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  1. June 14th, 2005, 05:31 PM #1
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    Question Cannot Install W2k

    Trying to perform a clean install of W2k Pro on an old W2k Server machine. At first, installation would fail because it couldn't read the inf files, and I kept having CD drive problems, so I swapped drives. After that, it went through installation, only to give me this error:

    "This indicates an internal Setup error"
    So I'm left with pressing F3 to quit as my only option, as it will not install. The error isn't even present on MS's support site! So how in the world do I get past that?

    Could it be the mobo? Unfortunately, since it's as old as it is (Compaq Deskpro...No, no model number to that, it's that old...I mean the box only says "Compaq Deskpro"), the mobo has no name whatsoever printed on it, so it's anybody's guess what model of mobo it is.
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  2. June 14th, 2005, 05:41 PM #2
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    Could be a number of things...

    You may need a contoller driver?

    I have seen this type of error with NT\2K and needing an updated atapi driver....but I think you are gonna need to know the MB name to do that


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  3. June 14th, 2005, 05:46 PM #3
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    Hey dude, from the sounds, you may want to try a different Windows CD, as those errors could mean it's been messing up trying to read the system files from it. If you have another CD and a drive you know works, try that out, it may just be the CD though, or you could try dusting it off or cleaning it.
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  4. June 14th, 2005, 05:48 PM #4
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    Hi AK,

    Would've posted sooner but Firefox generated errors...

    These are the results from Microsoft Support...and I used their W2k page in my bookmarks...

    http://search.microsoft.com/search/r...ror&view=en-us
    Search Results

    I hope your answer is in there.

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  5. June 14th, 2005, 06:34 PM #5
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    Stupid question but have you tried using different CDs? Had a similar problem on a CD that looked fine, switched CDs and presto...almost to me sounds like it is having issues reading the installation disk...
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  6. June 14th, 2005, 09:11 PM #6
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    And we take it as read that a 'clean' install means you ripped out the partition too ?
    and not just trying to load W2KPro onto the recently departed W2KServer's place ?
    so now I'm in my SIXTIES FFS
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  7. June 14th, 2005, 09:17 PM #7
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    Excellent point foxy

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  8. June 15th, 2005, 07:41 AM #8
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    How about copying the files to the hdd, and try the setup from there??
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  9. June 15th, 2005, 02:57 PM #9
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    Turned out to be hardware going bad. I had to swap out the CD drive and ditch a bad memory stick, and then everything finally installed smoothly.
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