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Windows 98 setup stops at copy file
Name: Joe Myers Date: October 5, 2002 at 14:31:18 Pacific OS: win98SE CPU/Ram: 750 MHZ\ 128
Comment:
I am trying to install windows 98 Se on a socket 370 M780mr motherboard with a 750 MHZ computer with a 30 gig hard drive 128 mem a floppy and a cd rom. Each time I try to install the computer gets to the line Copying files need for Windows Setup It then stops and the d:\ pointing at the cd rom is displayed I have trie an oem windows 98, an oem windows 95 and an Update windows se as well as a full install Windows SE any help would be appriciated
Name: Bob Gerschwin Date: October 5, 2002 at 15:30:07 Pacific
Reply:
Try turning off the motherboard memory cache, and programed I/O for attached IDE devices
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Response Number 4
Name: Spamtrap Date: October 5, 2002 at 18:42:28 Pacific
Reply:
Is the cd damaged ? Try copying the setup folder to the hard drive first. If this fails then this would suggest that the cd is damaged. Then try installing from the hard drive.
Summary: I am trying to install 98 on a laptop and it keeps hanging at the point where it says copying files to prepare for install. It does this whether I try it from disk, or the harddrive either one. The HD...
Summary: I've tried everything possible, but when starting the setup for 98 SE, it gets stuck on "Copying files needed for Windows Setup..." and then it just lets the hard drive run until I turn the case off. ...
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