Quickie CD Driver(s) question

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Hiya,

Just a quick question about CD Drivers.

I want to format my hard drive and reinstall Windows 2000 Pro (drastic I
know, but after 2 months of battling with problems - initially caused by
viruses before I got my firewall - it seems to be the easiest option).

I know from reading some of these posts that I can begin the CD setup and
delete the existing partition. However if the partition is deleted and I
restart the PC, how does it know how to read the CD?

Bear in mind that the last OS I installed was Win95 where I had to copy the
CD drivers onto a floppy. Then boot from the floppy to install the drivers
before I could run the setup on the CD. That's probably old-hat now and CD
interfaces are standardised, dunno, that's why I'm asking ;-)

Cheers

Rob

 

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How old is your PC and how is the CD ROM connected?

For most modern PCs, there is a BIOS setting that sets the order in which
drives are tried for boot. For example, mine is currently set to
"CDROM,C,A" although "C,A" is a very common setting. Gues what, with "C,A",
there is not attempt to boot direct from CD-ROM ;-).

If you check the BIOS and enable the CDROM boot option, you should be able
to insert the Windows 2000 CD and reboot - it should boot! Clearly you can
try this even before you "trash" your machine since you don't have to
install - you can "CANCEL" and leave the PC untouched.

Another great feature is the ability to boot into Knoppix like this
(http://www.knoppix.org). This allows you to play around with Linux a
little without installing on you PC!

Hope this helps,
Paul DS.

"Bounty Bob" <BountyBob@baesystems.company> wrote in message
news:4073cd37$1_1@baen1673807.greenlnk.net...
> Hiya,
>
> Just a quick question about CD Drivers.
>
> I want to format my hard drive and reinstall Windows 2000 Pro (drastic I
> know, but after 2 months of battling with problems - initially caused by
> viruses before I got my firewall - it seems to be the easiest option).
>
> I know from reading some of these posts that I can begin the CD setup and
> delete the existing partition. However if the partition is deleted and I
> restart the PC, how does it know how to read the CD?
>
> Bear in mind that the last OS I installed was Win95 where I had to copy
the
> CD drivers onto a floppy. Then boot from the floppy to install the
drivers
> before I could run the setup on the CD. That's probably old-hat now and
CD
> interfaces are standardised, dunno, that's why I'm asking ;-)
>
> Cheers
>
> Rob
>
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup (More info?)

> How old is your PC and how is the CD ROM connected?
>
> For most modern PCs, there is a BIOS setting that sets the order in which
> drives are tried for boot. For example, mine is currently set to
> "CDROM,C,A" although "C,A" is a very common setting. Gues what, with
"C,A",
> there is not attempt to boot direct from CD-ROM ;-).
>
> If you check the BIOS and enable the CDROM boot option, you should be able
> to insert the Windows 2000 CD and reboot - it should boot! Clearly you
can
> try this even before you "trash" your machine since you don't have to
> install - you can "CANCEL" and leave the PC untouched.
>
> Another great feature is the ability to boot into Knoppix like this
> (http://www.knoppix.org). This allows you to play around with Linux a
> little without installing on you PC!
>
> Hope this helps,
> Paul DS.

Yeah, I've got the BIOS set to boot from CD and it boots OK. I just assumed
that the CD driver files were read from the HD. So are modern CD Roms built
to a standard with a standard interfaces, etc? Like I said before, I'm used
to having to copy drivers onto a system floppy and boot using it, and then
install the CD Rom drivers.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup (More info?)

Bob

If you have Win2k installed on your PC already, there
should be no problems.

Follow these steps:

Boot from Win2k CD.
Choose new installation.
Delete existing partions.
Create new partition.
Choose file format (FAT32 or NTFS).
Sit back and wait.

Win2k will install a driver for your CD.

Good luck
Paul

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup (More info?)

There is a standard interface to IDE based CD-ROMs and a standardized CD
format with a special "bootable" section. Don't ask me how it works, it
just does and I've also found this very useful!

If you're interested to find out, look for "el Torrito" (yes, really) on the
web.

Paul DS.
"Bounty Bob" <BountyBob@baesystems.company> wrote in message
news:407415f1_1@baen1673807.greenlnk.net...
> > How old is your PC and how is the CD ROM connected?
> >
> > For most modern PCs, there is a BIOS setting that sets the order in
which
> > drives are tried for boot. For example, mine is currently set to
> > "CDROM,C,A" although "C,A" is a very common setting. Gues what, with
> "C,A",
> > there is not attempt to boot direct from CD-ROM ;-).
> >
> > If you check the BIOS and enable the CDROM boot option, you should be
able
> > to insert the Windows 2000 CD and reboot - it should boot! Clearly you
> can
> > try this even before you "trash" your machine since you don't have to
> > install - you can "CANCEL" and leave the PC untouched.
> >
> > Another great feature is the ability to boot into Knoppix like this
> > (http://www.knoppix.org). This allows you to play around with Linux a
> > little without installing on you PC!
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> > Paul DS.
>
> Yeah, I've got the BIOS set to boot from CD and it boots OK. I just
assumed
> that the CD driver files were read from the HD. So are modern CD Roms
built
> to a standard with a standard interfaces, etc? Like I said before, I'm
used
> to having to copy drivers onto a system floppy and boot using it, and then
> install the CD Rom drivers.
>
>