setup stop

[Guest]

I have an older gateway that I am trying to install win2k
pro on. I have run the compatibility check and it said
everything was cool, but when I try to install it stops on
"setup is now inspecting your system hardware". Pentium
233 w/mmx 96 megs ram 5.3 gig hd I have asked gateway
about it even giving them my serial number and downloading
and installing an updated bios. Any help would be nice.

 

[Dave Patrick]

You didn't mention the drive controller (possibly SCSI, or ultra DMA, or
ATA100, or raid, or serial ATA), but you may need to boot the Windows 2000
setup disks or CD-Rom and *F6* very early and very important (at setup is
inspecting your system) in the setup to prevent drive controller detection,
and select S to specify additional drivers. Then later you'll be prompted to
insert the manufacturer supplied Windows 2000 driver for your drive's
controller in drive "A"

If you wait and then S to specify additional drivers, then it may be too
late as Windows 2000 Setup at this point may have already assigned the
resources your drive's controller is wanting to use.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
Microsoft Certified Professional [Windows 2000]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.


| I have an older gateway that I am trying to install win2k
| pro on. I have run the compatibility check and it said
| everything was cool, but when I try to install it stops on
| "setup is now inspecting your system hardware". Pentium
| 233 w/mmx 96 megs ram 5.3 gig hd I have asked gateway
| about it even giving them my serial number and downloading
| and installing an updated bios. Any help would be nice.