Win2000 installation won't clear disk first?

[Paul]

I try and install a new instance of Win2000 from the CD and it says
there is not enough room on the C: drive. How do I make it just clear
the C: drive as part of the installation?

There was a d: drive partition and I have been able to delete that as
part of setup, however I cannot see where to get the C: (partition?)
to either reformat or expand to use the newly available space.

I cannot make a boot disk (the only 3.5" drive I have is on the target
machine) but I could make a boot CD if necessary.

But I cannot see in the install where to delete all information off
the target drive and do a clean install. Am I missing something
obvious?!

cheers,
Paul.

 

[Dave Patrick]

Best to just boot the CD-Rom. 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



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Regards,

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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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[Paul]

Thanks Dave, I had read this answer before and it is most useful up to
a point.

Are you saying I cannot clear or reformat my hard drive when booting
off the installation CD, but rather that I have to locate, create and
use floppy disks to do this?

All the floppy disks I have seem to have errors on them. Surely I
don't have to buy floppies in order to clear my hard drive prior to
reinstalling Windows 2000? And given that I can boot off this CD, is
there not like an FDISK on it somewhere instead?

Or, if I do have to make a special disk, is there a version of
MAKEBOOT that creates a CD instead of floppies?

I guess the real question is, what is contained on MAKEBOOT disks that
is not contained on the bootable Windows2000 installation CD and why
does the CD not do everything that the boot disks do?

cheers,
Paul.

 

[Dave Patrick]

No, absolutely not. Just boot the CD-Rom and follow the steps I outlined. In
reference to your question;

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.



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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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