Problems Installing Windows 98 3

[guitarman566]

When I try to install Windows 98 it will guide me through the entire process up to the point when Windows is gathering all driver information. This happens after the CD code is entered. At this point I get that famous blue screen telling me that a "fatal exception 0E has occurred at 0028:C0045274"

I ran Fdisk and formatted the harddrive before installing Windows

 

[ben64]

From what I gather, you are trying to install Win 98 SE.

How are you attempting to install? direct from CD, or copy CD to HD?

 

[Mulga]

May be an issue with one of your hardware components. For a start physically remove all cards from the system except video, and unplug any printer, scanner etc. I would then reformat the drive just to be on the safe side. Now try to install Windows, if it goes ok then reinstall the hardware one item at a time. Help us to help you, please post back and tell us if this helped.

All things are possible except skiing through a revolving door.

 

[guitarman566]

Yep, I am trying to install Win 98 SE from the original CD

 

[Marcs41]

I would suspect RAM at first. If you have more then 1 module in there, remove 1 and try again, If still errors, replace with the other one, and so on if you have more.
Or 2 by 2 if you have 4.
Work by elimination.
It is also possible your original CD is damaged (scratched?). The solution is out there.

 

[guitarman566]

Took all the cards out. The only thing left is the video card, cd-rom, hard drive and floppy drive.
Partioned and reformatted drive. Installed windows all the way to where I enter the product key. Then it says: "Windows 98 is initializing the driver database" and here comes the blue screen complaining about some fatal error. I restart the computer. The system prompts for the product key again and there are no more problems initializing the driver database. Windows appears to be installed but anytime I add software and reboot the message appears that an illegal operation was performed and that the registry is unreadable. At this time I useally give up and reformat the hard drive.

When I got this computer it had Windows 2000 on it and it was working fine.

I tried a different copy of Win 98 SE but still the same result. There is only 1 64 MB Ram card installed

 

[Mulga]

I am still thinking hardware, as marcs41 says RAM has noe got to be the prime suspect. If you have access to another stick try that or there is an excellent free test program which runs from a boot floppy called Memtest. You can find it at

http://www.simtel.net/pub/pd/9866.html

Help us to help you, please post back and tell us if this helped.

All things are possible except skiing through a revolving door.

 

[guitarman566]

That was it !!
I put a different RAM card in and everything went smooth

Thanks everybody !!!

 

[Marcs41]

You're welcome The solution is out there.