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"Elector" <elector@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:<beadc.10816$M3.7486@twister.nyroc.rr.com>...
> "Ross" <Rkkett@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:a68c6d84.0404072000.12e53053@posting.google.com...
> > OK, Elector I've got it to this point now. I did fdisk,
> format,
> > sys C: and then ran the Win 98 install. It said it was installing
> > everything then, after about half and hour it says it must restart
> to
> > finish the Windows 98 install. So, it restarts and a black and
> white
> > screen comes up and says type in the location of command.com. No
> > matter what I put in it doesn't accept it. It won't go any farther
> > from here. This has happened three times. Any idea what the
> problem
> > could be ?
> >
> > Thanx,
> > Roskoe
>
Elector, thanks for the help. After Fdisking and
Formatting 5 times I finally got Win98 to reinstall on another hard
drive. It will use up to 8.4 GB partitions now. I think the other
hard drive got messed up because I had a start-up floppy in the drive
when I started it that creates a small ram drive before it installs
Win98. Now I can't read that drive at all when I put it in the
secondary position. Is there any way to restore that hard drive so I
can recover some of the data on it?
Thanks,
Roskoe
> Well lets see, I noticed Ben also gave a response so I will try and
> get another spin on this. That message can occur when the cd you are
> using hits a flaw in the disk, it can also be from a faulty FDISK and
> FORMAT procedure.
>
> When you have a formatted diskette in the drive you must then make a
> copy of the system files, you can do this from bootdisk.com as I
> stated before or you can do so from a friends Windows 98 or Windows ME
> machine. You take the diskette after it is created and place it in a
> turned off machine. Push the start button and when the system boots up
> you should be at the "A" Prompt.
>
> a:>
>
> At this prompt type the following:
>
> a:>format c/s[hit enter]
>
> you will get a warning message that all media will be erased and you
> then would have to select "Y" then hit enter.
>
> after this is done you will again insert the diskette and restart the
> machine, you may not need to do a FDISK if you have already done one
> properly before the FOMAT PROCESS that is why I said to just do the
> format in this post.
>
> After the system starts select option 1 for full cd rom support, I
> think its then going to say that a virtual drive has been installed on
> "D" but when you get to the "A" Prompt do this:
>
> a:>e:[hit enter]
>
> if you have the cd rom found and supported you now insert the Windows
> 98 etc. cd in the drive and from the prompt you type:
>
> e:>setup.exe[hit enter]
>
> the system will say its going to prepare the drive and run some tests
> and it will then say its installing windows to drive "C" and click OK
> to proceed. Now if you had transferred the system over properly in the
> format process there should have been a "command.com" on the diskette
> which is now on the root drive of "C" you can easily check this via
> the
>
> c:>dir p/w[hit enter]
>
> It will show what is on the root drive of "C" and it will pause if it
> has a load of files so you can view them and it will be shown in a
> wide format on the screen.
>
> If the CD with Windows is functional and runs properly the system will
> stop and ask for your previous version of Windows 95 or Win 3.1 in
> which case you insert the old cd rom and it will scan to see you have
> the rights to install Windows 98 it will then tell you to place the
> Windows 98 back into the cd rom drive. It will then continue with the
> install, if there is no hitches the system will restart its self 2-3
> times. When it states the process is complete remove the cd and any
> other media from the machine and restart and see if the opening of the
> Windows Program starts. You then of course will have to either have a
> the original drivers disks to load software not covered by the windows
> install ort search the net for them.
>
> My guess is that you did not FDISK the drive or FORMAT the drive
> properly with a proper boot disk.
>
> Elector
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