Windows 98 Help

[imported_Catracho]

I'm trying to install Windows 98 on an old computer of mine...I'm using the start up disk..everything goes fine until i do the comand...E:\setup. Set up checks the HD and says "No Errors Found" but...when It scans again to load the setup files I get this message ....
BOOT SECTOR WRITE!
VIRUS: Continue (Y/N) I type Y but nothing happens...any idea on how to get past this?
Thanks

[Mario J]

;)
howdy,
sounds like you still have some form of anti-virus running at your bios level..you want to startup in bios and disable all AV procedures, me thinks.. then try it..I think whats actually happening to cause this "prob" is that at boot up, your PC is actually seeing your bios as a potential Virus...need I say any more? ..
If you do a floppy boot with a 3.5 floppy, you'll see this very problem addressed in the help file displayed after the floppy has got you into DOS....
keep on truckin'
Mario J

[imported_Catracho]

I go to my BIOS by pressing Delete...right? Ok I'm being asked for a password...any idea on how to get arond this? The computer is mine so...anything to help me

[Mario J]

:))
If you didn't set a password entry it really shouldn't be chuckin' one at you, but there was a period round about 96-98 where microsoft set a default supervisor password of "ford".. ...a real stab in the dark, that one.. if it works, I'll eat my mousemat...
Mario J
Good luck

[Kevhead2]

Did you do a FDisk

[harrycary]

Remove and reinstall the battery on the motherboard to reset the bios.

[imported_Catracho]

Originally posted by harrycary@20 May 2003 - 23:56
Remove and reinstall the battery on the motherboard to reset the bios.
I thought of that...I'll do it. Yeah I fdisked and made a partition for "98 but when setup was loading the files i got that message...I"ll do the battery thing. Take it off and put it back on. Thanks again

[firefox]

these are all good tips. If you can find the model number of your mother board, usually written someplace on the motherboard, you can do a search for the manuel on the internet and there is a jumper on it the you can move for a minute and it will clear the Bios for you. Also most mother boards have this jumber labeled on the board. The battery thing works too. Just leave the battery out for a bit. I have seen some boards keep the bios info for at least 30 minutes or so. Once you do this disable the virus protection on the bios while you install win98. Also for a faster install and no anoying questions do a setup like this:

setup /ie /is /iv /im (this skips the memory check, disk check, does not display the fancy while you are waiting to install. Goes by quicker on the install.

[imported_Catracho]

Thank you all. Problem solved. I've installed Wind 98. I cant get updates though...but works fine.

[imported_Catracho]

Ok...I need your help again! I've installed Wind 98...it's an old computer but runs pretty cool now...I think the Display driver isnt suported. I right lick on my desktop then go to setings and i see the the colors are only 2 and 15...Any Idea on where i can get drivers for my computers display?

[MadDog-2000]

Hey Catracho,

check what kind of graphics card you have. If you don't know it out of your head open up the PC and take a look at the card, it usually tells you what chip set is on it and some kind of serial or product number. If the you don't see a graphics card check the motherboard it might have onboard graphics. If so, find out what motherboard you have and look for technical specs on the net. Then, just go to the manufacturer's site and download the drivers for it. If you can't find it e-mail me and I will try to help you out.

By the way, I got a bunch of Win 98 updates on my hard drive. If you need some updates contact me, if you can't find them anywhere else. If you want to make Win 98 even faster, go download a program called 98lite Pro 4.1 or 4.6, it will remove all kinds of crap from Win 98 that you don't need. It even allows you to remove the IE and Outlook Express, including the HTML engine, which is loaded during start-up. Then just install Mozilla and you got one really fast Win 98!

[imported_Catracho]

Originally posted by MadDog-2000@21 May 2003 - 18:16
Hey Catracho,

check what kind of graphics card you have. If you don't know it out of your head open up the PC and take a look at the card, it usually tells you what chip set is on it and some kind of serial or product number. If the you don't see a graphics card check the motherboard it might have onboard graphics. If so, find out what motherboard you have and look for technical specs on the net. Then, just go to the manufacturer's site and download the drivers for it. If you can't find it e-mail me and I will try to help you out.

By the way, I got a bunch of Win 98 updates on my hard drive. If you need some updates contact me, if you can't find them anywhere else. If you want to make Win 98 even faster, go download a program called 98lite Pro 4.1 or 4.6, it will remove all kinds of crap from Win 98 that you don't need. It even allows you to remove the IE and Outlook Express, including the HTML engine, which is loaded during start-up. Then just install Mozilla and you got one really fast Win 98!
I dont see a graphics card...I think it has an onboard chip card...I dont know what model the moderboard is..I see two numbers though. The first one looks like this : (P/N : 586-0429 DELHI-III) The sec. Looks like this S/N (4) 300245-5035505

[firefox]

try going here for the driver you are looking for Storage Driver (http://www.storagedrivers.com/drivers/29/29253.htm). This page says that your computer is an E Machine, is this correct. Also for the windows update to work correctly you need to make sure you have the correct date on your computer. If that does not work, what error are you getting.

[imported_Catracho]

I clicked on that site and was asked to register....so i registered and dloaded the file. Installed it bu nothing happens. Still colors are being displayed very poor. I only have two color settings 2 and 16.