BigIron
06-19-2004, 11:00 PM
Trying to do a clean install of Win2000 on a new sata drive. booting from cdrom I get the error message "couldnt open the boot partition to check for a signature" then it goes on to say "checking your hardware configuaration". then it boots via cdrom, I press f6 to install drivers, it goes through the usual install. ntfs partition created everything looks "usual" system reboots -- same error msg and wants to go through the driver and Win2000 install all over again. When I get to the windows install ...theres the ntfs partition I hit enter / leave partitior alone / warning c: winnt file will be deleted / press "l" ( i think ..Im brain dead by now) / windows loads / reboots / error message again / wants to start install over.
sata enabled in bios, I have one hard drive (sata) and one cdrom and one floppy installed....what am I missing....? anyone.....
abit nf7-s bios 23
1 36gig raptor
amd 2500
512 mb ram
sata enabled in bios, I have one hard drive (sata) and one cdrom and one floppy installed....what am I missing....? anyone.....
abit nf7-s bios 23
1 36gig raptor
amd 2500
512 mb ram