i have 40gb hard disk on which i can not able to copy win98 why but i m able to install xp and another on c: drive but not win98.when i tried it starts and system hangs after starting copying files to hard disk.please help me why it is
2006-06-12 12:45:54 · 10 answers · asked by jaswant b 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Win what?
2006-06-12 12:48:44 · answer #1 · answered by Justin Time 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try creating a Windows 98 start-up disc, or select command prompt.
What you may need here is the fdisc feature. Look at the options you will find and select show non-dos partitions. Note their names and delete them all. Windows XP creates a little space that stores some files required to run some other stuff. This space is not large enough for Win98 to install on, but it will try.
XP is NTFS (File System)
Win98 is fat16 or fat32 (File system)
Delete the non-dos
Restart with the Windows98 Installation CD and it will tell you the disc needs formatting. Let it do a full format. Good Luck.
2006-06-12 12:54:13 · answer #2 · answered by jinx4swag 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Win 98 was not good with large hard drives. I remember having to partition my drives into 2GB sections in order to get Win98 to be happy with them.
Personally, I'd dump Win98 and buy Windows XP. That way you can keep that entire 40GB as a single drive, running an NTFS file system, which is more robust than FAT.
According to this article, FAT16 has a 4GB partition size limit, so unless you specifically formatted the drive as FAT32, or NTFS, you're not going to be able to use it all anyway.
2006-06-12 13:03:04 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably not the hard drive, probably the win98 disk is scratched. make sure you do a long format not a short one. and why would you want win98 when you can use XP????
2006-06-12 12:48:40 · answer #4 · answered by aroundthecorner_bumpme 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
format all to 98 or xp cant have differnt formats on 2 computers 98 doesnt reconize xp, its like dos.
2006-06-12 12:51:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Forget about that old operating system, stay with XP!!!
2006-06-12 12:49:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you have XP why would you want to put an obsolete version 98 on your computer?
2006-06-12 12:48:51 · answer #7 · answered by Pobept 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might be in the wrong format, is the hd formatted in FAT32? or NTFS
2006-06-12 12:48:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
dump 98 and forget about it.
2006-06-12 12:50:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
just remove both and try again.
2006-06-12 12:48:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