And that's where disaster struck. After reboot, the graphical part of setup loaded from the hard drive, but it immediately asked for the "Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4 CD" to copy driver files. It couldn't find the USB drive because the graphical setup didn't have USB drivers loaded yet.
: Specialized tools like the WinSetupFromUSB utility found on the MSI Global English Forum , Easy2Boot (E2B) for creating multi-boot drives, or WinNTSetup used within a WinPE environment. Step-by-Step Installation Process install windows 2000 from usb
"New hardware found: USB Mass Storage Device." And that's where disaster struck
The key, he discovered on a GeoCities archive resurrected by the Wayback Machine, was . : Specialized tools like the WinSetupFromUSB utility found
Because Windows 2000 is old, it expects the hardware to look a specific way. Even with a patched USB, modern computers often confuse the OS.
Here is a step-by-step guide to creating a bootable Windows 2000 USB installer.
This is the most common error. It means Windows 2000 loaded the USB drivers to start the setup but lost connection with the USB drive partway through, or it cannot read the hard drive controller.