It may be the 333 cannot see a 40gig hd. I don't remember the specs off the top of my head but I'll see if I can find out. Does fdisk see the drive? That might be a good short hand indicator.
drew -----Original Message----- From: Steve Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 9:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [wdvltalk] RE: any pc pros? I'll give it a go, although I still don't understand. The part I don't get is that I can't get the computer to recognize the drive BEFORE trying to install NT... thanks > From: "Trusz, Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 09:09:55 -0400 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [wdvltalk] RE: any pc pros? > > Same issue. Go to dos and use fdisk to create the smaller partition. NT > setup cannot see the large drive and therefore will not attempt to load the > setup files on a hd which doesn't exist for it. > > Win 2k need a pentium 400 so you can't install that on the machine either. > > drew > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 8:54 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [wdvltalk] RE: any pc pros? > > > There is no OS installed; only an empty hd. I can't even get the setup to > find the hd, and it won't boot from the cd. I even tried simply connecting > the cd and disconnecting the hd, and the cd didn't boot. > > Make any sense? > > >> >> NT will not see a drive larger than 4gig (2gig if you want to be extra >> careful) until it has SP6(?) installed. Use fdisk to create a partition of >> either 2 or 4 gigs. Put the os on this partition and then install sp6 and >> you'll see the other 36 gig. >> >> drew >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Steve Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 8:01 AM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: [wdvltalk] any pc pros? >> >> >> I come before you as a humble mac person in need of pc help. >> >> I was running NT Server on a pentium III/333 and something happened so > that >> the box would fatally fail during the login process and quit. No matter > what >> I tried (repair disk, boot from floppies) I could not restart. Since I >> needed a bigger HD anyway, I put in a 40G WD eide and figgered I'd just >> install a new OS. The 2 cds I have are NT Workstation and Win2000. >> >> Simple task, right? >> >> Problem is that, no matter how I set up the hd (as master, slave, CS, or >> single) I can't get the pc to find the new hd in Setup, and it won't > launch >> from the cdrom. >> >> I tried several different cables. >> I tried connecting hd only on the cable. >> I tried connecting only the cdrom to the cable. >> I tried threatening it by leaning it out a second story window... >> >> nada. >> >> Any helpful hints on how to get started? >> >> TIA, >> steve >> > > > > ____ * The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM * ____ > To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the > words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. > To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub > > ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ > > You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > ____ * The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM * ____ > To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the > words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. > To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub > > ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ > > You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > ____ * The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM * ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
