Install W2KPro

[Dean J. Garrett]

I have a PC that I'd like to install W2K Pro on. We just re-formatted the
hard drive which used to have Windows 98. I can boot from the Win98 Start-up
floppy disk, and I can see the CD drive, and the C drive is empty. I have
W2K Pro on a recent MSDN CD.

Question: I can't seem to start the W2K Pro setup program, says it can't be
run from DOS. Any clues how I might do this?

Thank you.

 

[Bjorn Landemoo]

Dean

Run WINNT from the i386-folder on your CD. You probably also want to load
SMARTDRV in Win98 before starting WINNT, else the copying phase of the
installation will take forever.

Best regards

Bjorn

 

[Dave Patrick]

Or better yet download the ISO image from the MSDN site. The CD-Rom you'll
create from the image is bootable.

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[Dan Seur]

On the CD, in \i386:
winnt32.exe does not install from DOS - needs a 32-bit sys.
winnt.exe does install from DOS.
They're otherwise the same.

 

[Oli Restorick [MVP]]

....but pay attention to subtle differences in the command-line options.

Dave Patrick's suggestion is by far the best for this situation.

Regards

Oli

 

[Dean J. Garrett]

Hi,

This was perfect. It worked. Thank you!

Dean

Run WINNT from the i386-folder on your CD. You probably also want to load
SMARTDRV in Win98 before starting WINNT, else the copying phase of the
installation will take forever.

Best regards

Bjorn

 

[444 7777]

Hi Friends,

My win2k sp4 server freezes when Iam doing fast typing or fast movement of
cursor?? I suspect bad Installation, For some reason I don't want to install
again, Does any body suggest cure for this??

Thanks
Raghu.

 

[Dan Seur]

Try slow typing, slow cursor.

When this becomes intolerable, post back here with more info.