Verify that your hardware is on the HCL. Your boot disks may have been
corrupted -- try replacing the boot disks by running makeboot or makebt32.

197063 HOW TO: Create Setup Boot Disks for Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=197063

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"nic" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:00ee01c3a937$13afa740$(E-Mail Removed)...
> When trying to install windows 2000 server . I am using
> the boot disks. upon the first boot disk, the machine is
> just hanging at Setup is loading files (Machine
> identification data)... it will not continue at this
> point. I have the bios setup to boot from the A then the
> cdrom. Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> NIC

This is a brand new machine and I have tried different
disks and tried to recreate the disks
>-----Original Message-----
>Verify that your hardware is on the HCL. Your boot disks
may have been
>corrupted -- try replacing the boot disks by running
makeboot or makebt32.
>
>197063 HOW TO: Create Setup Boot Disks for Windows 2000
>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=197063
>
>--
>--
>Daniel Chang
>Server Setup Team
>
>Search our Knowledge Base at
http://support.microsoft.com/directory
>Visit the Windows 2000 Homepage at
>http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/default.asp
>See the Windows NT Homepage at
http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/
>
>NOTE: Please reply to the newsgroup and not directly to
me. This allows
>others to add to and benefit from these threads and also
helps to ensure a
>more timely response. Thank you!
>This posting is provided "AS IS" without warranty either
expressed or
>implied, including, but not limited to, the implied
warranties of
>merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
>The views and opinions expressed in this newsgroup
posting are mine and do
>not necessarily express or reflect the views and / or
opinions of Microsoft.
>
>
>"nic" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
>news:00ee01c3a937$13afa740$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> When trying to install windows 2000 server . I am using
>> the boot disks. upon the first boot disk, the machine
is
>> just hanging at Setup is loading files (Machine
>> identification data)... it will not continue at this
>> point. I have the bios setup to boot from the A then
the
>> cdrom. Does anyone have any suggestions?
>>
>> NIC
>
>
>.
>

Have you tried booting to your CD?

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Daniel Chang
Server Setup Team

Search our Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com/directory
Visit the Windows 2000 Homepage at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/default.asp
See the Windows NT Homepage at http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/

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"Nic" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:0e6f01c3a93c$00ba7f20$(E-Mail Removed)...
> This is a brand new machine and I have tried different
> disks and tried to recreate the disks
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Verify that your hardware is on the HCL. Your boot disks
> may have been
> >corrupted -- try replacing the boot disks by running
> makeboot or makebt32.
> >
> >197063 HOW TO: Create Setup Boot Disks for Windows 2000
> >http://support.microsoft.com/?id=197063
> >
> >--
> >--
> >Daniel Chang
> >Server Setup Team
> >
> >Search our Knowledge Base at
> http://support.microsoft.com/directory
> >Visit the Windows 2000 Homepage at
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/default.asp
> >See the Windows NT Homepage at
> http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/
> >
> >NOTE: Please reply to the newsgroup and not directly to
> me. This allows
> >others to add to and benefit from these threads and also
> helps to ensure a
> >more timely response. Thank you!
> >This posting is provided "AS IS" without warranty either
> expressed or
> >implied, including, but not limited to, the implied
> warranties of
> >merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
> >The views and opinions expressed in this newsgroup
> posting are mine and do
> >not necessarily express or reflect the views and / or
> opinions of Microsoft.
> >
> >
> >"nic" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message
> >news:00ee01c3a937$13afa740$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> When trying to install windows 2000 server . I am using
> >> the boot disks. upon the first boot disk, the machine
> is
> >> just hanging at Setup is loading files (Machine
> >> identification data)... it will not continue at this
> >> point. I have the bios setup to boot from the A then
> the
> >> cdrom. Does anyone have any suggestions?
> >>
> >> NIC
> >
> >
> >.
> >