Windows 2000 PRO

[Tony]

I get an error when booting, BOOT DISK ERROR FAILURE,
INSERT SYSTEM DISK.

What does this mean and how do I correct it.

Thanks,

Tony

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

It could mean all sorts of things. Perform some diagnostics
by creating a Win2000 boot diskette like so:

- Format a floppy disk on some other Win2000 PC.
Don't do it on a Win9x PC - it won't work.
- Copy these files from the \i386 folder of your Win2000 CD
to A:\
ntldr
ntdetect.com
- Create a file a:\boot.ini with these lines
[Boot Loader]
Timeout=3
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect
- Boot the machine with this floppy

Report here what you get.