Lenophis
03-27-2004, 04:13 AM
As some of you have noticed in my thread in Tech Talk (http://www.zophar.net/wwwthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=techtalk&Number=222858&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=0&part=), you know my machine has undergone some drastic upgrades. Last night it didn't stop there.
Old OS: Win98SE
Old C drive: 3GB (5400 RPM's)
New OS: Win2K
New C drive: 7.5GB (7200 RPM's, only way to go)
It only took two hours for my damn system to like everything. I moved a couple things around. Cable lengths were tested, and jumpers had to be switched. Anyway, on to the OS.
Attempt 1: Copy the CD to the C:, run it. No luck, reformat HD.
Attempt 2: Run it from the CD. Still no luck.
Attempt 3: Reinstall 98, then try the "Upgrade to 2K." Still, it did not install. Reformat HD.
Attempt 4: Copy CD to HD, it installed! Now that 2K successfully installed, it was a matter of getting the drivers set up. Easy part.
Feeling rest assured, my friend leaves and takes his 2K CD with him. Now it's a matter of getting the rest of the drivers, and start on the core OS updates. Aganist my will, I load up IE and go to windows update (evil microsoft!). I scan for updates, 30 megs worth. That's not too bad. I remove some that are crap (IE service pack, Outlook, etc.) IE tells me that one particular update, "Microsoft update for End Users must install seperately." At first, I felt uneasy about that one, because I wasn't sure if it was 2K needed or not. I grab it anyway.... Halfway through the download, it starts installing, normally. During installation, "failed to install at" some offset. I figure, "oh shit, this can't be good." But, I didn't reboot right away. I decided to get the other updates first. So I tried deselecting that update.
This time, however, I clicked on "install" it did nothing. Not a damn thing. At the time I was IRC, I say "brb." I reboot. 2K loads, doesn't get through the loading, then reboots. Lather, rinse, repeat. This was at midnight last night. (3-25-04) Immediately I knew, I fucked over Windows 2K. It took my an hour after my friend and I spent 4 hours just to get it working.
So, in an attempt to recover from this disaster, I try various things. "Use last known working configuration." No go. So, I fucked over the OS, and can't get to a DOS prompt. <img src=smilies/thumb.gif> It was at about 7 pm tonight that I get 98 back up and running. Tomorrow 2K will be back on this machine. Tomorrow or the next night anyway. In the meantime, I grab all the drivers I still need.
<img src=smilies/banghead.gif>
<P ID="signature"><img src=http://www.geocities.com/abgh21/drunk.txt>
Is there something I'm missing out on?
Download Jade v.03 (http://disch.zophar.net/downloads/programs/Jade_v0.03.rar)</P>
Old OS: Win98SE
Old C drive: 3GB (5400 RPM's)
New OS: Win2K
New C drive: 7.5GB (7200 RPM's, only way to go)
It only took two hours for my damn system to like everything. I moved a couple things around. Cable lengths were tested, and jumpers had to be switched. Anyway, on to the OS.
Attempt 1: Copy the CD to the C:, run it. No luck, reformat HD.
Attempt 2: Run it from the CD. Still no luck.
Attempt 3: Reinstall 98, then try the "Upgrade to 2K." Still, it did not install. Reformat HD.
Attempt 4: Copy CD to HD, it installed! Now that 2K successfully installed, it was a matter of getting the drivers set up. Easy part.
Feeling rest assured, my friend leaves and takes his 2K CD with him. Now it's a matter of getting the rest of the drivers, and start on the core OS updates. Aganist my will, I load up IE and go to windows update (evil microsoft!). I scan for updates, 30 megs worth. That's not too bad. I remove some that are crap (IE service pack, Outlook, etc.) IE tells me that one particular update, "Microsoft update for End Users must install seperately." At first, I felt uneasy about that one, because I wasn't sure if it was 2K needed or not. I grab it anyway.... Halfway through the download, it starts installing, normally. During installation, "failed to install at" some offset. I figure, "oh shit, this can't be good." But, I didn't reboot right away. I decided to get the other updates first. So I tried deselecting that update.
This time, however, I clicked on "install" it did nothing. Not a damn thing. At the time I was IRC, I say "brb." I reboot. 2K loads, doesn't get through the loading, then reboots. Lather, rinse, repeat. This was at midnight last night. (3-25-04) Immediately I knew, I fucked over Windows 2K. It took my an hour after my friend and I spent 4 hours just to get it working.
So, in an attempt to recover from this disaster, I try various things. "Use last known working configuration." No go. So, I fucked over the OS, and can't get to a DOS prompt. <img src=smilies/thumb.gif> It was at about 7 pm tonight that I get 98 back up and running. Tomorrow 2K will be back on this machine. Tomorrow or the next night anyway. In the meantime, I grab all the drivers I still need.
<img src=smilies/banghead.gif>
<P ID="signature"><img src=http://www.geocities.com/abgh21/drunk.txt>
Is there something I'm missing out on?
Download Jade v.03 (http://disch.zophar.net/downloads/programs/Jade_v0.03.rar)</P>