the first 8GB of the drive (the
>>actual limit is something around 7.8GB). Again, this limitation
>>doesn't apply if you slipstream SP2, 3 or 4 into your install CD.
>>
>>belveder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>
> news:4490ec7b$0$7212$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>>have tried to install this os on my computer but I can only get as far
>>>as the screen that says it is checking for devices then it just freezes.
>>>For the life of me I just can't figure so I am stuck with XP lol.
>>>
>>>My system is
>>>
>>>K8n NEO Platinum Motherboard
>>>AMD Athlon 64+ 3200 CPU with Thermaltake Venus12 fan
>>>2 gig DDR400 memory
>>>MSI NX6600GT Video Card
>>>Leadtek Winfast DTV1000T TV Card
>>>250 GIG Western Digital IDE HD (with 5 partitions)
>>>200 GIG Western Digital SATA HD (with 4 partitions)
>>>80 gig WD IDE External HD for backups
>>>NEC ND 3520A DVD Burner
>>>Pioneer 110 DVD Burner
>>>SoundBlaster Audigy2 ZS soundcard
>>>Topower TOP-500PS 560W PSU
>>>Thermaltake Kandalf Tower
>>>Logitech Elite Keyboard
>>>Logitech Optical Mouse
>>>Altec Lansing 5100 5.1 speaker system
>>
>>
>
>

Yes.

--

- Gary Chanson (Windows SDK MVP)
- Abolish Public Schools

"belveder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:4491ed48$0$31275$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Ok, Thanks for that. So the fact that the OS partition is only 25 gig
> won't make a difference, it's the size of the hard drive. I'll
> slipstream SP4 into it then try again
>
> Gary Chanson wrote:
> > The SATA drive shouldn't be a problem if the right driver is installed
in
> > setup. The large drives sizes are the problem.
> >
> > --
> >
> > - Gary Chanson (Windows SDK MVP)
> > - Abolish Public Schools
> >
> > "Glen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> >>Disconnect the SATA HD, disable SATA in your system bios and
> >>make sure the IDE drive is set to primary boot device. Once
> >>Win2K is installed and the latest service pack applied, you can
> >>enable the SATA drive and add it.
> >>
> >>Also, unless you slipstream a service pack into your Win2K install
> >>CD, that 250GB IDE drive will be a problem. Make sure you
> >>install Win2K on the first partition of the drive, and make sure this
> >>partition resides completely within the first 8GB of the drive (the
> >>actual limit is something around 7.8GB). Again, this limitation
> >>doesn't apply if you slipstream SP2, 3 or 4 into your install CD.
> >>
> >>belveder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >
> > news:4490ec7b$0$7212$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> >>>have tried to install this os on my computer but I can only get as far
> >>>as the screen that says it is checking for devices then it just freezes.
> >>>For the life of me I just can't figure so I am stuck with XP lol.
> >>>
> >>>My system is
> >>>
> >>>K8n NEO Platinum Motherboard
> >>>AMD Athlon 64+ 3200 CPU with Thermaltake Venus12 fan
> >>>2 gig DDR400 memory
> >>>MSI NX6600GT Video Card
> >>>Leadtek Winfast DTV1000T TV Card
> >>>250 GIG Western Digital IDE HD (with 5 partitions)
> >>>200 GIG Western Digital SATA HD (with 4 partitions)
> >>>80 gig WD IDE External HD for backups
> >>>NEC ND 3520A DVD Burner
> >>>Pioneer 110 DVD Burner
> >>>SoundBlaster Audigy2 ZS soundcard
> >>>Topower TOP-500PS 560W PSU
> >>>Thermaltake Kandalf Tower
> >>>Logitech Elite Keyboard
> >>>Logitech Optical Mouse
> >>>Altec Lansing 5100 5.1 speaker system
> >>
> >>
> >
> >

Hmm, I've installed Win2K Pro (no Service Paks) on several hundred machines
with large hard drives (>128GB) with no problems whatsoever. As long as I
enable 48 bit addressing in the registry and immediately install SP4 as the
first step after the basic install everything goes smoothly.

I guess I've just been lucky several hundred times.


"Gary Chanson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> The SATA drive shouldn't be a problem if the right driver is installed
in
> setup. The large drives sizes are the problem.
>
> --
>
> - Gary Chanson (Windows SDK MVP)
> - Abolish Public Schools
>
> "Glen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Disconnect the SATA HD, disable SATA in your system bios and
> > make sure the IDE drive is set to primary boot device. Once
> > Win2K is installed and the latest service pack applied, you can
> > enable the SATA drive and add it.
> >
> > Also, unless you slipstream a service pack into your Win2K install
> > CD, that 250GB IDE drive will be a problem. Make sure you
> > install Win2K on the first partition of the drive, and make sure this
> > partition resides completely within the first 8GB of the drive (the
> > actual limit is something around 7.8GB). Again, this limitation
> > doesn't apply if you slipstream SP2, 3 or 4 into your install CD.
> >
> > belveder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:4490ec7b$0$7212$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > have tried to install this os on my computer but I can only get as far
> > > as the screen that says it is checking for devices then it just
freezes.
> > > For the life of me I just can't figure so I am stuck with XP lol.
> > >
> > > My system is
> > >
> > > K8n NEO Platinum Motherboard
> > > AMD Athlon 64+ 3200 CPU with Thermaltake Venus12 fan
> > > 2 gig DDR400 memory
> > > MSI NX6600GT Video Card
> > > Leadtek Winfast DTV1000T TV Card
> > > 250 GIG Western Digital IDE HD (with 5 partitions)
> > > 200 GIG Western Digital SATA HD (with 4 partitions)
> > > 80 gig WD IDE External HD for backups
> > > NEC ND 3520A DVD Burner
> > > Pioneer 110 DVD Burner
> > > SoundBlaster Audigy2 ZS soundcard
> > > Topower TOP-500PS 560W PSU
> > > Thermaltake Kandalf Tower
> > > Logitech Elite Keyboard
> > > Logitech Optical Mouse
> > > Altec Lansing 5100 5.1 speaker system
> >
> >
>
>



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