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Forum: Geek Forum Topic: Win 2k started by: redpanic Posted by redpanic on May 06 2002,05:51
Any ideas why win2k would say I have an incompatible hardware config when I try to upgrade from win98se?I've got a Frankenstein box....pieced together over a year ago. Stores wanted too much $$$. MB: Asus p5-a (socket 7) Mem: 196Mb HD: ~8 gig left (new drive) Proc: AMD k6 450Mhz No other funky attachments...soundblaster...nvidea ...thats it. I allowed it to attempt the change to NTFS...it does the reporting and lists the items that may not work... The next click tells me my configuration is incompatible. Ideas? -RP Posted by editor on May 06 2002,08:26
I had Win2k for about 10 hours last week; I lost all sorts of drivers and utilities!It was stable, though; why not. Nothing worked, so no problemo. Let's wait a tad for the real boys to weigh in. Posted by liquid metal on May 06 2002,14:56
try one of these two- take everything out, try turning on the machine. then turn it off and put everything back in. - format before installing. Posted by Jynx on May 06 2002,20:42
DO NOT do an upgrade -- liquid metal said it when he told you to reformat first. There's just too much baggage left over from an upgrade.
Posted by redpanic on May 09 2002,20:35
I think I'll abandon the Win2k OS for the time being. Don't wanna destroy everything w/ a reformat...I'll wait until graduation to jump on that grenade.Besides...Win98se is working fine. Thanks -RP Posted by liquid metal on May 10 2002,00:20
that's why you make backups.
Posted by redpanic on May 10 2002,03:33
30 gigs of backup isn't exactly appealing... however I suspect I'll have more time in the coming weeks to make the conversion. -RP Posted by BlackFlag on May 10 2002,09:18
30 gigs of backup would be time consuming, and depending on the backup method, expensive(?).30 gigs of new HD should cost you about 40-60 bucks. burn large files (like videos) to cd/cdrw. move everything else to a second drive. format first drive. install. =) Posted by redpanic on May 10 2002,20:15
i like that idea better. thanks Posted by Wolfguard on May 14 2002,13:41
That and if your going to start from square one with your system try running xp.Its like 2000 with a lot of the bugs removed. Just make sure you have drivers for everything first. Posted by redpanic on May 18 2002,03:34
I decided to give it another go. This time I noticed that Win2k said it didn't find a compatible HDD drive controller. I've already flashed the BIOS to its most current update. Likewise, checked w/ the drive manufacturer to check for drivers or software that might fix this. No luck as of yet. BTW... its a fairly new HDD. |