Setup Disks Created With WINNT /O Fail To Find Hard Disk (132739)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
- Microsoft BackOffice Small Business Server 4.0
- Microsoft BackOffice Small Business Server 4.0a
This article was previously published under Q132739 SYMPTOMS
When you use Setup disks created with the WINNT /O or WINNT32 /O command
or when you run the gui mode WINNT command, select options, and select
create boot floppy disk, Windows NT Setup fails and the following error
message appears:
Setup is unable to locate the hard drive partition prepared by
the MS-DOS portion of Setup.
When you run the MS-DOS Windows NT Setup program, you must specify a
temporary drive that is supported by Windows NT. See your System
Guide for more information.
CAUSE
The WINNT /O or WINNT32 /O command creates three Windows NT Setup disks
and a file called WINNT.SIF (on Disk 2) for Windows NT Setup. The
WINNT.SIF file contains information about the location of Temporary
files copied your hard disk drive. If the temporary NT installation
files are not accessible or missing the above message will be displayed.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, delete or rename the WINNT.SIF file on Disk 2
or remake the setup disks using WINNT /OX or WINNT32 /OX and restart
Windows NT Setup.
STATUS
For additional information, please see the following article(s) in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
110695
Err Msg: Setup is Unable to Locate the Hard Drive...
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 5/7/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbsetup KB132739 |
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