Windows won't install on new computer

[ares32585]

I'm having problems getting Windows98Se to install on a computer that I'm building. I fdisked my hard drive, formatted it. I boot off the boot disk, a menu comes up, I choose "Install Windows 98 off CD", and then I get the message: "Can't find setup files?"
What the heck???? I have a Kenwood 72X True-X CDROM drive. The BIOS detects it and everything. When I try to install it manually by typing "e:\setup" an error comes up and it says "abort, retry, fail". What can I do?

 

[compuwiz1]

Wrong drive? If you have two hard drives, they would be C,D and then there is a ramdrive, which is E that is created when you boot from floppy, so your cdrom would be F. So go to f:\
Then type setup. That should work, if your drive is fdisked, active as primary dos partition and formatted.

 

[TheCorm]

Definately check the drive problem to see if it has moved the CD ROM drive down.

If you have a boot diskette, use that and select Start Computer with CD ROM Support, that normally get things going.

 

[TheCorm]

Definately check the drive problem to see if it has moved the CD ROM drive down.

If you have a boot diskette, use that and select Start Computer with CD ROM Support, that normally get things going.

Also, you have installed the drivers for the CD ROM and used MS-CDEX to set it up yes?

 

[ares32585]

I know, I've tried f:. However, when I type setup, I get the message: "CDR101 unable to read (Abort,Retry,Fail)

 

[ares32585]

I've tried to install the DOS drivers from KenwoodTech's website, but the instructions are cryptic and I don't know if I did it right. Can anyone here help me?

 

[ranting]

Is that an original Win CD, of is it a backup copy ? If it's a copy, it might simply be that your CDROM can't read the CD.
If not, try fiding the specifc drivers for the CDROM drive and put those on your boot disk.