ajdupont
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OK here's what I've got.
Gateway Essential 633C
Micro Star 6312 mobo
Integrated modem audio & video
64 meg ram
20gig hd
My opportunity is I can't install win98. I can do the fdisk and format routine with no problem. But when I run setup on E drive Windows starts its thing and at some point during the install I get a message saying:
"A device file that is specified in the SYSTEM.INI file is damaged. It may be needed to run windows."
Then it proceeds to give me a list of files like VCDFSD--VXDLDR---
VDEF---VPMAD after which it says "press any key to continue" on each one. Then it say "It is now safe to turn your computer off."
I've tried swapping memory with another stick and no help. I've also tried 2 different cdrom drives and 2 different win98 cd's. Same problem. The only other thing I can think of is MOBO. How can I tell if MOBO is bad?
The Gateway support site has a MOBO driver, but I didn't think you had to install it until after windows was loaded.
Any ideas are appreciated.
ajdupont
Gateway Essential 633C
Micro Star 6312 mobo
Integrated modem audio & video
64 meg ram
20gig hd
My opportunity is I can't install win98. I can do the fdisk and format routine with no problem. But when I run setup on E drive Windows starts its thing and at some point during the install I get a message saying:
"A device file that is specified in the SYSTEM.INI file is damaged. It may be needed to run windows."
Then it proceeds to give me a list of files like VCDFSD--VXDLDR---
VDEF---VPMAD after which it says "press any key to continue" on each one. Then it say "It is now safe to turn your computer off."
I've tried swapping memory with another stick and no help. I've also tried 2 different cdrom drives and 2 different win98 cd's. Same problem. The only other thing I can think of is MOBO. How can I tell if MOBO is bad?
The Gateway support site has a MOBO driver, but I didn't think you had to install it until after windows was loaded.
Any ideas are appreciated.
ajdupont