win 2000

[Guest rb]

I have an 8 yr old pc I'd like to put a new 30gb hard drive in. That's

what's there now.

 

As long as I match up what where with it, will the pc match up OK? Or, do

I need to find something that will match my pc board? I'm sure there are

plenty.

 

Where do I get the disks to start and run the Win 2000 disks I have?

[Guest Dave Patrick]

Re: win 2000

 

You can check the bios manufacturer and version at POST then check there web

site for disk size compatibility and or a bios upgrade.

 

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

 

 

 

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Regards,

 

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

Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft MVP [Windows]

http://www.microsoft.com/protect

 

"rb" wrote:

>

> I have an 8 yr old pc I'd like to put a new 30gb hard drive in. That's

> what's there now.

>

> As long as I match up what where with it, will the pc match up OK? Or,

> do I need to find something that will match my pc board? I'm sure there

> are plenty.

>

> Where do I get the disks to start and run the Win 2000 disks I have?

>

[Guest Frank Booth Snr]

Re: win 2000

 

rb wrote:

> I have an 8 yr old pc I'd like to put a new 30gb hard drive in. That's

> what's there now.

>

> As long as I match up what where with it, will the pc match up OK? Or, do

> I need to find something that will match my pc board? I'm sure there are

> plenty.

>

> Where do I get the disks to start and run the Win 2000 disks I have?

>

>

Win2k disks? AFAIK Win2k is released on 1 CD Rom and you will need one

of those for installation. Are you saying you don't have one?

 

All modern IDE disks are backwards compatible, so if you have a 1999 pc

you should be fine.

[Guest philo]

Re: win 2000

 

 

"rb" <rbig@bellsouth.net> wrote in message

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>

> I have an 8 yr old pc I'd like to put a new 30gb hard drive in. That's

> what's there now.

>

> As long as I match up what where with it, will the pc match up OK? Or,

do

> I need to find something that will match my pc board? I'm sure there are

> plenty.

>

> Where do I get the disks to start and run the Win 2000 disks I have?

>

>

 

The win2k cd is bootable so just set the bios to boot frist from cdrom.

If for any reason you cannot get the machine to boot from you win2k cd...

it has the setup files for making the floppy disks needed to boot the

install

[Guest rb]

Re: win 2000

 

Do I put the Win 2000 disk in my CD in another machine and make the disks

that way? Seems like it would work.

 

 

 

I have an 8 yr old pc I'd like to put a new 30gb hard drive in. That's

what's there now.

 

As long as I match up what where with it, will the pc match up OK? Or, do

I need to find something that will match my pc board? I'm sure there are

plenty.

 

Where do I get the disks to start and run the Win 2000 disks I have?

[Guest Dave Patrick]

Re: win 2000

 

Did you miss my reply or is something not clear?

 

 

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Regards,

 

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

Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft MVP [Windows]

http://www.microsoft.com/protect

 

"rb" wrote:

> Do I put the Win 2000 disk in my CD in another machine and make the disks

> that way? Seems like it would work.

>

>

>

> I have an 8 yr old pc I'd like to put a new 30gb hard drive in. That's

> what's there now.

>

> As long as I match up what where with it, will the pc match up OK? Or,

> do

> I need to find something that will match my pc board? I'm sure there are

> plenty.

>

> Where do I get the disks to start and run the Win 2000 disks I have?

>

>

>

[Guest philo]

Re: win 2000

 

 

"rb" <rbig@bellsouth.net> wrote in message

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> Do I put the Win 2000 disk in my CD in another machine and make the disks

> that way? Seems like it would work.

>

>

 

 

yes

see this :

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/197063

[Guest rb]

Re: win 2000

 

Got em all now. Thanks for all.

[Guest philo]

Re: win 2000

 

 

"rb" <rbig@bellsouth.net> wrote in message

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> Got em all now. Thanks for all.

>

>

 

 

When you get win2k installed , be sure to do all the updates.

It's a good OS...but definately not at all secure unless updated

and a virus checker added.

 

FWIW: I've been using the free version of AVG for years and have never

had even the slightest problem