Win98 Install prob. during hardware det.

This site says there's a bug in (or was a bug in earlier versions) of Win 98. While that may or may not be true (and I found another site that thinks it's hogwash), try manually extracting some files from the Win 98 CD as explained and see if it helps:

http://home.tampabay.rr.com/philip1/Windows/win_bugs.htm

PS. Here's the guy who thinks the "bug" is hogwash:

http://www.infinisource.com/techfiles/vmm32.html

Boot with a floppy. At a command pmpt, change the dir to c:\windows\command...then type scanreg /restore. Choose a previous date that you had a successful boot.
Also,as crazy as it may sound,I had a similar problem when TCP/IPwas only partially installed.
Hope this helps.

I could not find any knowledge base article on this error message. However, given the small size of your drive I would suspect the following; If this is an upgrade you may have limited space to do the install. Therefore, I would free up as much space as possible by deleting all temp files and deleting all Internet temp files. Clear off as much as possible off your hard drive. Then do a scandisk and then do a defrag and try reinstalling 98...sorry I could not be of further help.

Are you sure you have enough space on the hardrive or that it is compatible? I have seen such cases where the hard-drive was too old. Try a low-level format with DOS and rebuild.

Error Message: VMM32.VXD: Missing/Unable to Load
The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft Windows 98

SYMPTOMS
When you start Windows, you may receive the following error message:

VMM32.VXD: Missing/Unable to Load. Press any key to continue

Pressing any key causes the Shutdown screen to appear.

CAUSE
This behavior can occur if the Umaxis11.386 file is being loaded in the System.ini file. This file is used by a UMAX scanner.

This may also be an intermittant problem with a SCSI Host Adapter. Try different one if this is scenario.

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