Problem installing my WD 40 gig, 7.2k, ata 100

[sin2]

Got it for $99 only.

Usually I can boot from floppy, switch to cd where the win2k is then type winnt and it's done.

I got through all this process, and upon reboot, I get this message "NTLDR not found". I check the drive and NTLDR is there. Is there something that I am not doing that the comp is not recognizing the HD upon reboot?

Also, could someone send me a copy of Smartdrive.exe. I can't find my copy and win2k setup is extrememy slow without it.

Thx

 

[HomeLAN]

Can't help you with smartdrive, but I have run into the NTLDR issue before. Usually crops up when you try to install Win98 on a 2000 formatted partition or vice versa. Can you try formatting with Win2k and see if that does the trick? BTW, you have a private message.

 

[sin2]

I've figured it out now. I had it formatted to NTFS before installing win2k. Upon reboots, without NTLDR, it can't recognize the file structure. So I've reformatted it fat32 then let win2k convert during setup.

 

[Gonzo]

I've had LOTS of practice here-another option is to format the first partition under 8GB. It should install, then if you choose, use Partition Magic to re-assemble the partition
the NTFS format "should" work too

 

[fury]

It having been formatted to NTFS before installing win2k shouldn't have mattered!

Win2k is supposed to recognize ANY version of FAT or NTFS.

Oh well, that's Microsoft for ya.

 

[Gonzo]

SHOULD not & IS not are two different things entirely