Installing Windows 2000 on a newly Fdisk'ed Hard Drive

[m_phoenix83 0]

Hey all.

 

Getting sick of Windows 98, so i've decided to go for Windows 2000 Professional, (which I will then upgrade to SP4, possibly via Slipstreaming).

 

My PC is not up to XP minimum specs.

 

I have created the Windows 2000 book disks and they worked fine, and I launched the Win 2000 Setup. The problem is that i get an error msg and i dont have a clue why, at a certain stage.

 

The error meassge is:

 

STOP 0x0000001A (parameter, parameter, parameter, parameter) MEMEORY_MANAGEMENT

 

...I then have to restart my PC, in an attempt to go through the process againa, but i always get back to this same error message.

 

I went on to the Microsoft Knowledge Base and i got this:

 

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;282504

 

I then checked my hardware against the System Requirements, needed for Win 2000 and I 'passed' the requirements.

 

Any suggestions?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Phoenix

[AndyFair 0]

You might have a bad stick of RAM - do a thorough test with memtest, which will pick up on any problems.

[theefool 0]

Even if memtest doesn't pick up any errors, try a different stick of ram. Or if you have 2 "sticks" of ram, take off one and try that. Also, see if your mainboard has any bios updates.

[Wilhelmus 1]

Remove everything that is installed or connected to your computer so the only things remaining in the case are:

 

Motherboard, processor, PSU, and cooling fan (of course).

Cables.

Graphics card.

One stick of RAM (at least 128 MB).

One hard drive.

One CDROM/DVD drive.

+Monitor,keyboard,mouse.

(+Device(s) which you cannot remove.)

 

If the installation success, add other devices one by one and test your system for while. Do not install all at the same time.