Installing after formating

Romero · 07-11-2004, 11:49 AM

Hi,

I have formated my C disk using the Fdisk on a win98 reboot disk. I have to say that I am not familiar with the terms and I wasn't sure exactly what I was doing. I just went on. At the end, I have created a DOS partion named FAT16. I tried to install the win2000 from my CD and I could not do it.
Whta did I do wrong? Can someone help telling me what to do step by step? Thank you all

07-11-2004, 01:08 PM

Is your Win2000 CD a full edition or an upgrade edition?

Romero · 07-11-2004, 01:46 PM

Hi, I believe it is a full edition...actually I can do both: upgrade or clean install

07-11-2004, 03:19 PM

I think you need to get rid of that FAT16 partition you have on there. Do you know what brand the hard drive is?

Romero · 07-12-2004, 05:08 AM

I have no idea. I have just deleted the partition. what next?

07-12-2004, 09:52 AM

Put your Win2000 CD in the CD-Drive.

Restart the computer and enter the bios. (Usually the delete key)

Change the boot sequence to CD-Rom, Hard Drive then Floppy.

Save to bios and exit.

During the restart it should start reading the W2K CD.

Is this a brand name computer like Hewlett Packard or is it a home built type?

07-11-2004, 11:49 AM	#1 (permalink)
Romero Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 3 OS: win2000	Installing after formating Hi, I have formated my C disk using the Fdisk on a win98 reboot disk. I have to say that I am not familiar with the terms and I wasn't sure exactly what I was doing. I just went on. At the end, I have created a DOS partion named FAT16. I tried to install the win2000 from my CD and I could not do it. Whta did I do wrong? Can someone help telling me what to do step by step? Thank you all

07-11-2004, 01:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
Romero Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 3 OS: win2000	Hi, I believe it is a full edition...actually I can do both: upgrade or clean install Last edited by Romero; 07-11-2004 at 01:53 PM.

07-11-2004, 01:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
SPEEDO Guest Posts: n/a OS:	Is your Win2000 CD a full edition or an upgrade edition?

07-11-2004, 03:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
SPEEDO Guest Posts: n/a OS:	I think you need to get rid of that FAT16 partition you have on there. Do you know what brand the hard drive is?

07-12-2004, 05:08 AM	#5 (permalink)
Romero Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 3 OS: win2000	I have no idea. I have just deleted the partition. what next?

07-12-2004, 09:52 AM	#6 (permalink)
SPEEDO Guest Posts: n/a OS:	Put your Win2000 CD in the CD-Drive. Restart the computer and enter the bios. (Usually the delete key) Change the boot sequence to CD-Rom, Hard Drive then Floppy. Save to bios and exit. During the restart it should start reading the W2K CD. Is this a brand name computer like Hewlett Packard or is it a home built type?