Want to REFormat W2000

[brodick]

I have a Compaq EVO D215, 2.4 Ghz w/ a 250 GB HD.
The Win2000 install only recognizes 127 GB of the drive altho the
BIOS correctly recognizes the whole 250 GB.
I want to reformat the whole drive into smaller partitions.
I have attempted the format using a W2000 disk slipstreamed to SP4.
I have been told that SP3 & higher supports larger drives. The
Format command is not accepted. [CDBoot | SetUp | Repair | Etc gets
to the cmd prompt.]
C:\WINNT>format c: /fs:ntfs
Do you Really? <Y/N> , etc
A 'y' response just rolls back to the C:\WINNT> prompt with no
further action. (It only gives 5-6 seconds to respond w/ a 'y' or it
times out back to the cmd prompt.)

The 'map' command only shows the 127 GB "C:" and a small 7 GB
partition (hidden).

I looked for a HD lock in the BIOS but found nothing I recognized.
Who can help, please.
Dick

 

[John John]

You have to enable 48-Bit LBA addressing then you will be able to use
the Windows 2000 Disk Management tool to create new partitions in the
unallocated disk space. No need to reformat the Windows installation.

48-Bit LBA Support for ATAPI Disk Drives in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305098

John

 

[Andy]

If your ultimate goal is to reinstall Windows 2000 on a new smaller C:
partition, just run Windows setup, delete the existing partition(s),
and create a new partition. Install Windows on this partition. Once
Windows is running, enable 48-bit LBA in the registry (EnableBigLba),
run Disk Management, and create the additional partitions.

 

[brodick]

If your ultimate goal is to reinstall Windows 2000 on a new smaller C:
partition, just run Windows setup, delete the existing partition(s),
and create a new partition. Install Windows on this partition. Once
Windows is running, enable 48-bit LBA in the registry (EnableBigLba),
run Disk Management, and create the additional partitions.

I have a Compaq EVO D215, 2.4 Ghz w/ a 250 GB HD.
The Win2000 install only recognizes 127 GB of the drive altho the
BIOS correctly recognizes the whole 250 GB.
I want to reformat the whole drive into smaller partitions.
I have attempted the format using a W2000 disk slipstreamed to SP4.
I have been told that SP3 & higher supports larger drives. The
Format command is not accepted. [CDBoot | SetUp | Repair | Etc gets
to the cmd prompt.]
C:\WINNT>format c: /fs:ntfs
Do you Really? <Y/N> , etc
A 'y' response just rolls back to the C:\WINNT> prompt with no
further action. (It only gives 5-6 seconds to respond w/ a 'y' or it
times out back to the cmd prompt.)

The 'map' command only shows the 127 GB "C:" and a small 7 GB
partition (hidden).

I looked for a HD lock in the BIOS but found nothing I recognized.
Who can help, please.
Dick

Thanks Andy and John for your reply. I have since upgraded to a newer BIOS
version and tho it lacks release notes I have read in a Compaq group that
the new version supports LBA48. Also I can see the 250-minus-127 GB space
as unformatted in Disk Manager so at least it works.
The next hurdle is after I finally get to the Repair section the command
to Format is refused saying that the volume is in use by another program.
Becoming more than a little irked I booted w/ a W98 disk and used Fdisk to
delete the NTFS partition. Now I get a non-system disk error w/ the W2kSP4
CD, no boot to Setup and no opportunity to format and resize the
partition, my end goal. Am I out of my question allotment? ;-)
Dick

 

[Dave Patrick]

Are you trying to clean install? To do a clean install, either boot the
Windows 2000 install CD-Rom or setup disks. The set of four install disks
can be created from your Windows 2000 CD-Rom; change to the \bootdisk
directory on the CD-Rom and execute makeboot.exe (from dos) or makebt32.exe
(from 32 bit) and follow the prompts.

(Note: If your drive controller is not natively supported then you'll want
to boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom. Then *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 controller in drive "A")

Setup inspects your computer's hardware configuration and then begins to
install the Setup and driver files. When the Windows 2000 Professional
screen appears, press ENTER to set up Windows 2000 Professional.

Read the license agreement, and then press the F8 key to accept the terms of
the license agreement and continue the installation.

When the Windows 2000 Professional Setup screen appears, all the existing
partitions and the unpartitioned spaces are listed for each physical hard
disk. Use the ARROW keys to select the partitions Press D to delete an
existing partition, If you press D to delete an existing partition, you must
then press L (or press ENTER, and then press L if it is the System
partition) to confirm that you want to delete the partition. Repeat this
step for each of the existing partitions When all the partitions are deleted
press F3 to exit setup, (to avoid unexpected drive letter assignments with
your new install) then restart the pc then when you get to this point in
setup again select the unpartitioned space, and then press C to create a new
partition and specify the size (if required). Windows will by default use
all available space.

