Disquette de boot windows 2000 server

Joined Jan 29, Messages 2, So, I was recently doing work on a Win2k server when it suddenly crapped out. I tried booting from the Win2k disk and ran fixboot and fixmbr from the recovery console to no avail. COM, and boot. It worked! Now my question is, why won't it boot from the HDD? There is no data corruption and the machine works fine after booting from the floppy. What is the solution to this problem?

Is there one? It's a stock dell poweredge server, and it boots from Partition 1 not to be confused with Partition 0 on Disk 0. Most optical drives nowadays, when used with Roxio, Nero, Record Now, or Sonic still scan the entire disc and refuse to act if their scan picks up damage anywhere You need a copier that does bit by bit transfers. There is software that will help do that, but is very time consuming.

They do not require that the scratch be entirely removed He doesn't need a sceond PC, but rather a PC with a second burner. I really did not mean for this to turn into a debate.. If you will look at the original message all he wants help on how to create a bootable windows CD. Of course there many ways to skin a cat so to speak, what he should do is go out and buy XP which should still have a decent lifespan. I think it wont be long before MS drops support for W2k much like they did for win I don't think you got a debate.

You got different solutions from various levels of experience I will be happy to send him a disc, if he has the product ID for Windows Professional. I just don't want to see him waste a lot of time on things that do not work very often, when all he needs to do is buy a disc polisher from Wal-Mart of Best Buy. Microsoft has dropped most support for W2K as of September, I, too, am one of those stubborn people who likes Windows Professional I will still provide a disc to Jaseemkannur, if he assures he has the product ID Not that I like to beat a dead horse, but how on earth do you know my level of experience??

I've been working on PC's since just after they were introduced in I have a bachelor's degree in CIS I'm no newbie, but like I said I'm not going to get in an infantile discussion with a "know it all". Oh and BTW, it's Google not gurgle.. I was trying to help him and not you so Good bye End of discussion for me anyway. I think my answer was the best Sure he asked for how to make it bootable, but in my years of expierence when I see a problem like what he described I think it is much more likely that he has a copied disk, where it wasn't copied correctly, rather a drag and drop of files, so the bootable parts didn't get copied.

That would leave you with a perfectly good disk, it just won't boot. Which is exactly what he said: I already have a windows cd but it doesnot boot. I this picture the cd-root folder has been renamed to w2kUS. In examples from the deployment information, the answer file is usually called UnAttend. You need to create such an answer file unattend. SIF The winnt. If you place a winnt. To create details for the answerfile winnt.

The resource kit also has a complete description of all options for the answer file. NOTE: you need more tags in the answer file than the Setup Manager application creates, in order for the answer file to work as a winnt. After this paragraph you will find an answer file that automates everything under the GUI.

With this answerfile you still need to pick the partition in which to install Windows, at the begining of the setup process. This answerfile supports the danish keyboard layout, and danish regional settings.

Now it's the time to add extra files like drivers and setupfiles of IE6, Media Player 7. This way you fill up your CD with the software you want! I put in in a folder named Extra, but you can name it anything you want. The extra software won't install by it self you need to use unattended scripts winnt. In this window you do the following: - point to the w2kboot.

Now drag all the files from the cd-root folder to the ISO1 window. Make sure to choose Disc-At-Once. Once you are comfortable with what is on the cd, you may want to make a CD-R disk, version 1.

I have used www. The keys to the winnt. The following credits are from the www. Tip from www. These instructions are based on instructions made by Doug Kahler on his website during the NT5 beta period in