When you collect the correct hardware and boot off the 2000 CD, all this will be rather easy. You'll still need to collect drivers from the laptop maker, but as it stands now, you will be battling issues I would not wish on any one.
Bob
I`m trying to install windows 2000 pro on my laptop that I bought from DELL. It`s duel-booting windows 98 and ME on separate partitions, and The hard drive is rather small (im not sure how big, only a couple hundred mbs on each partition left). So, I want to reformat it and do a clean install of windows 2000 pro.
Anyhow, I thought it was going 2 be a walk in the park since I`ve done this a million times; with my desktops. Turns out that my friend has my CD-ROM drive with him, and he's all the way over in Wisconsin. I have an external USB CD-ROM drive with me, but when I run the setup, it won`t detect the external drive (probably cuz it USB). During setup, you can press F6 to load any SCSI drivers, but I don`t know if this drive is that kind...
So, I pressed it and tried my CD-ROM driver manufacterer disk. It apparently needs a file called `txtsetup.oem,` to work. I tried searching my computer for it, I`ve tried the setup diskettes. I googled it, but found nothing for my CD-ROM drive. Can some1 help me? It's a Philips CD-ROM/RW drive, series 400. If you need more info, tell me.
Thx for any help!

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