Fresh install rebooting issue

[Guest edstim]

I have an 80GB HDD on which I treid to install Win98. I copied the files to

the HDD and ran the setup from that directory. After all of the files loaded,

the PC rebooted and said it was running windows for the first time. It then

rebooted in the middle of the splash screen. Since then it will not get past

the splash screen without rebooting. Any ideas on why this would be happening

on a clean install?

[Guest MEB]

Re: Fresh install rebooting issue

 

Check the setup log for the error. Find out what it is, and we can provide

information on a work-around

 

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"edstim" <edstim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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| I have an 80GB HDD on which I treid to install Win98. I copied the files

to

| the HDD and ran the setup from that directory. After all of the files

loaded,

| the PC rebooted and said it was running windows for the first time. It

then

| rebooted in the middle of the splash screen. Since then it will not get

past

| the splash screen without rebooting. Any ideas on why this would be

happening

| on a clean install?

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

Re: Fresh install rebooting issue

 

Sounds like it got caught in a loop while installing drivers (or certain

software, I suppose). Personally, I'd strip the machine to minimum hardware

and try again before setting up any formal diagnostics. That means pulling

all cards, including video if onboard is available.

 

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Gary S. Terhune

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http://www.grystmill.com

 

"edstim" <edstim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>I have an 80GB HDD on which I treid to install Win98. I copied the files to

> the HDD and ran the setup from that directory. After all of the files

> loaded,

> the PC rebooted and said it was running windows for the first time. It

> then

> rebooted in the middle of the splash screen. Since then it will not get

> past

> the splash screen without rebooting. Any ideas on why this would be

> happening

> on a clean install?

[Guest philo]

Re: Fresh install rebooting issue

 

 

"edstim" <edstim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:36D67115-A4BC-4BB4-A421-269995724A0D@microsoft.com...

> I have an 80GB HDD on which I treid to install Win98. I copied the files

to

> the HDD and ran the setup from that directory. After all of the files

loaded,

> the PC rebooted and said it was running windows for the first time. It

then

> rebooted in the middle of the splash screen. Since then it will not get

past

> the splash screen without rebooting. Any ideas on why this would be

happening

> on a clean install?

 

 

If you have over 512megs of ram remove any above that amount while

installing.

after you've modified your vcache setting you can add the add'l RAM

 

also: not a bad idea to run a ram test

 

http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp