Win2k cant find drivers on HD even though they are there.

[NCstateBen]

Ok, here is the problem, whenver i install any kind of hardware that uses drivers from the win2k cd-rom, i get a promt to insert the cd even though they are already on the hard drive. I can always point the thing in the direction of the drivers on the disk, but it should be finding them automatically. They promt is annoying. How can i get rid of that stupid promt?

Thanks
-Ben

 

[ZZZZZZ]

Your discription of your peroblems sounds like stand operations for Windows. If you remove a device from the system, it removes the registry key that identifys the path for the drivers. so you usually have to point the installer back when you add the device back.

Or am I missing something here...?

 

[NCstateBen]

yeah, it's kinda like that. For instance, when i plug my usb mouse in, it always askes for the location of the drivers, even though it has them already, right where they are supposed to be.

 

[NCstateBen]

bump

c'mon, someone must know about this

 

[Slikkster]

If I'm understanding you correctly, it seems as if Win2K's Source Path is incorrect In other words, sounds like you installed from files on the hard drive, yet it still wants to see a CD. In any event, it's apparently a bug, which you can fix thusly. I just lifted this from the old Winmag.com website:

"Unfortunately, when you install Win2K from a local hard disk, the OS automatically records the source media as the first available CD-ROM drive letter instead of the local hard disk. So, when you add a new component, Win2K assumes the source media is the CD-ROM, and you have to enter the correct path manually. To work around the problem, you can change the default source media location by editing the source path value entry in these three Registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT CurrentVersion\Setup
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT CurrentVersion
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT CurrentVersion\Setup Installation Sources"

 

[NCstateBen]

heh, registry crap. It's funny, as much as i know about computers, i've never messed with the registry. Well, here goes...