Installed Win2k on my notebook. And it took 1hour to complete it.

If I recall correctly that is not normal. And the HDD is rated at 4300RPM's.

btw. I tried creating and formating the partition with Partition Magic 8 first but Win2k installation program just refused it and said the partition was damaged or corrupted... So my only other option was to use the default Win2k formater and wait... wait.... wait.??

btw. The Win2k CD was nLited

Edited November 13, 200520 yr by BigDaddy

Installed Win2k on my notebook. And it took 1hour to complete it.

If I recall correctly that is not normal. And the HDD is rated at 4300RPM's.

btw. I tried creating and formating the partition with Partition Magic 8 first but Win2k installation program just refused it and said the partition was damaged and corrupted... So my only other option was to wait... wait.... wait.??

btw. The Win2k CD was nLited

Sounds like it could be a driver issue. Did windows actually install or no?

Yes and it works very well and fast indeed. Using it right now.

B4 had WinXP installed but was to sllugish for:

Mobile Celeron 2.4

256DDR

40gb 4300RPM hdd

Yes and it works very well and fast indeed. Using it right now.

B4 had WinXP installed but was to sllugish for:

Mobile Celeron 2.4

256DDR

40gb 4300RPM hdd

Bad news, that sounds like a bad HDD. It likely has bad sectors. Thus, you should replace the HDD.

Checked the surface test on the drive which found no error.

What else could the reason be?

Checked the surface test on the drive which found no error.

What else could the reason be?

I dunno. You should use ActiveSMART, which is available at the following web site:

http://www.ariolic.com/activesmart/

Even the trial version is fully functional, AFAIK. After you ran ActiveSMART, please post the results.

Because the HDD may still be bad, even if there wasn't any bad sectors found.

Edited November 14, 200520 yr by RJARRRPCGP

HEre it is:

FUJITSU_MHT2040AT__SN_NN0AT3713HTT____REPORT.txt

just get a new HD, the rest of the kit is decent enough, the hd is poo (4200)

HEre it is:

It appears to be fine.

Just get a new HD, the rest of the kit is decent enough, the hd is poo (4200rpm)

Say What.... - guess have to tell you that its a default laptop drive,

btw: fastest laptop harddisk is just 5400rmp (not the 10k like in desktops).

get ur facts straigh befor posting

Edited November 14, 200520 yr by -I-

there are 7200 rpm hds for laptops, just really hot when they are used.

And expensive and also they suck your battery rapidly. Which is a very important fact on notebook

"Never Wrong." Almost Right.

SO no1 knows as to why Win2k fomaed a 40gb for an hour

Well - do you have a Windows 2000 CD that isn't nLited that you could use to compare the format times? Perhaps it's an nLite issue, maybe it's an issue with how Windows 2000 setup is accessing your drive - without knowing how an unmodified Windows 2000 CD performs, I think we'd be just guessing at what is causing the issue.

Edited December 3, 200520 yr by cluberti