How to repair setup

[Guest]

When I installed Windows 2000 (a rather troublesome job in this case!) I was
forced to press Cancel to several files during the install (a series of CAT and
CAB files). The CD rom was dysfunctional during setup and could not find the
files. The setup finished and Windows 2000 runs Ok so far (knock on wood) but I
suspect there may be trouble down the road from missing those files in setup.

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My question is this: can I copy the files from the CD in a repair procedure
somehow to complete the setup?
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Here is a more complete description:

The main problem was that the SATA drive and the IDE connected CD/DVD rom drive
were not supported in bios. Only floppy was supported. This is supposedly the way
thing will be as intel has removed IDE hd support (according to Anandtech) in new
chipsets. What a stupid move by Intel!

I could not just install Windows 2000 from a CD because the system needs a
software driver (Jmicron) to enable IDE CD/DVD rom drive support.

What finally worked was to create an emergency disk set (4 disk) using another
computer and install Windows and use F6 to load the drivers to memory.

The install goes like this:

1. I boot from emergency Windows 2000. At this point neither CD nor hd drives are
available. Wisely setup ask (F6) to load the needed drivers.

2. setup proceeds and enables the CD-rom and hd (for the moment) and formats the
hd and installs files from CD (now enabled) and set of diskettes. Then it boots.

3. setup proceeds now from hd. Mind you CD rom support is not supported again
since Windows needs to load the driver which it has at this point loaded (it will
load it further down the road). Windows setup works and then it asks for files
located on the CD! But since cd support has not been loaded yet I have to use a
floppy to provide an alternative located. Unfortunately I can't copy all the
files to floppy even one at a time since some are too big. My only option is to
press cancel on some of the files.

4. Luckily setup proceeds even with missing files and finally late in the game
load the Jmicron CDrom driver and lo behold my cd works again and I can copy
files files normally from there as setup needs them.


Some have said I could copy the files to SATA hd so I can access the files there
during setup. Unfortunately the Jmicron drivers an only loaded by Windows 2000 or
XP and since I don't have them install I was stuck in a catch-22 situation.

 

[DL]

Do you have a Asrock mobo?
I'snt the Jmicron driver the sata driver?

What happens if you set the bios to boot from cd and insert the win cd?

When I installed Windows 2000 (a rather troublesome job in this case!) I was
forced to press Cancel to several files during the install (a series of CAT and
CAB files). The CD rom was dysfunctional during setup and could not find the
files. The setup finished and Windows 2000 runs Ok so far (knock on wood) but I
suspect there may be trouble down the road from missing those files in setup.

-------------
My question is this: can I copy the files from the CD in a repair procedure
somehow to complete the setup?
-------------

Here is a more complete description:

The main problem was that the SATA drive and the IDE connected CD/DVD rom drive
were not supported in bios. Only floppy was supported. This is supposedly the way
thing will be as intel has removed IDE hd support (according to Anandtech) in new
chipsets. What a stupid move by Intel!

I could not just install Windows 2000 from a CD because the system needs a
software driver (Jmicron) to enable IDE CD/DVD rom drive support.

What finally worked was to create an emergency disk set (4 disk) using another
computer and install Windows and use F6 to load the drivers to memory.

The install goes like this:

1. I boot from emergency Windows 2000. At this point neither CD nor hd drives are
available. Wisely setup ask (F6) to load the needed drivers.

2. setup proceeds and enables the CD-rom and hd (for the moment) and formats the
hd and installs files from CD (now enabled) and set of diskettes. Then it boots.

3. setup proceeds now from hd. Mind you CD rom support is not supported again
since Windows needs to load the driver which it has at this point loaded (it will
load it further down the road). Windows setup works and then it asks for files
located on the CD! But since cd support has not been loaded yet I have to use a
floppy to provide an alternative located. Unfortunately I can't copy all the
files to floppy even one at a time since some are too big. My only option is to
press cancel on some of the files.

4. Luckily setup proceeds even with missing files and finally late in the game
load the Jmicron CDrom driver and lo behold my cd works again and I can copy
files files normally from there as setup needs them.


Some have said I could copy the files to SATA hd so I can access the files there
during setup. Unfortunately the Jmicron drivers an only loaded by Windows 2000 or
XP and since I don't have them install I was stuck in a catch-22

situation.

 

[Guest]

Do you have a Asrock mobo?

It's Abit AB9

 

[DL]

The Jmicron driver is your sata driver, there are full instructions with
this to enable you to create a floppy containing the sata drivers which you
need to F6 during the setup of win2k to install from floppy
If your sys is not booting from cd, then something else is in play, it has
nothing to do with the Jmicron driver.
There is mention on Abit site to a bios problem with DVD drives not being
detected.
The win2k cd is a bootable cd, if it is not booting then there is something
wrong with the way you have set up, or there is a hw failure
Suggest you re read the mobo manual, and check all your settings/connections

 

[Guest]

The Jmicron driver is your sata driver, there are full instructions with
this to enable you to create a floppy containing the sata drivers which you
need to F6 during the setup of win2k to install from floppy
If your sys is not booting from cd, then something else is in play, it has
nothing to do with the Jmicron driver.
There is mention on Abit site to a bios problem with DVD drives not being
detected.
The win2k cd is a bootable cd, if it is not booting then there is something
wrong with the way you have set up, or there is a hw failure
Suggest you re read the mobo manual, and check all your settings/connections

No that is not the case. Windows 2000 install goes like this:
- (1) boot from CD or diskette, start the install and load what ever extra
drivers are need such as Jmicron driver.
- (2) in the middle of setup a reboot is done and W2K setup continues from hd. At
this point Jmicron drivers are not present anymore. Unfortunately Windows setup
won't load the extra drivers until very late in the setup. And before that it
needs to access IDE device which unfortunately are not available.

All I get in (2) is a message "Windows can't find a CD rom drive press F3 to
exit". It would be great if it had an F6 before that!

I tried an USB cd rom but again Windows won't load USB drivers before above
message. I copied the entire CD to HD but there is no "Do you have an alternate
address for install files"

 

[John John]

Try removing the DVD drive and stick a regular CD-ROM drive in the box.
After Windows 2000 is properly installed reinstall the DVD drive.

If you want to install from a flat folder you have to use the winnt /b
option and you will have to put the "Mass Storage Device" drives in an
\i386\$OEM$\$$ sub folder called textmode (\$OEM$\Textmode) and the
driver have to be digitally signed or else the installation will fail.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...erv/reskit/deploy/dgcb_ins_qcct.mspx?mfr=true

John

 

[DL]

You are incorrect, if you F6 early in the process to install the Jmicron
drivers from floppy, then when win later reboots to continue the
installation, and at that time you get a failure, you have something else
going on, unconnected with the method of the win installation.
If you have a DVD drive then the Abit FAQ re bios may be relevent