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Thread ID: 28328	2002-12-16 19:50:00	Incompatible Dos on W98 install??	Shroeder (492)	Press F1

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106644	2002-12-16 19:50:00	Hi all I picked up a computer from work for my folks. Work 'cleaned' it before it got to me, to the extent that it wouldn't actually boot up. (Though I know it had previously run Windows NT on a NTFS file system. I used a w95 boot disk which loaded utilities to a RAM disk. From there I: used FDisk to install a primary DOS partition and made it active; then I used the utilities to do a >Format c: Following this I booted into my spare (legit) W98 CD-rom and ran install. All seemed to work well until it automatically rebooted (I think for pretty much the final time) and then it says (from memory): Your version of DOS is incompatible with Windows 98... Hmm... I'm not sure where to go from here. ?:| Any help or ideas will be greatfully accepted	Shroeder (492)
106645	2002-12-16 21:51:00	That's an odd one. go to www.bootdisk.com and download a new bootdisk image. Or http: (my personal preference)	crozier (2004)
106646	2002-12-16 22:30:00	95 Boot disk makes a fat16 or something like that,windows 98 needs fat32.i would us a ib 98 boot disk and start again.	BootyLicious (526)
106647	2002-12-16 22:32:00	Correct, but 98 can still read FAT16, just like 2K and XP and any Windows OS! Although I too would reccommend at 98 Boot disk	Chilling_Silence (9)
106648	2002-12-17 05:22:00	>>>>>>>>> I used a w95 boot disk which loaded utilities to a RAM disk. From there I: Windows 95 boot disks do not natively create RAM disks - the DOS version could be anything. Ram drive creation requires modifications to autoexec.bat and config.sys. Use a Windows boot disk of the same version as the OS being installed >>>>>>>>> used FDisk to install a primary DOS partition and made it active; Fdisk is version sensitive - ensure it is the same version as the OS being installed. Use a Windows boot disk of the same version as the OS being installed >>>>>>>>> then I used the utilities to do a >Format c: Format is version sensitive - ensure it is the same version as the OS being installed. Also Ram drives are not created natively in any Windows OS - modifications to autoexec.bat and config.sys must be done. Use a Windows boot disk of the same version as the OS being installed >>>>>>>>> Following this I booted into my spare (legit) W98 CD-rom and ran install. You are using either a Windows 98 startup disk or a modified bootdisk of any OS version since boot disks earlier than Win98 do not natively install CD drivers. Use a Windows boot disk of the same version as the OS being installed Solution 1. Pay for a technician to demonstrate and teach you. Solution 2. Access www.bootdisk.com for an OEM Windows 98 boot disk the same version of the OS being installed.	Merlin (503)
106649	2002-12-17 21:35:00	Thanks for the replies all. I tried all the suggestions (except paying someone to do it!) and found I still had trouble (even using the boot disk from the sites suggested...) Anyway, what I opted for was to load W95 (as Mum is used to that anyway). Even this was not without its problems. When it came time in the install to load the drivers and dll files it reboots and then tells me it can't locate them (for some reason when it reboots it doesn't load a cdrom driver). I solved it by re-partitioning and copying the whole CDRom onto the second partition and did the install from there. :D	Shroeder (492)
106650	2002-12-17 21:41:00	Next time you have to install on this PC remember that the boot disk from http://www.startdisk.com/ can copy the cab files form the CD ROM automatically for you.	crozier (2004)
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