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Installing Windows 2000 On a Compact Flash Disk

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Anonymous   04-27-2005 at 07:04:13 PM

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Hello, I am trying to install Win2K OS on a Compact Flash disk. I Bios sees
the drive and i am able to start the installation. But when the system
reboots for the frist time after it's has copied the files to the flash disk
i receive and error message. " A Disk Read Error Occureded" and i'm not able
to continue with the installation. Is it possible to install Win2K on a
Flash Disk? If so what am i doing wrong. Thanks in advances for you help.

Mike K.

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Anonymous   04-28-2005 at 04:31:41 AM
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"Mikered" <Mikered@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5777138F-18D1-422A-A196-D52147A007E4@microsoft.com...
> Hello, I am trying to install Win2K OS on a Compact Flash disk. I Bios
sees
> the drive and i am able to start the installation. But when the system
> reboots for the frist time after it's has copied the files to the flash
disk
> i receive and error message. " A Disk Read Error Occureded" and i'm not
able
> to continue with the installation. Is it possible to install Win2K on a
> Flash Disk? If so what am i doing wrong. Thanks in advances for you
help.
>
> Mike K.

Nope ... not possible.

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Anonymous   04-28-2005 at 12:43:47 AM
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Mikered wrote:
> Hello, I am trying to install Win2K OS on a Compact Flash disk. I Bios sees
> the drive and i am able to start the installation. But when the system
> reboots for the frist time after it's has copied the files to the flash disk
> i receive and error message. " A Disk Read Error Occureded" and i'm not able
> to continue with the installation. Is it possible to install Win2K on a
> Flash Disk? If so what am i doing wrong. Thanks in advances for you help.
>
> Mike K.


Win2K is not designed to be installed upon a Flash Disk, or any other
type of external disk.

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Anonymous   04-28-2005 at 01:57:34 PM
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Only way I know of is if the "CF disk" is plugged into the IDE system.
There are some hardware/MB that allows this.(not your run of the mill
desktop PC motherboards) And then the card is read as an IDE drive. Any
"removable" drive setup isn't going to work.

Mikered wrote:

> Hello, I am trying to install Win2K OS on a Compact Flash disk. I Bios sees
> the drive and i am able to start the installation. But when the system
> reboots for the frist time after it's has copied the files to the flash disk
> i receive and error message. " A Disk Read Error Occureded" and i'm not able
> to continue with the installation. Is it possible to install Win2K on a
> Flash Disk? If so what am i doing wrong. Thanks in advances for you help.
>
> Mike K.

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