Be sure to apply SP4 and these two below to your new install before
connecting to any network. Internet included. (sasser, msblast)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx

Then

Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...CF-8850-4531-B52B-BF28B324C662&displaylang=en



--

Regards,

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

 

[Guest]

Perhaps this is the place ? I have a computer that was used in a business a
few years back and I guess some of the network/administrator instructions are
still set up on the operating system - Win 2000 Pro

I was having trouble connecting to the MS IE Explorer Server and was sent
instructions by some "tech" person at PeoplePC. The instructions seemed to be
for Win 98 and I tried to follow them anyway. I think I must have unchecked
the box, in the TCP/IP settings - "Use Default Gateway On Remote Network" or
something.

Suddenly when I start up the computer, I get the "Preparing Network
Connections" box, which after a few seconds goes into the Log On To Windows
box where there is a User name : Administrator and Password box. Of course I
have no freaking idea what the password was and can go no further.

I contactd them again and they said, start the computer an hit F8 - then
click on Safe Mode. After that I will see a "Start" button, click on it and
go to program>accessories>sytem tools>system restore and then click on
"Restart". I reboot, hit F8, see Safe Mode and select it - there's nothing
after that, it simply goes right back into the Win 2000 upload and here comes
the "Preparing Network Connections again. So I reboot and quickly hit F2 for
Setup, over to the Security tab and see Install New Supervisor Password. Put
in a new one and try again. Then I realize I have only added a step to the
reboot process and it had no effect at all on logging into Windows 2000. Now
when I reboot, it asks to type in a password which I do and off we go to
"Preparing Network Connection".. I reboot and go back into Setup through F2,
to the Security tab, buit now it won't let me uninstall Supervisor Password

Needles to say I'm confused. How can I bypass this stupid Preparing Network
Connections and get Win 2000 to open like it did.

Any advice would be most welcome,

Thanks

 

[Dave Patrick]

You'll be better off with a clean installation (see below). You can reset
the password.

http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/


To do a clean install, either boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom or setup
disks. The set of four install disks can be created from your Windows 2000
CD-Rom; change to the \bootdisk directory on the CD-Rom and execute
makeboot.exe (from dos) or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the
prompts.

(Note: If your drive controller is not natively supported then you'll want
to boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom. Then *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 controller in drive "A")

Setup inspects your computer's hardware configuration and then begins to
install the Setup and driver files. When the Windows 2000 Professional
screen appears, press ENTER to set up Windows 2000 Professional.

Read the license agreement, and then press the F8 key to accept the terms of
the license agreement and continue the installation.

When the Windows 2000 Professional Setup screen appears, all the existing
partitions and the unpartitioned spaces are listed for each physical hard
disk. Use the ARROW keys to select the partitions Press D to delete an
existing partition, If you press D to delete an existing partition, you must
then press L (or press ENTER, and then press L if it is the System
partition) to confirm that you want to delete the partition. Repeat this
step for each of the existing partitions When all the partitions are deleted
press F3 to exit setup, (to avoid unexpected drive letter assignments with
your new install) then restart the pc then when you get to this point in
setup again select the unpartitioned space, and then press C to create a new
partition and specify the size (if required). Windows will by default use
all available space.

Be sure to apply SP4 and these two below to your new install before
connecting to any network. Internet included. (sasser, msblast)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx

Then

Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...CF-8850-4531-B52B-BF28B324C662&displaylang=en



--

Regards,

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

 

[Guest]

Dave,

Thanks for the advice. I take it I just leave the existing version of Win200
Pro on the computer ?

Of course I don't care about the Network password, and I want no part of a
network set up.

I wonder why I can't boot up, hit F8 , or F2 for Setup, or whatever to take
this Preparing Network Connections out of it. Before I screwed up the
Settings, I saw that Admin screen come up, but they were greyed out and
bypassed. I turned the computer on and it went right into Windows 2000, the
tasj bars at the bottom, all the icons on the desktop ?

No way I can undo what I have done ?

Thanks

You'll be better off with a clean installation (see below). You can reset
the password.

http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/


To do a clean install, either boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom or setup
disks. The set of four install disks can be created from your Windows 2000
CD-Rom; change to the \bootdisk directory on the CD-Rom and execute
makeboot.exe (from dos) or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the
prompts.

(Note: If your drive controller is not natively supported then you'll want
to boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom. Then *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 controller in drive "A")

Setup inspects your computer's hardware configuration and then begins to
install the Setup and driver files. When the Windows 2000 Professional
screen appears, press ENTER to set up Windows 2000 Professional.

Read the license agreement, and then press the F8 key to accept the terms of
the license agreement and continue the installation.

When the Windows 2000 Professional Setup screen appears, all the existing
partitions and the unpartitioned spaces are listed for each physical hard
disk. Use the ARROW keys to select the partitions Press D to delete an
existing partition, If you press D to delete an existing partition, you must
then press L (or press ENTER, and then press L if it is the System
partition) to confirm that you want to delete the partition. Repeat this
step for each of the existing partitions When all the partitions are deleted
press F3 to exit setup, (to avoid unexpected drive letter assignments with
your new install) then restart the pc then when you get to this point in
setup again select the unpartitioned space, and then press C to create a new
partition and specify the size (if required). Windows will by default use
all available space.

