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March 3rd, 2006 04:00
Installing Win2K on Dimension E310
I am trying to install win2k over XP media edition on my new E310. When the OS install software gets the drivers installed it can't find the hard drive.
Seems to me I had this issue before and I installed a different driver manually during the install process, but I can't find a driver to install. I suspect I have a SATA hard drive and I need the SATA driver, but all I find on the support website is a SATA Raid driver.
Anybody have any ideas??
Andy
Oneco, FL
ejn63
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March 4th, 2006 19:00
It's time to get your network administrators to fix what's wrong with your network - there is no reason XP systems can't work on a properly functioning Windows network.
By the end of this year, even XP will be headed out to pasture, and 2000 will be two generations out of date.
Message Edited by ejn63 on 03-04-2006 04:50 PM
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March 4th, 2006 19:00
Well, I was able to format the hard drive over XP (after several attempts) and ultimately got 2k operating properly. The secret was to delete all the partitions, then partion and format, then install the OS. Drivers have been another problem.
Several of the drivers provided by Dell for Win 2k when installed will crash with an error message that they aren't capable of operating wiht the installed OS, despite dell support indicating they will work. A trip to the mfg website ultimately got everything working EXCEPT the USB multimedia keyboard which I still haven't figured out.
The conversion from XP media to Win 2k is not for the faint of heart! Unfortunately for our company XP machines aren't working well on our office network, especially when compared to 2k. It's getting harder and harder to convert the xp machines from Dell. I expect we'll probaly switch mfg on our next purchase.
ejn63
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March 4th, 2006 19:00
You will need that floppy-mode driver from support.dell.com, and an INTERNAL (NOT USB) floppy drive. Boot, press F6 when indicated, insert the floppy and load the driver.
Note: the Dell driver may or may not work with 2000 - if it doesn't, you may have to go to Intel.
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March 10th, 2006 16:00
I hope your XP machines are Professional, not Home. If you have XP Home then I concur, they are not designed for an organizations infrastructure. We run a Windows 2003 server domain and our own Exchange 2003 server as well.
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March 10th, 2006 19:00
OnecoGuy
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March 10th, 2006 19:00
I guess I've never looked at 2k as an earlier windows version than XP, although I'm sure MS looks at it that way.
I've always felt 2k was just NT 5.0. It was designed to work in a business network setting. XP on the otherhand was designed as a homeowners/novice OS. Lots of stuff happening "automatically" like firewall and other network protocols that were tricky to manage. It's much easier now, but I still don't think of XP as a business network product. Obviously MS thinks otherwise and is forcing the major manufacturers to move everyone to XP by not offering 2k, which is a perfectly splendid business network OS. Easy to manage, and easy to control unskilled users on.
The only way out is Linux, but I'm not sure I'm ready to start over with a whole new OS, I'm getting too old to fight. So for me XP pro at home for my wife and kids and 2k at work for me and my employees.
OnecoGuy
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March 10th, 2006 23:00
Yes, I think you can order without an OS, but I can't resist the value of the reconditioned machines.
Besides, the agrevation is part of the thrill. ;-(
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March 13th, 2006 10:00
I have read "Never ask a technical person for the solution to a problem -- they will always select the more challenging route."
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April 2nd, 2006 18:00