I just bought a second hand compaq pc.When Itry to install windows 98 on it it just restarts itself.This happens on the srep when you have to create a boot disk.If i cancel this step the computer restarts itself and if i try to make a boot disk then i get the error that it cannot initialize the disk although i know the disc is fine.
On the front of the pc its written that it is designed for windows 2000 and windows NT. Could it be that the system is not compatible with windows 98?
2006-11-18 01:51:04 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Cancelling the step of making a boot disk doesnt let the setup proceed by rebooting the system but when i try to install windows 98 using the norton ghost software,it installs successfully and I can use it but i want to install a fresh not just use the image of a previous copy on the other computer.
2006-11-18 03:12:47 · update #1
should normally not be an issue
> designed for win 2000 / nt
can u go to dos prompt & type fdisk
this should tell u file system in hard drive
i suspect that file system is ntfs
win'98 needs fat32
> this may be causing the error
2006-11-18 01:59:09 · answer #1 · answered by sεαη 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is not the reason.
At what point does it "restart itself"? It would really help us if you told us that. Does it get thru the install routine then just reboot, or does it reboot for no reason while you're loading Win98?
Did you check your hard drive before you started? Did you make sure that the HD is good (running utilities from the HD manufacturer), and that it doesn't have a virus on it? A boot sector virus will survive a format, you know.
My bets are on the HD, but that's simply a SWAG (silly wild-a&&ed guess) until I get more info.
2006-11-18 02:01:01 · answer #2 · answered by geek49203 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My vote is on the answer "geek49203". In addition to that I would either get a new Hard Drive or "ZERO out" your current on if it is a Western Digital and you have the Life Guard Utility Disk.
Also check to see if the Version you have is an "Upgrade" or "NEW INSTALL"version. If it is upgrade then you need to have a 301 OS disk.
2006-11-18 02:42:28 · answer #3 · answered by GERALD S. MCSEE 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, if it was designed for Win2000 and NT, why are you trying to install older software on it? It apparently already has Win 2000, so why go back to Win98?
2006-11-18 02:13:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the purely ingredient i can imagine of is wiping the hollow laptop sparkling and statring again i mean formating it as for it putting forward what ever at the front that dont mean crap all pcs can run it (or shall we are saying maximum)
2016-11-29 06:09:16 · answer #5 · answered by coratello 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