Well it want let me edit my first post and it will let me edit the other post? Wierd. But anyway i meant to add that the disk i used is a OEM full version disk. I was doing a clean install. Even if i use the upgrade disk with a clean install it ask for previous windows ETC then reboots and i still get the error. But lasttime i upgraded from within windows 98 it worked but it left the old 98 recycle bin. Why did it leave the old recycle bin? Also the keyboard would not respond at one point installing Win Me. But installing 98 runs smooth no problems.
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When you say "clean install", you mean you're booting off a WinME boot floppy, running FDISK, then partitioning & formatting, THEN attempting to install WinME?
You can use either the full version or the upgrade to do a "clean install". If you use the upgrade, it will ask for proof of a previous version. At that point, all you need to do is pop in a Win98 CD & browse to the Win98 folder. WinME will confirm, then the installation will continue.
"it want let me edit my first post and it will let me edit the other post? Wierd."
Not weird at all...that's the way it's setup. The original post can NOT be edited.
Who deleted my reply from this morning? Ok i installed Windows Me with the upgrade within Windows 98 SE it upgrades no problems. I use the upgrade disk with a bootdisk and do a clean install. it verifies the 98 SE CD it gets past the part where i put in my COA i click next its like the keyboard is disabled. If i use the full OEM version i get the following error after the first reboot. While initializing IOS Windows Protection Error. You need to restart your computer. System Halted.
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Yes i am formatting the HD. And yes i had the question answered. It was removed for some reason. The drive is a old 13 GB IBM drive. Hitachi now deals with IBM drives so i got the Diagnostics tools from Hitachi and the drive is good no erros. Also i erased the drive with the Hitachi disk. I then recreated the partitions with the Windows Me bootdisk. I rebooted. Then booted back up with the Windows Me bootdisk and formatted the drive like this. Format c:\u it formatted fine no errors. So its not a drive issue.
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BTW, it's supposed to be a forward slash, not a backslash, such as
format C: /u
but it's unnecessary. And from what I've read, there's some question whether the "U switch" is even supported by the WinME boot floppy (which is what you should be using)
"My understanding is that the /U (unconditional) paramter became redundant starting with DOS 7.x and was disabled with ME. Prior to this DOS provided the UNFORMAT command, which was coupled to whether a FORMAT /U had been done or not. When the UNFORMAT command was dropped there was no need for the /U option and all formats became "unconditional". The /U continued to be accepted, but was effectively ignored."
By "does work" do you mean you have now been able to format the HD? If so it must have ignored the \u part.
Or are we to assume you really mean: Format C: /u (which might be OK but is unnecessary)
It's 2.40am here in UK so I'm off but if you are still in trouble then for the benefit of others I would try again sticking to the conventional commands that about everyone else uses (exactly as written, including the space where shown):-
fdisk
format c:
We can then move on to other ideas knowing that the correct commands are being entered.
Have you tried the simple stuff first like unplugging the keyboard and mouse for a few seconds at the point just before you know where it's going to "stick" - then plugging them back in?
I would follow up by inspecting (and if necessary very gently buffing with soft card) the metal contact pins of the memory and reseating the memory stick.
I'm right with Viking. There is no "fix-all" for computers but tarnish on the RAM edge connectors is often the reason for all manner of general problems.
You saying the ram is bad? Now i had some of the post removed. Why do people keep asking why im installing Windows Me? Like i asked before. Why ask Why? I really don't think the ram is bad. I can install XP With no problem. The computer is just too slow for XP.
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No. But you should test it with memtest86 to confirm that it's good.
"Why do people keep asking why im installing Windows Me? Like i asked before. Why ask Why?"
I think it's interesting because a few months ago you said you didn't like WinME, had no luck with it, would never install it, Win98SE is much better, etc.....
Ok well l.o.l i say im not going to do alot of things and i do them again. This is a whole different computer anyway. Its another one that was in my dads office he bought home and gave me scence they upgraded.
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Assuming you got rid of the partitions you created using Fdisk, I would use a different hard drive wiping tool (other than the Hitachi one you mentioned).
Use DBAN. Don't forget to read the dban FAQ's before using.
After you've wiped the drive, shutdown the box and unplug it from the mains. Open the case up and unplug the hard drive's power and IDE cables. Same with the optical drive's power and IDE cables - I'll even let you double check that RAM while you're there ;)
After you've done that check the Windows ME disk isn't scratched.
Plug everything back in nice and tight and power up again ~ from the top, try the installation again ~ post exactly what happens this time round.
I used DBAN wiped the drive and cleaned the ram. Still have same problem. Also found a dell rescource CD for my model ran diagnostic test no problems. Thats why it took awhile for me to reply back.
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