unable to install 98 on formatted drive

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mandolinwind61 - 27 Apr 2005 22:29 GMT

I recently formatted my c: drive and now when I try to install my Win98 it
starts out all right, scans disk etc... then it says copying files for 98
setup then a message comes up "Standard Mode: Fault outside of ms-dos
extender. EC=0000 IP=3E24 AX=0140 BX=0120 CX=0120 DX=01E0
SI=01C0 DI=0000 BP=0FC2 DS=0277 ES=0387 SS=027F SP=0FAZ
Please remove any floppy disks from your drives and press any key to restart
your system."
I recieve this message whether I have my win98 floppy boot disk in or not
and am unable to go any further. When I restart my pc the whole process
starts again and I end up at the same message. Any help?????? TIA

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Ben Myers - 27 Apr 2005 23:23 GMT

See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q87239

Ben

> I recently formatted my c: drive and now when I try to install my Win98 it
> starts out all right, scans disk etc... then it says copying files for 98
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> and am unable to go any further. When I restart my pc the whole process
> starts again and I end up at the same message. Any help?????? TIA

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Mikhail Zhilin - 28 Apr 2005 09:30 GMT

To add to Ben Myers.

Most often this problem appears because of the implicit error in the
partition table.

Usually Fdisk does not correct this error, so I would recommend Bootit
Next Generation (30-days fully functional shareware, Bootit NG),
www.bootitng.com to repartition the drive. The installation file will
create the bootable diskette. Boot from this diskette, cancel
continuation, select Partition Work (at the left of the screen), delete
the existent partition, and create it by new (select FAT32 primary
partition) with formatting. You can skip surface test after formatting,
what will save a plenty of time.

That helped me not once in such situation.

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Mikhail Zhilin
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> I recently formatted my c: drive and now when I try to install my Win98 it
>starts out all right, scans disk etc... then it says copying files for 98
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>and am unable to go any further. When I restart my pc the whole process
>starts again and I end up at the same message. Any help?????? TIA

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mandolinwind61 - 29 Apr 2005 23:57 GMT

Thanks. I will try that.

> To add to Ben Myers.
>
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> >and am unable to go any further. When I restart my pc the whole process
> >starts again and I end up at the same message. Any help?????? TIA

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