Hope This Isn't OT

[Guest Dave Patrick]

FYI;

 

To do a clean install, either boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom or setup

disks. The set of four install disks can be created from your Windows 2000

CD-Rom; change to the \bootdisk directory on the CD-Rom and execute

makeboot.exe (from dos) or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the

prompts.

 

(Note: If your drive controller is not natively supported then you'll want

to boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom. Then *F6* very early and very

important (at setup is inspecting your system) in the setup to prevent drive

controller detection, and select S to specify additional drivers. Then later

you'll be prompted to insert the manufacturer supplied Windows 2000 driver

for your drive controller in drive "A")

 

Setup inspects your computer's hardware configuration and then begins to

install the Setup and driver files. When the Windows 2000 Professional

screen appears, press ENTER to set up Windows 2000 Professional.

 

Read the license agreement, and then press the F8 key to accept the terms of

the license agreement and continue the installation.

 

When the Windows 2000 Professional Setup screen appears, all the existing

partitions and the unpartitioned spaces are listed for each physical hard

disk. Use the ARROW keys to select the partitions Press D to delete an

existing partition, If you press D to delete an existing partition, you must

then press L (or press ENTER, and then press L if it is the System

partition) to confirm that you want to delete the partition. Repeat this

step for each of the existing partitions When all the partitions are deleted

press F3 to exit setup, (to avoid unexpected drive letter assignments with

your new install) then restart the pc then when you get to this point in

setup again select the unpartitioned space, and then press C to create a new

partition and specify the size (if required). Windows will by default use

all available space.

 

Be sure to apply SP4 and these two below to your new install before

connecting to any network. Internet included. (sasser, msblast)

http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx

 

Then

 

Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?amp;displaylang=en&familyid=B54730CF-8850-4531-B52B-BF28B324C662&displaylang=en

 

 

 

--

 

Regards,

 

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.

Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft MVP [Windows]

http://www.microsoft.com/protect

 

 

"DaffyD®" wrote:

<snip>

If I do

> reformat, it is better to do it in DOS or in Windows?

>

> I'm also cross posting this to the Win2000.file_system newsgroup.

> --

> DaffyD®

>

> If I Knew Where I Was I'd Be There Now--just 9 hours earlier

>

>

>

[Guest DaffyD®]

Hope This Isn't OT

 

Sorry for the future date posting--I downloaded a program that probably

fixed the problem for the purposes of this newsgroup but then it set my

computer clock 9 hours in the future.

 

I recently purchased and attached a Western Digital external drive to my

computer. Somehow it's software was installed on my C Drive. The problem is

the software has reconfigured my computer. There's a WD logo over the D

Drive in My Computer. Left double clicking on the icon brings up the Western

Digital Installer that contains trial software. If I click on Cancel, the

Installer closes. The only way to access the drive is to right click on the

icon and left click on Open. I've deleted every Western Digital file I could

find on both C and D drives as well as in the registry. The only thing it

did was make it impossible to open the D drive by left double clicking.

When I reboot after deleting those files, I get the Windows icon you see on

files without a program associated with opening it, like you see with Temp

files.

 

The reason why I'm posting this is because WD tech support has been no help

at all--they've never seen this problem before and I'm betting no one here

has seen it. I guess what I'm asking is where else in the registry would I

look for keys that would control access to internal drives? If I can't find

an answer here my only other option is to reformat the drive. If I do

reformat, it is better to do it in DOS or in Windows?

 

I'm also cross posting this to the Win2000.file_system newsgroup.

--

DaffyD®

 

If I Knew Where I Was I'd Be There Now--just 9 hours earlier

[Guest DaffyD®]

Re: Hope This Isn't OT

 

Thanks, Dave. How do I know if my drive controller is natively supported? I

never came across this when installing Windows 98 SE so I'm not sure if I

need to press F6.

