Win2K pro and 64 bit AMD

[Guest]

I just got an AMD 64 bit chip and ECS mobo. I am trying to install my 32 bit
copy of Win2K Pro on it. I *thought* it would be simple, but when I try I
get the error:

\i386\ntkrnlmp.exe could not be loaded. error code is 4. setup cannot
continue

Is this a known incompatibility, or is this telling me I have some kind of
other hw problem, or what?

Any other "gotchas" running W2K on an AMD 64 bit chip that I should know
about?

Many thanks for the help.

 

[Dave Patrick]

net helpmsg 4
returns with
The system cannot open the file.

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:
|I just got an AMD 64 bit chip and ECS mobo. I am trying to install my 32
bit
| copy of Win2K Pro on it. I *thought* it would be simple, but when I try
I
| get the error:
|
| \i386\ntkrnlmp.exe could not be loaded. error code is 4. setup cannot
| continue
|
| Is this a known incompatibility, or is this telling me I have some kind
of
| other hw problem, or what?
|
| Any other "gotchas" running W2K on an AMD 64 bit chip that I should know
| about?
|
| Many thanks for the help.
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| Invalid_Character

 

[Guest]

Many thanks .. sounds like my old CD has finally died? Humm.. now to
figure out how to get a new one from our Friends in Redmond... ideally one
patched up to SP4 to save me all that work..

thx again.

 

[Dave Patrick]

May be damaged or is incompatible hardware. I'd also give this a go.

http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
| Many thanks .. sounds like my old CD has finally died? Humm.. now to
| figure out how to get a new one from our Friends in Redmond... ideally one
| patched up to SP4 to save me all that work..
|
| thx again.
| --
| Invalid_Character

 

[Guest]

btw - seems to be some confusion around W2K nd 64 bit support. can you
comment on this thread?
http://support.microsoft.com/newsgr...&p=1&tid=e333cde3-a5a1-4b98-bb8d-c5d35d415bac

 

[Guest]

thanks - its brand new mushkin ram but still its a new hw setup so may be
something going on.

just seems odd that i've reinstalled w2k many times and never had a
problem... now this... i never thought of the media as the problem but that's
what the error says.

 

[Andy]

btw - seems to be some confusion around W2K nd 64 bit support. can you
comment on this thread?
http://support.microsoft.com/newsgr...&p=1&tid=e333cde3-a5a1-4b98-bb8d-c5d35d415bac

oni: ambiguous question; refuses to boot from the CD? or from a disk
that already had Windows 2000 installed on it? or when trying to
install Windows 2000?

seth: wrong.

Nut Cracker: agree 100%.