Install Windows 2000 on Inspiron 9100

I am experiencing a similar issue.  Just received an Inspiron 9100 today, went to load 2000 and am seeing a hard drive lock like what is described in the other post.  However, mine is occuring during the first part of the GUI install phase.  I ran the XP restore CD and it works fine.  Tried installing 2000 a second time and had the same problem.  If I let it sit long enough, it eventually blue screens with the following error:

*** STOP: 0x0000007A (0xE117EACC,0xC000000E,0xA0153E2E,0x113F3860)

KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR

*** Address A0153E2E base at A0000000, DateStamp 38438ff7 - win32k.sys

Beginning dump of physical memory

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Hey Gcook, thanks for the help that worked perfect.

Question: Does this me win2k doesn't suppt Hyperthreading, and i'll have to disable it eveytime I want to boot win2k?

Windows 2000 does support hyperthreading, sort of.  It understands multiple processors, which is what hyperthreading emulates.  However, where XP is intelligent enough to understand it has one physical processor and one logical processor available to it, Windows 2000 just thinks it actually has two physical processors in the machine.

According to Microsoft, the ability for hyperthreading to work in Windows 2000 depends upon it being implemented properly in the BIOS.  Here is a link to a whitepaper if you want to read more.

http://www.2cpu.com/Hardware/ht_analysis/hyperthreading.doc

Based on what I'm seeing so far with my 9100, I would say you will need to leave hyperthreading disabled until and unless Dell releases an update for it.

However, disabling might be better anyway.  From what I've read, because Windows 2000 does not technically understand hyperthreading, and so hasn't been optimized for it, the performance isn't terribly good.  One benchmark I looked at showed a Windows 2000 Pro system performed worse with hyperthreading enabled than it did without it.

One more time..thank you, good info. Do you have XP running on the same machine with Win2k?  If so, did you have problems with it after win2k was installed and running?

I am not dual-booting the machine.  W2K only.

Have you been able to solve the windows 2000 server not compatable with Dell Hypter Threading Technology Issue.

How can Dell sleep by claiming this hardware is HT compatable, but then in the fine print on only ONE specific operating system.

Only Dell is having this problem how embarrassing for them.

This is like buying a $40,000 car and then finding it cracks an axle on divided highways by design.

Sign

Any Solutions?

Plaese,

video drivers for inspiron 9100 for win2000 ?

thanks

sorry im not speek english

jean-luc Belgium

You can use the Windows XP drivers.  They work fine.

http://support.dell.com/filelib/Devices.aspx?Category=6&OS=WW1++&OSL=EN&SvcTag=&SysID=INS_PNT_P4_9100