 

"Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message

news:ObxveesGJHA.2408@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> FYI;

>

> To do a clean install, either boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom or

setup

> disks. The set of four install disks can be created from your Windows 2000

> CD-Rom; change to the \bootdisk directory on the CD-Rom and execute

> makeboot.exe (from dos) or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the

> prompts.

>

> (Note: If your drive controller is not natively supported then you'll want

> to boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom. Then *F6* very early and very

> important (at setup is inspecting your system) in the setup to prevent

drive

> controller detection, and select S to specify additional drivers. Then

later

> you'll be prompted to insert the manufacturer supplied Windows 2000 driver

> for your drive controller in drive "A")

>

> Setup inspects your computer's hardware configuration and then begins to

> install the Setup and driver files. When the Windows 2000 Professional

> screen appears, press ENTER to set up Windows 2000 Professional.

>

> Read the license agreement, and then press the F8 key to accept the terms

of

> the license agreement and continue the installation.

>

> When the Windows 2000 Professional Setup screen appears, all the existing

> partitions and the unpartitioned spaces are listed for each physical hard

> disk. Use the ARROW keys to select the partitions Press D to delete an

> existing partition, If you press D to delete an existing partition, you

must

> then press L (or press ENTER, and then press L if it is the System

> partition) to confirm that you want to delete the partition. Repeat this

> step for each of the existing partitions When all the partitions are

deleted

> press F3 to exit setup, (to avoid unexpected drive letter assignments with

> your new install) then restart the pc then when you get to this point in

> setup again select the unpartitioned space, and then press C to create a

new

> partition and specify the size (if required). Windows will by default use

> all available space.

>

> Be sure to apply SP4 and these two below to your new install before

> connecting to any network. Internet included. (sasser, msblast)

>

http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE

> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx

> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx

>

> Then

>

> Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4

>

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?amp;displaylang=en&familyid=B54730CF-8850-4531-B52B-BF28B324C662&displaylang=en

>

>

>

> --

>

> Regards,

>

> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.

> Microsoft Certified Professional

> Microsoft MVP [Windows]

> http://www.microsoft.com/protect

>

>

> "DaffyD®" wrote:

> <snip>

> If I do

> > reformat, it is better to do it in DOS or in Windows?

> >

> > I'm also cross posting this to the Win2000.file_system newsgroup.

> > --

> > DaffyD®

> >

> > If I Knew Where I Was I'd Be There Now--just 9 hours earlier

> >

> >

> >

>

[Guest Ben Myers]

Re: Hope This Isn't OT

 

"DaffyD®" <daffyd@woohoo.com> wrote in message news:#TtOpJqGJHA.468@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> Sorry for the future date posting--I downloaded a program that probably

> fixed the problem for the purposes of this newsgroup but then it set my

> computer clock 9 hours in the future.

 

See below.

> I recently purchased and attached a Western Digital external drive to my

> computer. Somehow it's software was installed on my C Drive. The problem is

> the software has reconfigured my computer. There's a WD logo over the D

> Drive in My Computer. Left double clicking on the icon brings up the Western

> Digital Installer that contains trial software.

<snip>

 

See if there is a "D:\autorun.inf" file. If so, rename or delete it.

 

On the date problem download

http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/8/a/58a208b7-7dc7-4bc7-8357-28e29cdac52f/tzedit.exe

 

Run the program, click "Browse" and unzip the files to the "c:\windows" or "c:\winnt"

folder. Click "Start", "Run", type "tzedit" into the "Open" box and click "OK".

Highlight "GMT -8:00", click "Edit" and make sure it looks something like the

following. You may need to temporarily change the time zone for any changes

to take effect.

 

http://benjmyers.home.mindspring.com/public/timezone.jpg

 

Ben

[Guest Dave Patrick]

Re: Hope This Isn't OT

 

Setup process will generally let you know. More than likely standard IDE

which windows knows about natively.

 

 

 

--

 

Regards,

 

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.

Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft MVP [Windows]

http://www.microsoft.com/protect

 

 

"DaffyD®" wrote:

> Thanks, Dave. How do I know if my drive controller is natively supported?

