Hi,

Before installing Win2K I did a complete format of
my hard drive.

During setup I was asked for Service Pack 1 files
which are already present on my CD in the i386
directory. When going to browse for these files
my CD drive wasn't picked up.

I clicked cancel to proceed with the installation.
Win2k doesn't recognise my CD drive but does
when run in safe mode. In normal mode, CD Drives
doesn't even appear in the device manager.

I have tried running the remove hardware wizard
in safe mode and even tried a different CD drive!

Would creating a new partition and copying over
the i386 file from this solve my problems?

Any help appreciated.

Tristan

Hi Tristan,
Yes, copying the i386 directory from CD to hard disk and starting the
installation from the hard disk will be the easiest resolution.

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David Bullock, MCSE, MCSA, A+
Windows NT/2000/2003 Setup Support

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"Tristan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> Before installing Win2K I did a complete format of
> my hard drive.
>
> During setup I was asked for Service Pack 1 files
> which are already present on my CD in the i386
> directory. When going to browse for these files
> my CD drive wasn't picked up.
>
> I clicked cancel to proceed with the installation.
> Win2k doesn't recognise my CD drive but does
> when run in safe mode. In normal mode, CD Drives
> doesn't even appear in the device manager.
>
> I have tried running the remove hardware wizard
> in safe mode and even tried a different CD drive!
>
> Would creating a new partition and copying over
> the i386 file from this solve my problems?
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Tristan