Does anyone know how to install Nt4.0 sp4?
My Win2000 runs unstable~VERY very UNSTABLE!!!
And I can’t get my Synergy II card install properly on Win200.But I really did install the Win2000 driver from ELSA
So I’m turning to NT4.0 sp4 for a more stable condition
Hi,
You can download SP4 from windows site but you could also get service pack6 the last service pack for NT. It may be around 18 MB.
When you run service pack 4 or 6 the menu on the screen will be self explanatory. I think the installation option is on the left side of the screen.All the best.
And yes windows NT is very stable for maya as compared to windows2000.
Nitin
But what I’m using now is Win98 + Win2000 desktop.
How do I upgrade to NT4.0 sp4???
Can anyone tell me how to install NT4.0 along with Win98
which in the end I could use both Win98 and NT4.0.
Hi milleniac,
Im strongly agreed about stability problems with W2K. After playing whith it for one month, this is what ive done in few days ago..erasing 2000 and installing dual boot nt4/ME…
I think i can help u little bit..
If your using a big hard disk, before proceeding download NT4SP4 standalone ATAPI driver from microsoft web. Youll need it because standart insallation drivers cannot be able to see correctly larger than 8GB harddisks. Of course you won`t need it for SCSI.. Here is the link for it..
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winn…atapi/ATAPI.EXE
Also you`ll need fat32 read/write driver form winternals. Then you can see all file systems in nt4. (including ntfs5 with sp6)see here..
http://www.winternals.com/products/fst/fat32.shtml
Im using a 30GB disk. With using boot disk created from 98, repartition your disk. In my case im using 2GB boot and system partition for NT4 (FAT16: Its a must for dual boot,and for int13h problem: nt4 cant see its boot files if theyr accidentaly placed above 4GB space), 20GB work partition and 8GB windows partition (Fat32). (I prefer fat for easyer acces for trobleshoot and it`s a little bit faster). SO I have 2GB FAT16 C:, 20GB FAT32 D:, and 8GB FAT32 E:
First install windows 98 to last partition, E: in my case. With this setup you`ll save space on your 2GB boot partiton. Only necesary boot files will be placed there.
Then install nt4 to C: using boot disks (if you use bootable cd, you cannot install new atapi driver..). At the mass controller screen don`t let nt4 detect your hardware and install your sp4 atapi disk.
After installation you`ll have usual boot-up selection for os..and after installing fat32 driver, nt4 will see all your drives and partitions.
Of course you can setup nt4 using ntfs and install ntfs driver for 98 as an alternative.
http://www.winternals.com/products/fst/ntfswin98.shtml
Hope this helps..
wow , guess I’ve been lucky . I’ve had no problems with 2000 except it uses a little more ram to get around that NT seemed too. But Maya has been very stable at 3.0 . Make sure before you do anything that your stability issues are with 2000 and not a driver or peice of hardware . If thats the problem then NT will make the issues worse. I’ve found , contary to what I was told by the ol’ MSN, that NONE of my NT drivers worked very well . My system ran great when I went and found the 100% brand new win NT drivers for everything , including my motherboard and sound card ! Guess I’ve just beenriding on the edge, knock on wood:)
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