Can't Install

When I try to install WIN2000 Server on formatted Hard drive after it has checked system it says C drive is damaged and cannot be repaired and exits set up (occasionally get diff error msgs).
However scandisk in dos says the drive is fine and I can install Win98 SE no problem.
I have deleted partion and recreated etc.
Drive is only 2 gig.
What is going on here?

 

Have you tried setting up from the floppy set and what file system are you formatting in?

May be some useful information in HOW TO: Perform a "Clean" Installation in Windows 2000 Server (Q308207).

 

I have triede NTFS and FAT32 - both fail.
I a mjust confused as to why it works for 98 but for 2000 my hard drive is damaged or I get a corrupt file meassage in set up

 

Same Problem Kinda

I have the same problem kinda. I have a 40gb maxtor drive. I have formated it many times in NTFS. The first problem is that I can only see about 37gb of harddrive no matter how I format it. Once I get this done I start the install It completes the install and then I get a blue screen that says "Inaccessable boot device" Just for fun I removed the 40gb hardrive and replaced it with a 3gb. It installed and is running right now as a test.

I don't know whats up here.

 

silvercue - at this date I'd have to think a 2Gb drive has been used before and may well have had some strange tweaks done to it.

I can't really give you an exact answer but would suggest that before you try the 2K load /w format, you boot with the 98 startup disk and then do fdisk /mbr to clear (most or maybe all) existing information from the Master Boot Record on the disk. There may have been some 3rd party app that put in some information that 2K doesn't remove and can't deal with. Only a guess but it is possible. I know there were some viri around that did strange things to the MBR (which is not touched by a normal fdisk / format with 9x). Not positive about how NT (4, 5, or 5.1) deals with it.

Also, I'd make sure you have the latest BIOS version installed. Some of the older ones may not be able to deal with NT5.

845 - you may have a BIOS issue of some sort as well or possibly a damaged HD.

 

My problem is fixed.

I got my drive up andf running with windows2000. I ran a boot with norton antivirus disk and the drive had a virus called havoc on it. I fixed that and the rest is history.