windows 2000

[bondi007]

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

cheers
bondi007

[Squires]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

i went under display but it only gives me a resoltion and couler choice


please help

bondi 007

[jbennet]

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]

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]

If you right click on your desktop > settings, you can adjust the pixels and color (16 bit, 32 bit...).

[bondi007]

no it only lets me use 16 bit

any other suggestions

cheers
bondi 007

[jbennet]

16 bit? That means either:

A: Your card is really crap
B: You havent installed your graphics drivers

Install your graphics drivers.

[bondi007]

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]

Drivers are installed and it still does not work


please help

bondi 007