Missing Operating System

[Ayman Altounji]

The server was working okay coming from the factory.
I renamed the drives D and E for the internal standard of the company and run some tests from the SmartStart CD them I am no more able to boot to Windows 2000. I got an error "Missing Operating System". If I try to install Windows 2000 again I got a message " HardDrive unknown"

What can I do ?

Dominique

[Ayman Altounji]

I copied a file from the Compaq Web site http://www.compaq.com/support/files/server/us/download/11086.html
then I have access to the drives C: D:
but D: is hosting all the system files and when I try to copy the directories I get an Access Denied, the files can be copied, not the directories, also the * is not allowed

Let me get some help tks

[Ayman Altounji]

Hi
I had the case a couple of times, specially after playing with drive letters.
It might sound silly but have you checked that your windows system partition is still marked as active ? ( try booting with a W98 floppy and run a FDISK - sometimes SA controller screw this up ) - Hope it helps ..
Vic