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couldn't open partition to check signature

hi,
i am trying to install windows 2000 on a compaq presario 7000 system and encounter this error while bootup: "
couldn't open partition to check signature"

any help?
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Try putting in a 98SE bootdisk and using FDISK.
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Is it a new computer? Is it seeing the drive correctly in the bios?

Compaq used to have a funky little partiton stuck at the front of the drive that contained their own diagnostics shit but not sure if they still do that. Sure sounds like the hard drive is bad.

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The System BIOS or controller hosting the boot partition on which Windows is installed, does not support INT-13 EXTENSIONS, or has the INT-13 Extensions option disabled, and the partition on which you installed Windows is either larger than ~7.8 gigabytes (GB) in size, or the ending cylinder number for that partition is higher than 1024.

For more info check Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 227704
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;227704

Hope this explanation helps.
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