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May 3rd, 2002, 11:10 AM
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| Troubles installing Win98 (VXD Error)
trying to install Win98 on a brand new 20gig Maxtor hdd. After the first restart, windows asks for the cd key. Then it will start to load drivers for any hardware, that's when it happens. I get a BSOD - fatal exeption in VXD. I have tried everything. I have taken out all of his cards, I have swapped the ram, Put in a new bios battery (I was reaching  )
The system is a PII 400, 192m, 8gig WD(old), Maxtor 20gig(brand new), ASUS P2B.
I've done a lot googling on this and found nothing on this error during install.
Any Ideas?
Thanks.
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May 3rd, 2002, 11:56 AM
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I had that problem a lot on a system with heat problems. I know the PII does not get too hot but check the CPU temps and make sure the system/CPU fans are ok.
Also, does the mobo see the hard drive total size in the bios? | |
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May 3rd, 2002, 12:08 PM
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have you tried preparing the drive properly (partition, format) before installation?
eweruk has a point. check also for system instability: temps, bios configuration. check also if you have a good installation CD (scratches, dirt)
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May 3rd, 2002, 12:30 PM
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Yeah the CPU temp is fine. I've gone through the bios and it's ok also. I have tried a couple different Win98 cds. Also, the bios does see the full disk size. Hey Dax, I have done a complete Fdisk and format twice now. I actually think I have got the problem. It looks like one of his 32 meg sticks have gone bad. I am noe doing another fdisk format with just his on 128m stick. I'll post back.
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May 3rd, 2002, 01:02 PM
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Have you tried copying the cab files to the hd and running setup from there?
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May 3rd, 2002, 01:42 PM
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Yeah I did Wombat. I so that for all setups 
I'm at the stage where it was crashing before and seems to be working
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May 3rd, 2002, 01:44 PM
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May 3rd, 2002, 01:48 PM
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WoooooHooooo!!!! It's up and running. I'll have to check now if it was the ram that was bad or slots. Either way, windows is installed and working great!
Thanks for the help...
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May 3rd, 2002, 02:23 PM
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proly just a bad stick. Dont worry too much. Just buy some decent kind (not generic) and you wont have to sweat about it!
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May 4th, 2002, 05:44 PM
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Sometimes if you combine a stick of pc100 with pc133 one will not work properly, and will mess things up a bit. - Jon
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