Does windows 2000 need floppys to install it and if it does i ant got a floppy drive could i still work windows 2000 in vmware workstation
like mount the floppy image by any chance
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bondi007
bondi007 0 Posting Pro in Training
Squires 81 Junior Poster
I think the only case that you would need a floppy is if you were not able to boot from the cd rom. If you can boot into win2k setup off of the cd, then no floppies are needed.
dcc 88 Posting Virtuoso
Go into you BIOS and make you CD-ROM the first boot device, place the OS CD in the drive, turn the computer back on and it should boot from the disk.
jbennet 1,618 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
Win2k does need floppies I think.
And you can use floppies with virtual machines
(i used a tool to convet the winnt4 disk to a .img file then mounted it)
dcc 88 Posting Virtuoso
Win2k does need floppies I think.
And you can use floppies with virtual machines
(i used a tool to convet the winnt4 disk to a .img file then mounted it)
DANG!!! I must atone, I've been using a CD all this time!?!;)
btw jbennet...proof read, proof read, proof read
bondi007 0 Posting Pro in Training
tried it and it works fine without the floppies but when i install windows 2000 the graphics are rubbish it doesnt show the backround properly and when i install a game its rubbish the graphics is better on xp
the only reason why im switching its because its windows 2000 server
please help
bondi007
jbennet 1,618 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
I dont think win2k has Hardware Graphics Acceleration enabled by default (windows 2003 doesnt). Without that it looks crappy. You aught to be able to enable accelaration under Display (its a slider
bondi007 0 Posting Pro in Training
i went under display but it only gives me a resoltion and couler choice
please help
bondi 007
jbennet 1,618 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
Go into display then the settings tab (where the resolution etc is) . There should be a button labelled "ADVANCED". Click it. It will open a new window. One of the tabs in this newwindow (i think its labelled troubleshoot) is what you seek
bondi007 0 Posting Pro in Training
the acceleration is on and i tried turning it off and it made no difference
please help
i need the use of windows 2000
cheers
bondi 007
dcc 88 Posting Virtuoso
If you right click on your desktop > settings, you can adjust the pixels and color (16 bit, 32 bit...).
bondi007 0 Posting Pro in Training
no it only lets me use 16 bit
any other suggestions
cheers
bondi 007
jbennet 1,618 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
16 bit? That means either:
A: Your card is really crap
B: You havent installed your graphics drivers
Install your graphics drivers.
bondi007 0 Posting Pro in Training
it works great on xp
i built my pc so i havent installed my intel grapics drivers
ill give it ago and let u know
cheers
bondi 007
bondi007 0 Posting Pro in Training
Drivers are installed and it still does not work
please help
bondi 007
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