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Win Me hangs during Hardware Install

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Wiseguy69

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A friend has a new CD-RW that I installed for him. The bios detects it ok but when Win Me starts and begins to install the device it hangs on 0%. I've tried safe mode, virus checks, Win update, Ad-Aware, Dianostic Startup... any ideas?

the CD-RW works fine on my PC.
 
As unpleasant and radical as it may sound : get another OS.

Sorry about this but WinME is NOT a good OS. I would use Win98 instead of WinME. Or jump to Win2K. Either way is better.
 
Yeah, I know. I have XP Pro and am a big fan, but I'm trying to do this without costing any money. I would just run the install program to repair the install but he has those stupid Gateway system restore disks that completely reformat your hard drive.
 
Is this like a manufactured pc, like a compaq/gateway/dell? If it is also a manufactured pc then maybe the windows that came with it is also a proprietary version. So when it gets to the hardware detection phase it is expecting certain components but is finding things that aren't stock. Try to remove whatever you need to in order to get it to work.
 
usually when you boot into windows it will try to recognize the hardware for you. I would cancel that and instead of using the windows application. I would download a driver from the manufacturer and try to run the installer application from the manufacturer. That's just a suggestion.

Another place that you can try to see if you get good drivers or people that have been able to install it is in www.driverguide.com

But I also agree with the rest if I were you I would suggest your friend to install another OS either Windows98 or 2k. In the long run is going to save him a lot of grief and it will be worth it.

Another idea, if nothing works could you install the driver by booting using a dos disk.

I hope this helps,
pitupepito
 
How do you install it with a DOS disk?

As far as cancelling the install, I can't. Before anything loads, Me "builds the driver info database" and offers no option to cancel. Ctrl-alt-del to end the task doesn't help either.
 
I'll jump in on the ME bashing. I'm one of those tards with a couple of legacy apps that need real DOS. Win 98 SE works well for me and it can be tamed. OTOH, ME is possibly the worst Windows version ever released. If you don't want to go forward to XP Pro, go back to 98 SE.
Originally posted by: Wiseguy69
How do you install it with a DOS disk?
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You don't need a boot floppy if the machine supports booting from CD-ROM. Just set that in the CMOS. If you need to setup Windows from a floppy, all you need is a bootable floppy that will recognize the CD-ROM.

1. On a Win 98 machine, go to the DOS prompt, insert a blank floppy in A:, and type SYS A:.

2. If you want to do a really clean job, next type DELTREE/Y A:*.BIN. This will get rid of the large hidden binary file, DRVSPACE.BIN, which is totally useless on a bootable floppy, and leave more space for other utilities you may find useful.

3. Make the disk able to use a mouse and the CD-ROM when booting from it. Copy the following files to the floppy:

MSCDEX.EXE.
OAKCDROM.SYS, or any other good generic CD-ROM driver.
MOUSE.COM (a good generic mouse driver, such as MS ver. 8.2 is small and handy.)

4. Create a CONFIG.SYS file with this statement: DEVICE=OAKCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD001 (Or substitute the name of your CD-ROM driver.

5. Create an AUTOEXEC.BAT file with these statements:

VERIFY ON
MSCDEX /D:MSCD001 /V
MOUSE

When you boot from the floppy, just type D:\SETUP <Enter>. If the CD-ROM is another letter, change the command appropriately.
As far as cancelling the install, I can't. Before anything loads, Me "builds the driver info database" and offers no option to cancel. Ctrl-alt-del to end the task doesn't help either.
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If you're going to blow off Win ME, you can always use the off switch. You don't really care if you corrupt the files on the drive if you're going to change OS's. 🙂

BTW, ME doesn't allow the above proceedure. They removed the ability to create a bootable floppy from the DOS prompt.
 
Linux... yeah that's a good thing to tell this guy. I'm sure he'll jump at the chance to overhaul his computer and go with an OS he's never heard of.
 
Agreed. Linux might be good for everyday people by now but shouldn't be considered the all mighty solution to all Windows problems. some people just don't WANT to change OS.

Anyway, is your problem solved?
 
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