Hi,
Just to clarify a point, I would make sure that the "diskette" that you use,
is a standard windows 95,98,etc bootup disk, with command.com, etc on it.
Otherwise, just putting in a disk with nothing but fdisk will cause the
computer to hang.
HTH,
Thomas Adam
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Switching from LM 7.0 to Win2000 Pro
> 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
>
>
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