Error mess. using XP Boot disks.

[Steve]

My siser-in-law formated her HD and wanted to Upgrade
from 98Se to 2K, She brought it to me when her CDROM
failed to load.
I downloaded XP boot disks, but it is giving me and Error
Message" /biosinfo.inf Error no. 512?
Hope you can help. Thanks.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Which operating system are you attempting to install,
Window 2000 Professional or Windows XP?

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| My siser-in-law formated her HD and wanted to Upgrade
| from 98Se to 2K, She brought it to me when her CDROM
| failed to load.
| I downloaded XP boot disks, but it is giving me and Error
| Message" /biosinfo.inf Error no. 512?
| Hope you can help. Thanks.

 

[Steve]

-----Original Message-----
Which operating system are you attempting to install,
Window 2000 Professional or Windows XP?

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| My siser-in-law formated her HD and wanted to Upgrade
| from 98Se to 2K, She brought it to me when her CDROM
| failed to load.
| I downloaded XP boot disks, but it is giving me and Error
| Message" /biosinfo.inf Error no. 512?
| Hope you can help. Thanks.
.
2000 but I can't get past the first boot disk

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Steve;
You can not use Windows XP Boot Disks to install Windows 2000.
The Windows 2000 CD should be bootable and you should be able to
install Windows 2000 from the CD.
Otherwise you should take this to a Windows 2000 newsgroup:
http://aumha.org/nntp.htm

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

If you are attempting to install Windows 2000, then you need the
Windows 2000 setup disks and not the Windows XP setup disks.

HOW TO: Create Setup Boot Disks for Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...port/kb/articles/Q197/0/63.ASP&NoWebContent=1

Installing Windows 2000
http://www.dewassoc.com/support/win2000/installwin2000.htm

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

 

[steve]

-----Original Message-----
If you are attempting to install Windows 2000, then you need the
Windows 2000 setup disks and not the Windows XP setup disks.

HOW TO: Create Setup Boot Disks for Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx? scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/Q
197/0/63.ASP&NoWebContent=1

Installing Windows 2000
http://www.dewassoc.com/support/win2000/installwin2000.ht m

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| 2000 but I can't get past the first boot disk

.
I will try this but I believe the problem is with the

computer somewhere, after the boot disk starts to scan
the hardware configuration i get this message.