Re: CAB errors - reinstall 98 on new drive!
- From: "Simon Cooper" <swcooper@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 20:47:37 -0400
"ComPCs" <newscompcs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I am trying to reinstall 98 on a PC where the original 8Gb drive has
> died.
>
> I've put in a 40gig Maxtor which is recognised, copied the CAB files to
> the HDD, but when I run setup from the directory (or the CD) I get an
> error message in scandisk reporting there are errors on the drive (which
> it fixes) only for setup to then report errors with CAB files, upon
> which it discontinues setup.
>
> <deep breath!>
>
> No matter what I do - FDISK, FORMAT etc - I cannot get Win98 to load on
> this drive in the target machine.
>
> I've put the drive in another system, and loaded 98 onto it with the
> intention of then putting it back into the other system, and hoping
> it'll boot - so watch this space, as I haven't finished yet.
>
> A Google for my initial problem has turned up no results that are
> appropriate.
>
> FWIW, the mainboard is reported as being a SE440BX Intel, and the BIOS
> is the default BIOS.
Doesn't the FDISK supplied with win98 max out at 32Gb? Or is it 64? Try
partitioning the drive on a Win2k/XP machine?
.
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