Trying to do a fresh install of Win2000 Pro. Is it possible to do this = without having to install Win98 and then upgrade. Tried running the = Win2000 boot disks and it appears that it is beginning to load but the I = get a message "error 7 file ntkrnlmp.exe could not be loaded". Am I = doing something wrong or missing something? Is it possible to do a clean/fresh install of Win2000 without doing the = upgrade thing. TIA Rob Shane Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml