Recent content by Knack4knowing

Thanks, I'll remember. I was needing to do a fresh install anyway and at least this will be more fun! See ya. Knack

Your help has been invaluable. But I've finally admitted defeat and I'm tired of wasting time on this. Since my HDD is still under warranty (it's only been 2 months), Maxtor gives you a no-hassle policy to return the unit and have it replaced within 2 days. I pulled it out and I'm going to...

Hi, Is it shared through the W2K with printer drivers installed in that (besides in WinMe?). Is it set to share in both OS's? Just a thought. Knack

OK, guys, I can't get any floppy boot disks to work, therefore, no c: prompt, no boot up files, no fdisk, no nothing. If I put in the W98 cd I do get the screen that asks for choice of 1. Boot from CD-ROM, or 2. Boot from HDD. I chose 1, then got a black screen with blinking cursor for 5...

Boo! I have the MaxBlast disk that came with my drive. I'll run it again and try to delete the EZ-Bios, then I'll see if I can just go ahead and re-partition and re-format (sigh). Will post after work tonight. Have a great day. Knack

No luck yet doing a full install w/W2K. I'm getting the I/O error -- failed to load arc read...the partition for signature. Tried it on two separate partitions (c: and f:). BTW, someone mentioned disabling the ACPI as it conflicts with W2K's handling of this stuff but my bios only gives me two...

I made boot disks, ERD, and have the CD for W2K to hopefully remove that junk first. Then I'm going to remove the EZ-Bios crap. Will go to Maxtor's web site or check another one someone told me about to get the setup program (since it didn't come with this machine). Maybe I can accomplish all...

Doesn't sound like fun to me (lol) but thanks for the info. You're the second person to suggest the EZ-BIOS trashed all. I don't have the original disk but will check for a download and delete the darn thing. If I can get that far I'll probably fdisk and re-format. Wish me luck. Will post...

I'll grab the W2K CD and either make floppies (although I tried that with W98 bootable floppy and it didn't work - kept telling me it wanted a system disk, doh!) or else try running it from the CD (assuming I can access either CD drive!). Will let ya'll know tomorrow night when I can get around...

Gave the info to my co-worker (who set it up with the boss). She said they set up server with NTFS. It wasn't clear how they partitioned it and whether they installed W2K Server over an existing W98 OS. In any case, I think I'll let them mess it up instead of getting blamed if there's a...

Thanks for the advice. Don't know how Win2000 server was set up originally (since I didn't do the install) at work, but as usual, I'm the one to clean up the mess. Will let you know. Knack

How can I uninstall my Win98 OS from the Win2000 Server? We don't need both but do need the space on hard drive. Anyone out there done it successfully? Thanks. Knack

Have you actually checked the files on your CD for .INF files? (You can do this by going into My Computer and holding Shift key down so AutoRun doesn't play when you click on the CD-ROM drive). It sounds like you were doing good up to the point where you were installing hardware manually. I've...

You didn't specify exactly how much ram you have or how much space you have on your hard drive to install Win98. Are you installing original version of Win98 or SE? Minimum ram needed for Win98 is 24MB (of course more is always advisable). Upgrading from Win95 you need at least 205MB of hard...

Did you make sure the printer is set to Share? Sometimes when you reboot the server it loses the printer connection (including the Share feature). Can other PCs on network share that printer? Have you checked settings on the server re: the printer in question? Hope this helps. Knack