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Windows Forum / Windows 98 / Setup / February 200698 hangs at setup
I am reinstalling Windows 98 SE after partitioning and formatting the C: drive. I had successfully flashed the bios to "see" the 30GB hd. Before the old bios only saw 8GB of the drive. At the point where the Windows 98 setup screen appears and I click continue, the progress bar goes to 11-13% then hangs and the computer crashes. Scandisk does not come up with any drive problems. Also my monitor freezes with light blue color streaks running horozontally? I have searched data bases and have never seen this before. Any help would be great, thanks.  SignatureRick56 Rick, More specific details please. Exactly what has occurred in the reinstallation process when the problem occurs? Have all the files copied, is it detecting hardware, etc.? With the info you've currently provided, I would suggest that you remove or disable all cards and devices except for the hard drive, display adapter and CDRom drive. Then give it another shot and see if the installation will complete. By the way, did you flash the BIOS when the PC was still working or did you do it and then format the drive? SignatureRegards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo >I am reinstalling Windows 98 SE after partitioning and formatting the C: > drive. I had successfully flashed the bios to "see" the 30GB hd. Before [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Any > help would be great, thanks. Ron the system hangs up suddenly just seconds after I click continue in the first sreen that appears in Windows98 setup. It hangs before it can copy the files and way before it has detected any hardware. It is the first sreen that says 15-60 minutes to go until Windows loads. I have an 8MB PCI video card installed, and a PCI internal modem card, those are the only cards in this system. I will pull the video card and see if the OS loads. I flashed the BIOS with Mr. BIOS from a download when the system was functioning properly. It worked fine and when the system boots if I hit escape I can get into setup which I have done several times. The Mr. BIOS now "sees" my Maxtor 30GB HD and my Fujitsu 2GB D: drive. But I needed to reformat and partition the drive in order to use all of the capacity. I have done that but now when I try to reinstall 98 it hangs up. Thanks SignatureRick56 > Rick, > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Any > > help would be great, thanks. Ron, one other thing, it does copy some files and checks the registry. Then when it goes to the screen where the setup wizard takes over it freezes up after 11% when I click continue. I put in an older ISA video card and that did not fix it, still hangs at 11% into the install? I hope this gives you a better idea? If not let me know and I will try to provide more info. Thanks much Rick SignatureRick56 > Rick, > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Any > > help would be great, thanks. Rick I think Bill's recommendation is the logical step to take. SignatureRegards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo > Ron, one other thing, it does copy some files and checks the registry. > Then [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] >> > Any >> > help would be great, thanks. I agree with Bill too. Better to copy the Win98 directory to the C: drive and install from the HD. However, check your CD for any smudges and scratches. This is often a problem as these CDs are very old and many do not notice or check. > Ron, one other thing, it does copy some files and checks the registry. > Then [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] >> > Any >> > help would be great, thanks. >I am reinstalling Windows 98 SE after partitioning and formatting the C: >drive. I had successfully flashed the bios to "see" the 30GB hd. Before the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >horozontally? I have searched data bases and have never seen this before. Any >help would be great, thanks. Rick, This MS Article may help you find out what Setup is trying to do when it hangs. Description of Windows 98 Setup Process. (Q195568) http://tinyurl.com/d2rbz If it turns out to be when it is extracting and copying files from the CD try copying the Win98 folder on the CD to your HDD and run Setup from there from Dos, this often eliminates some problems. Be sure to install into the Windows folder if it tries to install into a different one. From the C:\ prompt enter: MD C:\Win98 Copy D:\Win98\*.* C:\Win98 Where D: is your CDrom drive. Then run Setup from the Win98 folder and you won't need your CDrom. Whenever Windows needs something from the CD it will go there instead. Regards, Bill Watt Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ Bill, Thanks for the infomation. I haven't touched the system in a few days. I will give your suggestion a try and let you know if it does the trick. I appreciate it Rick M SignatureRick56 > >I am reinstalling Windows 98 SE after partitioning and formatting the C: > >drive. I had successfully flashed the bios to "see" the 30GB hd. Before the [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > Bill Watt > Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ Sorry I meant Bill SignatureRick56 > >I am reinstalling Windows 98 SE after partitioning and formatting the C: > >drive. I had successfully flashed the bios to "see" the 30GB hd. Before the [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > Bill Watt > Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ Bill, Can you tell me again the DOS commands in order to load the Win98 folder directly' to the HD? I tried it and kept getting the error bad command or file name? I have not used DOS in awhile and my DOS 6.22 book does not have instructions on how to load From the CD right to the hard drive. When I typed MD C:\Win98 it came back with the directory already exists? So then I entered CD Win98, it went to it but when I tried the Copy E:\Win98\*.* C:\Win98 it said to many parameters? What am I doing wrong? Help! Thanks Rick SignatureRick56 > >I am reinstalling Windows 98 SE after partitioning and formatting the C: > >drive. I had successfully flashed the bios to "see" the 30GB hd. Before the [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > Bill Watt > Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ >Bill, > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Rick Is there anything in the Win98 folder when you enter Dir C:\win98 /p? If it contains dozens of CAB files that means the folder on the CD has already been copied. If it includes Setup.exe then run it to install Windows. If the folder contains misc. files then install into a Win98cd folder instead: Boot with a Win98 startup diskette with CDrom support. Enter C: From the C:\ prompt enter: MD C:\Win98cd Copy E:\Win98\*.* C:\Win98cd Where E: is your CDrom drive. Then run Setup from the Win98cd folder and you won't need your CDrom. Let us know. Regards, Bill Watt Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ >If the folder contains misc. files then install into a Win98cd >folder instead: That should be COPY into a Win98cd folder instead. Install into C:\Windows. Regards, Bill Watt Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ Bill, Sucess! Thank you very much for the help, all thats left to do is reload the drivers for my video card and setup my dial up. What a relief. Thanks a Million Rick SignatureRick56 > >Bill, > > [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > Bill Watt > Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ Glad you got squared away and thanks for reporting the results. Regards, Bill Watt Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ ______________________________________________________ >Bill, >Sucess! Thank you very much for the help, all thats left to do is reload the [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] >> Bill Watt >> Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ |
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