1. Get a new boss.
Failing that,
2. Make sure the BIOS is set to boot from floppy first;
3. Boot with a dos diskette;
4. a:\>fdisk /mbr
Dave
On Thursday 03 May 2001 17:24, thus spake Victor Richardson:
> I know this is going to get me a serious heckling, but...
>
> Unfortunately, my boss wants me to switch one of our (very stable)
> Mandrake servers to Win2000 Pro (only) for a tester. The problem I
> keep running into is that I cannot get the server to boot from the
> Windows install cd. It goes through bios check, spins the cd for a bit,
> and then proceeds on with the normal boot. I have even downloaded the 4
> install disks and run into a "disk I/O error" on the first one.
>
> I talked to Toshiba's support desk (it's a M500 -PIII 500 mHz) and they
> said that I need to repartition the disk, then format and install.
>
> Does this mean wiping out the MBR? What should I do?
>
> I know all sorts of good jokes automatically come to mind, but this is
> fairly serious.
>
> Any suggestions appreciated,
>
> Victor
