I am trying to install Win2KPro on a 40Gb HD from CD but I get this message:

Updating ESCD...Success
Verifying DMI Pool Data
Boot from Atapi CD-ROM
DISK Boot FALIURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER

I have tried booting from an MS-DOS 6.22 Floppy & Ultimate Boot Disk , 
hoping to use Fdisk but I got: "missing ntldr". I added the ntdetect & ntldr files 
to the Boot Disks but no luck. I can't find a way to access the A: Prompt

The drive originally had Win98SE on, I mistakenly tried to install Win2KPro Upgrade 
over it & the installation hung just before the end & I had to abort. No longer able 
to access files on that drive, I installed Win2KPro on another (120Gb) HD & found 
I could access the previous drive.

Another erroneous attempt to install Win2kPro over the 40Gb resulted in trashed partitions 
(I had already backed up). I used the Write Signature & Upgrade Disk Wizard in Win2k 
Disk Management to recover the HD. I then partitioned & formatted with NTFS.

I suspect the previous MBR is still resident in a boot partition, could this be so?, 
& if so how do I replace it?.

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re: DISK Boot FALIURE Friday, February 6, 2004 at 11:23 am Posted by MaddMaxx (1989 messages posted) Sounds like you converted from FAT32 to NTFS during the aborted Win2k install. Boot on a Win98 Startup Disk, run FDISK and remove all partitions (non-dos for NTFS), then remove all DOS partitons, then repartition in FAT 32. Then boot to the Win2k cd and run setup leaving the file system, FAT32, as is. Win2k will run just fine and you will retain the ability to make DOS type commands. On Friday, February 6, 2004 at 7:52 am, Ajak wrote: >I am trying to install Win2KPro on a 40Gb HD from CD but I get this message: > >Updating ESCD...Success >Verifying DMI Pool Data >Boot from Atapi CD-ROM >DISK Boot FALIURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER > >I have tried booting from an MS-DOS 6.22 Floppy & Ultimate Boot Disk , >hoping to use Fdisk but I got: "missing ntldr". I added the ntdetect & ntldr files >to the Boot Disks but no luck. I can't find a way to access the A: Prompt > >The drive originally had Win98SE on, I mistakenly tried to install Win2KPro Upgrade >over it & the installation hung just before the end & I had to abort. No longer able >to access files on that drive, I installed Win2KPro on another (120Gb) HD & found >I could access the previous drive. > >Another erroneous attempt to install Win2kPro over the 40Gb resulted in trashed partitions >(I had already backed up). I used the Write Signature & Upgrade Disk Wizard in Win2k >Disk Management to recover the HD. I then partitioned & formatted with NTFS. > >I suspect the previous MBR is still resident in a boot partition, could this be so?, >& if so how do I replace it?. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum