Installing Windows 98 headaches

[bulldog67]

I upgraded from win95 to win98. The computer froze so I had to shut it down with the switch, then it wouldn't restart. There was very little memory left on the hard drive. After a lot of different error messages which I worked through, I thought I was at a point where I could reinstall windows98. Wrong! Apparently in my deleteing frenzy some of the necessary files disappeared. When I try the new install I get something like the following: "The computer may have disk compression." "This system may contain an existing operating system or data, setup cannot continue". Help!!!

[sea69]

Win98 needs alot more room than win95.

How much RAM do u have?

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[bulldog67]

80 megs. Different looking number for RAM, but that's what the printout said.

[Paleo Pete]

Format it first. Setup is telling you it still finds files left over that indicate an operating system is installed.

Quick Guide to a Win98 Fresh Start (http://www.hardwarehell.com/fdisk.htm) might help.

Formatting should get rid of the disk compression issue as well.

What size is the hard drive? Win 98 takes a bit more drive space than 95, and if it's a small drive to begin with it may have been compressed to get win95 to fit. If it's that small, win98 may not work at all.

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