Be sure to apply SP4 and these two below to your new install before
connecting to any network. Internet included. (sasser, msblast)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx

Then

Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...CF-8850-4531-B52B-BF28B324C662&displaylang=en



--

Regards,

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

Perhaps this is the place ? I have a computer that was used in a business
a
few years back and I guess some of the network/administrator instructions
are
still set up on the operating system - Win 2000 Pro

I was having trouble connecting to the MS IE Explorer Server and was sent
instructions by some "tech" person at PeoplePC. The instructions seemed to
be
for Win 98 and I tried to follow them anyway. I think I must have
unchecked
the box, in the TCP/IP settings - "Use Default Gateway On Remote Network"
or
something.

Suddenly when I start up the computer, I get the "Preparing Network
Connections" box, which after a few seconds goes into the Log On To
Windows
box where there is a User name : Administrator and Password box. Of course
I
have no freaking idea what the password was and can go no further.

I contactd them again and they said, start the computer an hit F8 - then
click on Safe Mode. After that I will see a "Start" button, click on it
and
go to program>accessories>sytem tools>system restore and then click on
"Restart". I reboot, hit F8, see Safe Mode and select it - there's nothing
after that, it simply goes right back into the Win 2000 upload and here
comes
the "Preparing Network Connections again. So I reboot and quickly hit F2
for
Setup, over to the Security tab and see Install New Supervisor Password.
Put
in a new one and try again. Then I realize I have only added a step to the
reboot process and it had no effect at all on logging into Windows 2000.
Now
when I reboot, it asks to type in a password which I do and off we go to
"Preparing Network Connection".. I reboot and go back into Setup through
F2,
to the Security tab, buit now it won't let me uninstall Supervisor
Password

Needles to say I'm confused. How can I bypass this stupid Preparing
Network
Connections and get Win 2000 to open like it did.

Any advice would be most welcome,

Thanks

 

[Dave Patrick]

Dave,

Thanks for the advice. I take it I just leave the existing version of
Win200
Pro on the computer ?

*** In reference to what? No, not for a clean installation.

Of course I don't care about the Network password, and I want no part of
a
network set up.

*** This is just part of the operating system whether you use it or not.

I wonder why I can't boot up, hit F8 , or F2 for Setup, or whatever to
take
this Preparing Network Connections out of it. Before I screwed up the
Settings, I saw that Admin screen come up, but they were greyed out and
bypassed. I turned the computer on and it went right into Windows 2000,
the
tasj bars at the bottom, all the icons on the desktop ?

No way I can undo what I have done ?

*** Reset the password using the tool I pointed you to.


--

Regards,

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

 

[brodick]

Are you trying to clean install? To do a clean install, either boot the
Windows 2000 install CD-Rom or setup disks. The set of four install disks
can be created from your Windows 2000 CD-Rom; change to the \bootdisk
directory on the CD-Rom and execute makeboot.exe (from dos) or makebt32.exe
(from 32 bit) and follow the prompts.

(Note: If your drive controller is not natively supported then you'll want
to boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom. Then *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 controller in drive "A")

Setup inspects your computer's hardware configuration and then begins to
install the Setup and driver files. When the Windows 2000 Professional
screen appears, press ENTER to set up Windows 2000 Professional.

Read the license agreement, and then press the F8 key to accept the terms of
the license agreement and continue the installation.

When the Windows 2000 Professional Setup screen appears, all the existing
partitions and the unpartitioned spaces are listed for each physical hard
disk. Use the ARROW keys to select the partitions Press D to delete an
existing partition, If you press D to delete an existing partition, you must
then press L (or press ENTER, and then press L if it is the System
partition) to confirm that you want to delete the partition. Repeat this
step for each of the existing partitions When all the partitions are deleted
press F3 to exit setup, (to avoid unexpected drive letter assignments with
your new install) then restart the pc then when you get to this point in
setup again select the unpartitioned space, and then press C to create a new
partition and specify the size (if required). Windows will by default use
all available space.

Be sure to apply SP4 and these two below to your new install before
connecting to any network. Internet included. (sasser, msblast)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx

Then

Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...CF-8850-4531-B52B-BF28B324C662&displaylang=en

--

Regards,

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

Thanks Andy and John for your reply. I have since upgraded to a newer BIOS
version and tho it lacks release notes I have read in a Compaq group that
the new version supports LBA48. Also I can see the 250-minus-127 GB space
as unformatted in Disk Manager so at least it works.
The next hurdle is after I finally get to the Repair section the command
to Format is refused saying that the volume is in use by another program.
Becoming more than a little irked I booted w/ a W98 disk and used Fdisk to
delete the NTFS partition. Now I get a non-system disk error w/ the W2kSP4
CD, no boot to Setup and no opportunity to format and resize the
partition, my end goal. Am I out of my question allotment? ;-)
Dick

Many thanks for your detailed reply. Finally got the desired partitions installed and the whole drive is recognized in W2kSP4+RO1.

I have NOT found a suitable program/method to slipstream the RollUp into a package for a CD.

Dick

 

[Dave Patrick]

You're welcome. Good to hear. Yes, I've heard of problems slipstreaming the
rollup as well.

--

Regards,

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