There is no OS installed; only an empty hd. I can't even get the setup to find the hd, and it won't boot from the cd. I even tried simply connecting the cd and disconnecting the hd, and the cd didn't boot.
Make any sense? > > NT will not see a drive larger than 4gig (2gig if you want to be extra > careful) until it has SP6(?) installed. Use fdisk to create a partition of > either 2 or 4 gigs. Put the os on this partition and then install sp6 and > you'll see the other 36 gig. > > drew > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 8:01 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [wdvltalk] any pc pros? > > > I come before you as a humble mac person in need of pc help. > > I was running NT Server on a pentium III/333 and something happened so that > the box would fatally fail during the login process and quit. No matter what > I tried (repair disk, boot from floppies) I could not restart. Since I > needed a bigger HD anyway, I put in a 40G WD eide and figgered I'd just > install a new OS. The 2 cds I have are NT Workstation and Win2000. > > Simple task, right? > > Problem is that, no matter how I set up the hd (as master, slave, CS, or > single) I can't get the pc to find the new hd in Setup, and it won't launch > from the cdrom. > > I tried several different cables. > I tried connecting hd only on the cable. > I tried connecting only the cdrom to the cable. > I tried threatening it by leaning it out a second story window... > > nada. > > Any helpful hints on how to get started? > > TIA, > steve > ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
