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Windows 2000 not installing from FreeDOS


GD 2W10

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Hello,

I am trying to install Windows 2000 from FreeDOS, but when I run winnt.exe, it gives me an error saying setup cannot continue. And no, booting from CD is not an option as I think my CD Drive is damaged (I'm using a VM for testing). Attached is the error.

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On 9/5/2021 at 2:24 AM, GD 2W10 said:

And no, booting from CD is not an option as I think my CD Drive is damaged (I'm using a VM for testing). Attached is the error.

 

then how did you were able to load it on vmware:dubbio:. Is the cd damaged from boot block? Also make sure you got hdd partition

 

On 9/5/2021 at 2:24 AM, GD 2W10 said:

I am trying to install Windows 2000 from FreeDOS, but when I run winnt.exe, it gives me an error saying setup cannot continue.

 

try following command winnt.exe /ox. That should create 3 or 4 boot floppies for windows 2000 or option 2 copy those win2000 cd boot folder I think.

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The winnt.exe /ox was for NT, does it work on 2k also? :dubbio:

on 2K .iso there is a \bootdisk directory that contains the 4 floppy images and the makeboot and makebt32 executables (to create the floppies).

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