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windows 98 boot problem
Name: Bart12345 Date: December 11, 2002 at 04:53:55 Pacific OS: Win 98 CPU/Ram: 32 Mb
Comment:
Windows 98 won't boot, I installed it on my formatted hard drive "C". in the installation it needs to reboot twice, but by the second time that it reboots, it just locks up when it comes by the second windows 98 screen. if I reboot in safe mode, the computer locks up if the desktop appears, no icons and no start button or anything like that, just a bleu screen. can somebody please tell me what the problem is and how I can fix it? thanx
Name: Kevin Date: December 11, 2002 at 05:20:12 Pacific
Reply:
Sounds like there must be something wrong with the installation. Format it again and reinstall. Delete any partitions that you have.
Kevin.
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Response Number 2
Name: Bart12345 Date: December 11, 2002 at 05:30:16 Pacific
Reply:
I've done thatalready, three times, tried to install it on another computer and that worked so there's nothing wrong with the partitions or something like that, i think
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Response Number 3
Name: Sidahmed Date: December 11, 2002 at 06:20:17 Pacific
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Had the same problem a while back. Turned out the problem was a faulty RAM module I had just installed before trying to install windows. Removed RAM module and it installed fine. Might want to check that.
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Response Number 4
Name: paul miller Date: December 11, 2002 at 07:33:33 Pacific
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"Just a blue screen?" What does it say?
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Response Number 5
Name: Bart12345 Date: December 11, 2002 at 08:26:27 Pacific
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there's nothing on the bleu screen, it is supposed to be my desktop in safe mode, but it's just a empty screen that is blue colored. It doesn't has icons or a start button on it. and i only can turn the computer of by shutting the power supply. I will check on that ram module, hope that it will work, thanks for the help.
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