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how to install W2K to SATA HDD?

Asked By someone watching
01-Feb-10 09:09 AM
I'd like to install W2K to a laptop which has an SATA HDD. Is there any
quick and easy way to get around the no SATA driver issue (do not want to
have to create a slip-stream CD)?

Hello someone,During initial installation press F6 and have the disk drivers

Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] replied to someone watching
02-Feb-10 07:11 PM
Hello someone,

During initial installation press F6 and have the disk drivers on diskette.

Best regards

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

Dave Patrick replied to someone watching
01-Feb-10 10:59 AM
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 will 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 will 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
and
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS08-067.mspx


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Why?

Anita replied to Dave Patrick
01-Feb-10 02:28 PM
Why?
If the Bios allows it, set the mode of the SATA interface to IDE.
Andy replied to someone watching
01-Feb-10 08:05 PM
If the Bios allows it, set the mode of the SATA interface to IDE.
Just checked the BIOS and it has two settings for SATA;AHCI
someone watching replied to Andy
02-Feb-10 01:58 PM
Just checked the BIOS and it has two settings for SATA;
AHCI  (default)
Compatibility

I tried doing a repair (needed to fix the boot sector) with an XP2 PRO CD,
BIOS set to compatibility and it blue screened. So I do not know what that
mode does but it did not work (neither worked). The PC is an X60 Thinkpad
laptop. Intel controller.
Looks like I need to find SATA drivers and put them on a floppy (I have aUSB
someone watching replied to someone watching
02-Feb-10 02:01 PM
Looks like I need to find SATA drivers and put them on a floppy (I have a
USB floppy). The preliminary searching returned nothing. The PC is an IBM
Thinkpad laptop, model X60. Hopefully we will find them!

Thanks for the input guys!
See the section;3.
Dave Patrick replied to someone watching
02-Feb-10 09:58 PM
See the section;

3. INSTALLING THE INF FILES PRIOR TO OS INSTALLATION

http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/oss608ww.txt

http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/oss608ww.exe
from page
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-62939.html



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Dave, you are the man!
someone watching replied to Dave Patrick
03-Feb-10 12:43 AM
Dave, you are the man! Gonna take you fishin' with me cuz you know where
the good catches are!

Thanks a bunch for the links (and info in above post)!
You're welcome.--Regards,Dave Patrick ....
Dave Patrick replied to someone watching
03-Feb-10 05:23 AM
You're welcome.



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I do not know if it helps much, but I am curious.
Rob From Texas replied to someone watching
04-Feb-10 10:22 AM
I do not know if it helps much, but I am curious. I would probably try getting
an inexpensive SATA- USB adapter and try to install Windows 2000 as a USB
drive. Once you get all the drivers setup you should be able to reinstall the
SATA drive in the laptop. The BIOS must be able to boot to USB - If you can
boot to a USB floppy it might work.
That's a good idea Rob. I do have an adapter.
someone watching replied to Rob From Texas
04-Feb-10 01:23 PM
That's a good idea Rob. I do have an adapter. Will probably try adding
Intel's 945 files to a floppy and try that first. If no joy will try the USB
trick. I have a concern however if W2K will be 'smart enough' to see wrong
HDD drivers are being used and switch to Intel SATA drivers. Hmmmm? If still
no joy will have to slipstream. Many people say its easy, I have not tried it.
And for the sake of saving time (hopefully) will try the floppy drivers
thing first. Thanks
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Robbie Hatley replied to Anita
04-Feb-10 09:57 PM
Because legalese is so fun!

I mean, who WOULDN'T want to spend several hours of their
precious time reading 10 pages (5000 words) of gibberish
much like the following?


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Good luck getting that to work (install Windows 2000 as a USB drive).
John John - MVP replied to Rob From Texas
05-Feb-10 07:28 AM
Good luck getting that to work (install Windows 2000 as a USB drive).

John
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