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cant load windows 98

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by mikeham

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i wonder if anyone can tell me why i cant get windows 98 to load? after the first start up when windows opens the pc locks. i have re-formatted the drive and went thru the set up procedure, but as soon as windows opens the loading bar at the bottom of the screen runs for about 10 secs and stops. the machine is p2 200mhz 4.2gb 64 ram,award
bios v4.51pg.
could this be bios? would be grateful for any help

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by thechas

This is most often a video problem.

Windows is having trouble installing a "default" driver for your video card.

See if you can boot into safe mode after the lockup.

If so, set the display to the safe mode defaults.

Then, when you get into "normal" mode, install drivers in the following order;
Chipset / motherboard
DirectX (as / if required by video card)
Video card driver
Other devices.

It often helps the installation to remove all but the minimum required devices.
(HDD, CD, Video card, Floppy)
Also, set the BIOS to default settings, and go back and tweak the settings later.
You might want to disable any un-needed ports, and enable them later when you need them.

Chas

by the-bear

While answer 2 is the most likely cause of your problem, it would also be worth you while checking out your RAM chips. I have seen this happen with a faulty RAM Chip, and it was passing the Bios check. So I put the following into the config.sys file"Device=c:\windows\himem.sys /testmem:on" This is much better at finding a fault in a chip.

by jayj1561

don't forget to unplug the computer for a few.It seams like there is still some settings hanging around inside.jay

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