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re: Can't install Windows 2000 Professional.
Friday, September 14, 2007 at 8:26 am
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by C K
(5965 messages posted)
Nor sure what kind of install media you have or where you got it but you either have
bad media or hardware issues. I would sure like to see a picture of that CD and floppy
if they are MS branded. Sounds suspect to me. Not only that, but running it on
that hardware is not going to give you anywhere near good performance IME...
On Thursday, September 13, 2007 at 8:43 pm, Alex G wrote:
>Thanks Dex and CK, but im still having the same problem. I already edited the BIOS
>settings for my system. The Cd that i have says "Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional,
>Windows 2000 Server, and
>Windows 2000 Advanced Server".
>The machine is a Compaq Presario with win98 SE with Intel celeron about 600mhz,
with
>256 MB. It's more than 5 years old.
>When i insert the win2k cd inside the setup runs until the blue screen where it
says
>to press enter to install win2k now, press enter. After i press enter the blue screen
>says "Please Insert CD Windows Professional 2000 into CD-ROM" but the CD is already
>inside. I tried doing the Boot Disk but they also fails with the Disk Error I/O
message.
>CK if you say it could be the cable than how can i read and write floopies? Once
>again thanks for both of your time and effort. If you have any other suggestions
>please feel free to comment. Thanks, Alex.
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