WHY WIN 98 COULDENT INSTALL SOME DRIVERS

Did you get specific error messages during the re-install? Such as, the setup cannot read from the Disc, the CD-rom? This has happened to me on several ocassions, and Windows98 still re-installs just fine, and reboots after all setup file are copied just fine. Just to be on the safe side, I would also check the condition of your Windows98 CD to make sure it isn't scratched up or has deep grooves in it, preventing setup from extracting CAB files from it.

I am assuming most of the files were either DLL, or VXD files. Re-post to this question if you are still left with an unstable re-install.

Paul M. Chavez

Windows can only automatically install the native refereence drivers for the devices in it's catalog.

This works pretty good for the first few months after the release. Beyond that, you have hardware that is newer than the Windows files, and forstability sake, Windows will not automatically install drivers that do not match the hardware.

What you need to do, is download the drivers from the manufactures web sites, or install tham from the disks that came with the devices.

Start by updating the system / motherboard / chipset drivers.

Then, install DirectX (from Microsoft). Most video cards require DirectX to function properly.

Then the video card drivers, followed by the rest of the installed devices.

Even if the WindowsCD had drivers for all of your hardware devices, for 98, they are over 2 years old!
Newer drivers often improve performance.

If you are having problems locating the drivers to download, check out www.driverguide.com for device drivers.
And www.motherboards.org to identify your motherboard, and get links to the board mfg web site.

Chas