Disk I/O error installing 2000 Pro

lord · 01-17-2003, 07:20 AM

Hello all,

Ive just built a new PC :-

Asus A78X Deluxe Nforce 2 mobo
Athlon 2100XP
Gainward GF4 Ti4200
256MB DDR PC2700 RAM
Western Digital 60GB 7200rpm HDD
LG CD-RW
350W PSU

The problems occur when I try to install W2000 Pro. Im using boot disks, and the installation gets through to disk 4 and I get an error message :-

DISK I/O Error 0002000

I have no idea what this means, but as far as I know, the floppies are OK, I used them successfully recently.

Ive tried different IDE cables, and ive even tried to install the OS using my old PC (which I wasnt sure would work anyway)

Any ideas?

johnwill · 01-17-2003, 03:13 PM

First off, I'd boot from the CD to install, much faster! OK, that's out of the way. :)

Did you try booting with a DOS floppy, and see if you can FDISK the hard disk? It sounds like when Windows starts to access the hard disk, it chokes.

lord · 01-18-2003, 02:51 PM

Thanks, it turned out to be faulty floppies again.

That means EVERY time I build a PC, i've had to make fresh boot disks

01-17-2003, 07:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
lord Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 22 OS: 2000 pro	Disk I/O error installing 2000 Pro Hello all, Ive just built a new PC :- Asus A78X Deluxe Nforce 2 mobo Athlon 2100XP Gainward GF4 Ti4200 256MB DDR PC2700 RAM Western Digital 60GB 7200rpm HDD LG CD-RW 350W PSU The problems occur when I try to install W2000 Pro. Im using boot disks, and the installation gets through to disk 4 and I get an error message :- DISK I/O Error 0002000 I have no idea what this means, but as far as I know, the floppies are OK, I used them successfully recently. Ive tried different IDE cables, and ive even tried to install the OS using my old PC (which I wasnt sure would work anyway) Any ideas?

01-17-2003, 03:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 31,468 OS: XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	First off, I'd boot from the CD to install, much faster! OK, that's out of the way. :) Did you try booting with a DOS floppy, and see if you can FDISK the hard disk? It sounds like when Windows starts to access the hard disk, it chokes.

01-18-2003, 02:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
lord Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 22 OS: 2000 pro	Thanks, it turned out to be faulty floppies again. That means EVERY time I build a PC, i've had to make fresh boot disks