Setup Shows "(Mirror):\Winnt" as an Existing Installation of Windows 2000

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

SYMPTOMS

When you are installing Windows 2000 from CD-ROM, Text-mode Setup searches for pre-existing installations. If Setup locates any installations of Windows 2000, it prompts you to either repair the installations or continue with a fresh installation. In some cases, you may see "(mirror):\%SystemRoot%" listed as one of the pre-existing installations. The correct format is Drive:\Winnt, where Drive is the letter of the drive on which Windows 2000 is installed.

CAUSE

Text-mode Setup assumes that a partition is a mirror if the partition does not have a drive letter. This may occur because the installation is on removable media.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbenv kbsetup
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb