installing windows 98s/e

patp23 · 06-15-2006, 03:04 AM

Hi
Please can you help I am trying to reinstall win 98 on my pc but when microsoft scandisk comes up it gets stuck on Directory Structure and wont past to file system i did try before to format my drive but would not let me so deltree windows then tryed to install but thats as far as i can get

Inactive · 06-15-2006, 03:30 AM

download a bootable floppy from here and boot to it. (you might need to set the boot order in the BIOS to floppy first then CD-ROM and then HD). when you have an A:\ prompt type format c:\ and then reinstall windows.

Zazula · 06-15-2006, 03:30 AM

So, to get things straight, you have a freshly formatted hdd and you cannot install Win98.
I'd suggest you to visit the hdd manufacturer's site and download the zero utility they provide. (You have to know the hdd exact model.) For example, Western Digital calls this utility "Data Lifeguard Tools". Select the utility version (DOS, floppy) that matches your hdd model.
After that, follow the hdd oem's instructions to create a floppy. Use it to thoroughly check your disk first, and then to zero it out.
(It would also be a good idea at this stage to check your memory as well, with Windows Memory Diagnostic.)
After all these steps, try again installing Win98 and post back if it worked OK.

patp23 · 06-15-2006, 04:18 AM

thanks will try

patp23 · 06-15-2006, 04:41 AM

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Originally Posted by freddyhard

download a bootable floppy from here and boot to it. (you might need to set the boot order in the BIOS to floppy first then CD-ROM and then HD). when you have an A:\ prompt type format c:\ and then reinstall windows.

hi tryed that but wont let me format C:\get data error reading drive c

Inactive · 06-15-2006, 05:16 AM

oh sorry, i thought you had tried to delete folders and not being successful continued to install with folders on C:\
you could use boot n nuke which will wipe the HD clean, but as zazula said using the manufacturers utilities program will check the HD according to it's build. once the HD has been properly wiped you shouldn't have any problems installing windows.

patp23 · 06-15-2006, 06:05 AM

Thank,s all but been working on this since Wednesday, so its up the shop cant stand it any longer, or out the window one off the two thank again

06-15-2006, 03:04 AM	#1 (permalink)
patp23 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 41 OS: winxp	installing windows 98s/e Hi Please can you help I am trying to reinstall win 98 on my pc but when microsoft scandisk comes up it gets stuck on Directory Structure and wont past to file system i did try before to format my drive but would not let me so deltree windows then tryed to install but thats as far as i can get

06-15-2006, 03:30 AM	#2 (permalink)
Inactive Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,704 OS: ~	download a bootable floppy from here and boot to it. (you might need to set the boot order in the BIOS to floppy first then CD-ROM and then HD). when you have an A:\ prompt type format c:\ and then reinstall windows. __________________ "it takes two to lie, one to lie and one to listen" Homer

06-15-2006, 03:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
Zazula Manager Emeritus, I'm blond, James Blond Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 7,667 OS: Win XP Pro SP2	So, to get things straight, you have a freshly formatted hdd and you cannot install Win98. I'd suggest you to visit the hdd manufacturer's site and download the zero utility they provide. (You have to know the hdd exact model.) For example, Western Digital calls this utility "Data Lifeguard Tools". Select the utility version (DOS, floppy) that matches your hdd model. After that, follow the hdd oem's instructions to create a floppy. Use it to thoroughly check your disk first, and then to zero it out. (It would also be a good idea at this stage to check your memory as well, with Windows Memory Diagnostic.) After all these steps, try again installing Win98 and post back if it worked OK. __________________ "Time is the wisest because it discovers everything" Thales of Miletus (ca.624BC-ca.546BC) "Everything flows, nothing stands still." Heraclitus of Ephesus (ca.535BC-475BC) "One thing I know, that I know nothing" Socrates of Athens (ca.470BC–399BC)

06-15-2006, 05:16 AM	#6 (permalink)
Inactive Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,704 OS: ~	oh sorry, i thought you had tried to delete folders and not being successful continued to install with folders on C:\ you could use boot n nuke which will wipe the HD clean, but as zazula said using the manufacturers utilities program will check the HD according to it's build. once the HD has been properly wiped you shouldn't have any problems installing windows. __________________ "it takes two to lie, one to lie and one to listen" Homer

06-15-2006, 04:18 AM	#4 (permalink)
patp23 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 41 OS: winxp	thanks will try

06-15-2006, 06:05 AM	#7 (permalink)
patp23 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 41 OS: winxp	Thank,s all but been working on this since Wednesday, so its up the shop cant stand it any longer, or out the window one off the two thank again