NO Boot Disk for New Installation of Win2K OS

[Mike]

I am attempting to install Windows 2000 OS onto a new 20GB
hard drive I just purchased for my 4 year old PC (PII,
450MHz, Dell Optiplex). Unfortunately, I do not have the
startup or boot disk and I can figure out how to create
one. I have tried the control panel, add/remove programs,
but there is not option to create new startup/boot disk.

Where/how can I find or create this boot disk?

Also, my original drive that was issued with my Dell PC
crashed and will not reboot and this is the reason I
puchased a new hardrive. Before it crashed or failed to
reboot, I was nearly maxed out with less that 200MB of
space left. When I try to reboot, the system goes through
the startup sequence and gets to the Windows 2000 window
and then the BLUE screen pops up with a message that
states If you are receiving this message for the first
time, reboot your system. It also states If this screen
appears again, to RUN CHKDKS /F for errors.

IS it possible to restore the drive or retreive the data
that resides on the drive after I have installed this new
drive? If so, how would I do that?

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Regards,

Mike Lopez

 

[Jaysen Buffington[MSFT]]

Hi Mike,

If you cannot configure your computer to boot from the CD-ROM, then you can
create the 4 setup floppies for Windows 2000 by going into the \BOOTDISK
directory of the Windows 2000 CD-ROM and running MAKEBT32.EXE. Please see
the following article for more information.

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

Additionally, after you have completed your install, you should be able
re-connect your original drive and access it as a data drive from within
the new Windows install.
--
Jaysen Buffington MCSE
Support Professional
Microsoft Setup Support

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