
- W2k has inbuilt power inefficiencies that risk overheating hardware
    avoid installation where power consumption or cooling might be an issue, such as laptops, portables, or fanless/quiet designs
- TRIM command likely not supported (avoid SSD install)
    see:  https://github.com/CyberShadow/trimcheck
- 4k sector disks unsupported with Intel RST version less than 9.6
   install process might not complete
    reference:  http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imsm/sb/CS-031502.htm
- 3TB+ drives unsupported with Intel RST version less than 10.1
- Windows systems with Legacy BIOS and MBR boot drives are limited to 2.2TB partitions
    reference:  http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/218619en
- InsydeH2O BIOS might not support Multiprocessor ACPI on Windows 2000
    reference:  http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/170950-windows-2000-on-haswell/page-4#entry1088190
- install media integration of 48bit lba required for drives over 128GB required for ATAPI
- remove drives other than target drive, and any connected to other controllers from your system before Windows install
- pre-existing partitions may be removed by NT5 Setup - including Disk Management (be data-safe!!!)
    add Autopartition=0 to [Data] section & Repartition=No and ExtendOemPartition=No to [Unattended] section of winnt.sif to limit this behaviour somewhat (during textmode partitioning only)
- full format only option in Windows 2000 textmode Setup (avoid large partition sizes)
- integrate drivers with DP_MassStorage_wnt5_x86-32_1412111+ & DPs_BASE after integrating updates with hsfslip
    (Chipset,DriveProtection,Modem,Misc,LAN also support win2k)
    see:  http://forum.driverpacks.net
- to integrate BWC's Intel Matrix v8.9.1026 using DPs_BASE from http://www.driverpacks.net
    1) edit DP_MassStorage_wnt5_x86-32.ini, edit section [I-3-BWC] to read ms_count=1 (& [As] section to ms_count=3)
    2) use 7-zip v9.20 to archive (settings: 7z,Ultra,32M,256,512M,2) as DP_MassStorage_wnt5_x86-32_1411b1.7z
    3) integrate BlackWingCat's Kernel32 update (v14a minimum) into source
         see:  http://blog.livedoor.jp/blackwingcat/archives/1299806.html
    3) extract DPs_BASE to c:\dpsbase, then put Chipset, LAN & MassStorage in the DriverPacks folder, and the remainder in the 3rd-Party DriverPacks folder, then run DPs_BASE