> I

> never came across this when installing Windows 98 SE so I'm not sure if I

> need to press F6.

[Guest DaffyD®]

Re: Hope This Isn't OT

 

 

"Ben Myers" <benjmyer@mindR-e-m-o-v-Espring.com> wrote in message

news:Onv8dcyGJHA.3576@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

"DaffyD®" <daffyd@woohoo.com> wrote in message

news:#TtOpJqGJHA.468@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> Sorry for the future date posting--I downloaded a program that probably

> fixed the problem for the purposes of this newsgroup but then it set my

> computer clock 9 hours in the future.

 

See below.

> I recently purchased and attached a Western Digital external drive to my

> computer. Somehow it's software was installed on my C Drive. The problem

is

> the software has reconfigured my computer. There's a WD logo over the D

> Drive in My Computer. Left double clicking on the icon brings up the

Western

> Digital Installer that contains trial software.

<snip>

 

See if there is a "D:\autorun.inf" file. If so, rename or delete it.

 

I did find it and rename it. Do I reboot for any changes to take place? The

problem resides in

a folder called wd_windows_tools which has a file called WDSetup.exe.

According to tech support at Western Digital, this file and the folder,

autorun.inf are not supposed to be on the D Drive. I still have no idea how

they got there. As I told Dave, I will probably need to reformat the drive.

 

On the date problem download

http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/8/a/58a208b7-7dc7-4bc7-8357-28e29cdac52f/tzedit.exe

 

Run the program, click "Browse" and unzip the files to the "c:\windows" or

"c:\winnt"

folder. Click "Start", "Run", type "tzedit" into the "Open" box and click

"OK".

Highlight "GMT -8:00", click "Edit" and make sure it looks something like

the

following. You may need to temporarily change the time zone for any changes

to take effect.

 

http://benjmyers.home.mindspring.com/public/timezone.jpg

 

Ben

 

Thanks Ben. It was already on this computer in C:\Program Files. It won't

start by using the Open box. I need to go the program folder and click on

the .exe file.

[Guest DaffyD®]

Re: Hope This Isn't OT

 

Tonight I fixed both problems in one swell foop! I believe you'll see the

headers should have the right time. And I've rid my computer of the WD

icons problem--Safe Mode is indeed your friend. So, once again I'm a happy

guy.

--

DaffyD®

 

If I Knew Where I Was I'd Be There Now--And Now I'm On Time!

 

 

 

"DaffyD®" <daffyd@woohoo.com> wrote in message

news:%23TtOpJqGJHA.468@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> Sorry for the future date posting--I downloaded a program that probably

> fixed the problem for the purposes of this newsgroup but then it set my

> computer clock 9 hours in the future.

>

> I recently purchased and attached a Western Digital external drive to my

> computer. Somehow it's software was installed on my C Drive. The problem

is

> the software has reconfigured my computer. There's a WD logo over the D

> Drive in My Computer. Left double clicking on the icon brings up the

Western

> Digital Installer that contains trial software. If I click on Cancel, the

> Installer closes. The only way to access the drive is to right click on

the

> icon and left click on Open. I've deleted every Western Digital file I

could

> find on both C and D drives as well as in the registry. The only thing it

> did was make it impossible to open the D drive by left double clicking.

> When I reboot after deleting those files, I get the Windows icon you see

on

> files without a program associated with opening it, like you see with Temp

> files.

>

> The reason why I'm posting this is because WD tech support has been no

help

> at all--they've never seen this problem before and I'm betting no one here

> has seen it. I guess what I'm asking is where else in the registry would I

> look for keys that would control access to internal drives? If I can't

find

> an answer here my only other option is to reformat the drive. If I do

> reformat, it is better to do it in DOS or in Windows?

>

> I'm also cross posting this to the Win2000.file_system newsgroup.

> --

> DaffyD®

>

> If I Knew Where I Was I'd Be There Now--just 9 hours earlier

>

>

>