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"Adam Conde" <conde@ucla.edu> wrote in message
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> I have been trying to install Windows 2000 Professional for several days
> now, and I've been having nothing but problems.
> I started with two Western Digital hard drives both ultra ATA/66 (I have
an
> Abit BE6 motherboard with a built-in ATA/66 controller).
> Anyway I was trying to set-up a dual boot with windows 98.  I got Win98 to
> successfully install on the C: drive.  Then I tried to start the Win2k
> install.  I tried starting it in Win98 as a clean install not upgrade and
> this did not work.  After the system rebooted, it stalled at the blue
> "Starting Windows 2000" screen for over an hour.  Next I created the
Windows
> installation boot disks and tried the installation again.  Same result.
> (note: I did install the drivers for my ATA/66 controller when prompted.)
> After a  while I gave up on the dual boot and wiped my hard drive clean
and
> tried to install directly to the C: drive.  After another hang at the blue
> screen for about a half hour, the install finally began.  When
installation
> was finished windows tried to boot and it stalled at the splash screen for
> about an hour.  When I went into Windows Explorer it only recognized the
C:
> drive and not my second hard drive.  I went into device manager and it
> listed both my drives here and said they were functioning properly.
> Under disk management it only shows my C: drive.  It should be noted that
> every time I try and check for my second hard drive my system hangs for up
> to a half hour. There is disk activity however.
> Next I just removed my second hard drive and Windows booted up in a matter
> of seconds.
> I called Western Digital and they say it has something to do with windows.
> I spoke with a Win2k professional and he said that he has noticed problems
> with Western Digital Hard drives, so there is probably something wrong
with
> my second hard drive.  So, I went out and bought a new Maxtor HD. I set
this
> as the master drive and the WD HD that was working, as the slave.  I tried
> to install Win2k on this new HD and the installation stalled.  The only
way
> I could get it to proceed was by removing the WD HD.  So it can't be
> something wrong with my HD, can it?  Or do these Western Digital hard
drives
> not like being slaves in a Win2k environment.
>
> I've stumped a number of "experts" already and I am desperate for help.  I
> have been shuffling several thousand crucial files between these three
hard
> drives.  I need at least one of these second hard drives to work soon.  I
> could go out and buy another HD that is not Western Digital, but I need to
> be sure that this is the problem.
>
> This is where I stand right now.
>
> Maxtor HD is partitioned (FAT32) into 3 drives.
> drive C: has Win98.
> drive D: has Win 2000 Professional
> drive E: has 10GB of crucial files.
> If I plug in one of the Western Digital Hard drives as a slave the system
> stalls (yes, I do have the jumpers set properly, and my BIOS recognizes
both
> hard drives)
>
> System info:
> Pentium III 500
> 256 MB RAM
>
> If you need more info I will be happy to provide.
> If anyone has any suggestions PLEASE e-mail me at the address below:
>
> conde@ucla.edu
>
> Thanks in advance...Adam
>
>