Re-installing Windows 98se Problem

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Name: Danny1234
Date: May 15, 2007 at 13:30:38 Pacific
Subject: Re-installing Windows 98se Problem
OS: Windows 98 Second Edition
CPU/Ram: 128mb
Model/Manufacturer: N/A

Comment:

Hi
I keep going around in circles with this problem. I am trying to re-build a Pentium II computer but each time I boot from floppy using SETUP, i get an error saying "Scandisk cannot read from the last cluster on drive C: This cluster is either damaged or y our system is not configured properly, etc". I have already fixed the problem twice by running scandisk and it marked the area bad. I need to know please if this is a problem with the HARD DRIVE ITSELF or whether it is a motherboard, RAM, CPU or other problem because if you can identify the error for me (i.e. hard drive problem) then I can buy a new hard drive to re-install windows 98se and get the computer up and running. I await your replies as the machine is on now and I would like to know what to do at this stage.
Many thanks
Danny1234

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Response Number 1

Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: May 15, 2007 at 13:56:15 Pacific
Subject: Re-installing Windows 98se Problem

Reply: (edit)

Try making a slightly smaller partition.

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Response Number 2

Name: Danny1234
Date: May 15, 2007 at 14:36:56 Pacific
Subject: Re-installing Windows 98se Problem

Reply: (edit)

hi M2
ok i went through the process of fixing the errors but when i reboot with the boot disk, it goes back to the same screen.
I am now taking your advice and deleted the primary dos partition which was 50% used. I am reformatting C now and maybe I should try to make a 25% partition. will this be sufficient?

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Response Number 3

Name: Santa
Date: May 15, 2007 at 14:43:45 Pacific
Subject: Re-installing Windows 98se Problem

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http://www.killdisk.com
This will wipe the hard drive completely and will give you a totally bare drive, no partitons, no marked bad sectors. If it then still finds bad sectors, bin the drive.

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Response Number 4

Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: May 15, 2007 at 14:44:10 Pacific
Subject: Re-installing Windows 98se Problem

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No tellin' without knowing the HD size.

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Response Number 5

Name: Derek
Date: May 15, 2007 at 17:11:13 Pacific
Subject: Re-installing Windows 98se Problem

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Usually when bad sectors get marked as bad it means your HD might not last much longer.
DerekW

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Response Number 6

Name: Valerie (by Garibaldi)
Date: May 15, 2007 at 22:36:48 Pacific
Subject: Re-installing Windows 98se Problem

Reply: (edit)

Could be that bios is not recognising your hdd size due to incorrect settings. Try not having cyls/heads etc specified, just use auto detect and LBA enabled.
Good luck

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Response Number 7

Name: max00
Date: May 19, 2007 at 18:26:56 Pacific
Subject: Re-installing Windows 98se Problem

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If you want to check the drive, run
scandisk c: /surface.
It will check every sector on the drive. If you get more than a handful of bad sectors, trash the drive.

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