Windows 98 installation problems. Whats going on?

[christoph83]

Ok so I set up the partition for the harddrive then formatted it. Stuck in the boot disk and started to install windows. Well about 5% into the installation the thing asks me to insert windows 98 when its already in there. So I tell it to look for it on d:\ . No luck. I try d:\win98 no luck. Now I cannot get it even to recognize that the CD is there. Wierd thing too is that it says it loads the ms-dos drivers to drive D but when it looks for the windows 98 cd to install its accessing the E: drive and cant find it. I've installed windows many times without this strange problem. Its a 600mhz duron(for now) on an MSI KT7 Turbo. Help is appreciated.

Edit: May have found the problem. Had the CD-ROM jumper set on slave drive. Will update.

 

[christoph83]

Nope still getting the same error. Its loading the drivers to the D: Drive and when i type in setup to install windows it tries to access the E: drive for the CD and gives me the error. I'm stumped.

 

[Dyngoe]

Hi,
Dos creates a virtual drive for the installation I believe, so the D: thing may be OK. As for not being able to read your CD, try other disks and see if they'll work. If not, it's something between your bootdisk and your CD. Do you have onboard raid or U66/100? Are you using any other controller cards? You might want to try another bootdisk from bootdisk.com I'll try to help with more info.
As Always,
D

 

[christoph83]

I will check out bootdisk.com. It does create a D: drive and i can see some stuff on it,but when i insert windows 98 cd to install. At the D:\ prompt I type Setup. Then it gives me an error about accessing the E: drive abort,retry,fail. It should be accessing the D: but its skipping to the E: I cant figure out why. No onboard raid and it cant read other CD's ive stuck in. Without having a CD in the D: drive has files on it. Is it sopposed to be like that? It has a bunch of random files. It does mention D: as the RAM-DRIVE.

 

[rommel]

is that an upgrade version your trying to load?...if it is then its asking for the real 98 or 95 to confirm you didnt buy the upgrade with out owning a revious version of windows...if thats not the case sorry to make you read this...lol

 

[christoph83]

Tried their bootdisk and got the same error. It has tools loaded to the D: drive and its the MS-RAMDRIVE. I then type setup at the D:\ prompt and it trys to access the E: but cant find it. Giving me the abort,retry,fail error. Any Ideas. Could the CD-ROM be bad. Its a 40X

 

[christoph83]

nope its the full version for new PC's.

 

[rommel]

ooppss...should have read the whole thread...lol...so then E:\>setup worked right?...cuz thats what its lettering yout cd-rom as E

 

[christoph83]

yes its it wants to read the E: Drive but when it does it gives me the abort,retry,fail error. Its not reading the CD. I'm trying another CD-ROM,same one just an extra I have. Will see what happens.

 

[christoph83]

Well the Installation is now working. Its about 10% in. I Stuck in a new CD-ROM. Looks like I had a bad drive. Was getting a few errors on the last one. Thanks for the help guys.

 

[Dyngoe]

Maybe when it boots, it tries to assign d: to the cd. I believe the values are in the autoexec.bat on your bootdisk. If so, change the value to anything above e: This may be it.
As Always.
D