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
> 



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