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Ben Myers a émis l'idée suivante :
> Just to be sure, remove all old partitions, create a new FAT32 partition,
> format it, and try the Windows install again. If it fails in the same way,
> the failure is a sign of a hardware malfunction. If you have already
> recreated the partition and formatted it, download and run MEMTEST-86 to test
> the memory and download the drive manufacturer's diagnostic test to test the
> drive. An odd error such as you reported could also be due to an unreliable
> CD-ROM drive.
>
> ... Ben Myers
>
> On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 14:46:19 +0100, ALPI <alain.pinchemail_nospam@skynet.be>
> wrote:
>
>> Ben Myers vient de nous annoncer :
>>> Explain the symptoms. If the hard drive was previously used in an NT, 2000
>>> or Linux system, the old partitions must be deleted and new ones created
>>> and formatted before installing Windows. Is the hard drive known to be
>>> defect-free? Did you run diagnostic tests of the drive? ... Ben Myers
>>>
>>> On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 13:36:42 +0100, ALPI
>>> <alain.pinchemail_nospam@skynet.be> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I bought a second hand compaq deskpro without HDD.
>>>> I put a 6 GB HDD in the computer that recognizes the hdd
>>>> The issue is that I cannot install neither win98 nor winMe on it.
>>>> Any idea about the issue ?
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>> when i try to install win98se i get the next message :
>> Standard mode : Fault in ms-dos extender
>> ec=e804 cs.....
>> si=0277 di=0186....
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Thanks for your reply. I just replace the 128 MB memory by 3 x 64 MB
memory and i don't have the bad message anymore. I can now install
Win98.
You are right.
I will test the "bad" memory with the software you mention.
Thanks
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