Windows 2000 Installation

[Peter S.]

Installing Windows 2000 on freshly formatted hard disk -
I keep getting a BSOD with the error message
KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED with ntoskrnl.exe mentioned
as the offending file. This happens JUST after the
installation process begins.

I tried several different hard drives - I should say that
they've all been in use for a while and potentially could
have problems, although various diagnostics haven't
revealed any. I'm getting a brand new drive to try, so
hopefully that will help, but in the meantime, I'm
wondering why that error would occur so early in the
process.

Thanks.

 

[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 (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.)

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'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.

When you get to the point, delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions
found. After you delete the partition(s) abort the install, then again
restart the pc booting the CD-Rom or setup disks to avoid unexpected drive
letter assignments with your new install.


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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]
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| Installing Windows 2000 on freshly formatted hard disk -
| I keep getting a BSOD with the error message
| KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED with ntoskrnl.exe mentioned
| as the offending file. This happens JUST after the
| installation process begins.
|
| I tried several different hard drives - I should say that
| they've all been in use for a while and potentially could
| have problems, although various diagnostics haven't
| revealed any. I'm getting a brand new drive to try, so
| hopefully that will help, but in the meantime, I'm
| wondering why that error would occur so early in the
| process.
|
| Thanks.
|
|