in detail how do i install win2000pro

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I just purchased a new Harddrive because my win98 is on a 1gig (so I cant upgrade) . I made the 4boot disks, inserted them and restarted my PC. WINDOWS SETUP BEGINS and does its thing. After all of that and when it trys to copy the CD i get a message saying that a "file (.dll) cannot be copied. skip or quit?" I am doing something wrong I know it. COULD YOU GIVE ME DETAILS OF HOW TO INSTALL WIN2000pro on my new hard drive? oh and unless I use the win98startup disk I cant go into safemode. I have an HP VECTRA VEi7

 

[Jisha]

hmmm... how old is this thing? (1 gb HDD?)
Perhaps the CD drive is flaking out?
....check for dust or other crud on the CD...

Also, if your BIOS supports, reset boot order to boot from CD Drive &
bye-bye-four-diskettes

I just purchased a new Harddrive because my win98 is on a 1gig (so I cant

upgrade) . I made the 4boot disks, inserted them and restarted my PC.
WINDOWS SETUP BEGINS and does its thing. After all of that and when it
trys to copy the CD i get a message saying that a "file (.dll) cannot be
copied. skip or quit?" I am doing something wrong I know it. COULD YOU
GIVE ME DETAILS OF HOW TO INSTALL WIN2000pro on my new hard drive? oh and
unless I use the win98startup disk I cant go into safemode. I
have an HP VECTRA VEi7

 

[Colon Terminus]

Hi Frog,

I doubt you're doing something wrong. This happens a lot. Something about
the way Windows 2000 uses the hardware.

First thing to try is updating the BIOS on your Vectra, that'll probably fix
the problem. If that doesn't work, then the simplest way is to work around
the problem by copying the Windows 2000 CD to the hard disk and running
setup from there.

I just purchased a new Harddrive because my win98 is on a 1gig (so I cant

upgrade) . I made the 4boot disks, inserted them and restarted my PC.
WINDOWS SETUP BEGINS and does its thing. After all of that and when it
trys to copy the CD i get a message saying that a "file (.dll) cannot be
copied. skip or quit?" I am doing something wrong I know it. COULD YOU
GIVE ME DETAILS OF HOW TO INSTALL WIN2000pro on my new hard drive? oh and
unless I use the win98startup disk I cant go into safemode. I
have an HP VECTRA VEi7

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Have you made sure that your PC's hardware components are capable
of supporting Win2K? This information will be found at the PC's
manufacturer's web site, and on Microsoft's Hardware Compatibility
List: (http://www.microsoft.com/hcl/default.asp) Additionally, run
Microsoft WinXP Upgrade Advisor to see if you have any incompatible
hardware components or applications.

You should, before proceeding, take a few minutes to ensure that
there are Win2K device drivers available for all of the machine's
components. There may not be, if the PC was specifically designed for
Win98. Also bear in mind that PCs designed for and sold with Win9x/Me
very often do not meet Win2K's much more stringent hardware quality
requirements. This is particularly true of many models in Compaq's
consumer-class Presario product line or HP's consumer-class Pavilion
product line. Win2K, like WinNT before it, is quite sensitive to
borderline defective hardware (particularly motherboards, RAM and hard
drives) that will still support Win9x.


Bruce Chambers

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I just purchased a new Harddrive because my win98 is on a 1gig (so I

cant upgrade) . I made the 4boot disks, inserted them and restarted
my PC. WINDOWS SETUP BEGINS and does its thing. After all of that
and when it trys to copy the CD i get a message saying that a "file
(.dll) cannot be copied. skip or quit?" I am doing something wrong I
know it. COULD YOU GIVE ME DETAILS OF HOW TO INSTALL WIN2000pro on
my new hard drive? oh and unless I use the win98startup disk I cant
go into safemode. I have an HP VECTRA VEi7