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Windows 98 Setup Freezes

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by eraser3498

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I'm trying to intall windows98 on an older computer. P90 64MB of ram AT board. Everything goes fine until it starts to gather info about the computer. Once its a 100% complete it either freezes on that screen or the computer restarts. Does anyone have any idea what counld be causing this?

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by cg it

once 98 collects hardware info, it does reboot to install the correct drivers for the hardware it does find. W98 does state approximately how long it will take to install and that it's possible the computer may stop responding during hardware detection and to turn off and then back on. Since it's a Pentium 90, the install will be SLOW , let the installation process run for some additional time [if after 45 minutes] yes, it's frozen and needs to reboot. If you consistently have this Freeze time [try reformating your HDD].

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