Installation of ME seems to be stuck
 

Hi,

I have a PC that I wanted to do a full re-installation of ME. I did fdisk
and format. Then I rebooted the PC with the ME disk and went to start windows
with CD-ROM support. This did not get me the normal set up procedure screen,
so I typed e:setup. It went into scandisk and reported nothing was wrong and
left me with a e: prompt and a message saying that "Windows setup requires
15328640 bytes available on my c: drive". Can someone give me a few pointers
as I have no clue how to proceed from here? Thanks for the help in advance.

Johnny

Installation of ME seems to be stuck
 

How big is your hard disk, or rather the partition to which you are trying
to install Win Me? I ask as the message you are seeing could possible be
the result of attempting to install Win Me to a large empty partition,
possibly 64GB and setup may not be able to handle the resulting large
integer for the free space. A problem that I know can cause false error
message in other areas.
--
Mike Maltby



Johnny Wong wrote:

I have a PC that I wanted to do a full re-installation of ME. I did
fdisk and format. Then I rebooted the PC with the ME disk and went to
start windows with CD-ROM support. This did not get me the normal set
up procedure screen, so I typed e:setup. It went into scandisk and
reported nothing was wrong and left me with a e: prompt and a message
saying that "Windows setup requires 15328640 bytes available on my c:
drive". Can someone give me a few pointers as I have no clue how to
proceed from here? Thanks for the help in advance.

Installation of ME seems to be stuck
 

Hi Mike,

I checked my partitions and it is as follows: 1. 6997 (NTFS). 2. 7585 (Ext
Dos). 3. 8. Does this help?

Thanks

Johnny

"Mike M" wrote:

How big is your hard disk, or rather the partition to which you are trying
to install Win Me? I ask as the message you are seeing could possible be
the result of attempting to install Win Me to a large empty partition,
possibly 64GB and setup may not be able to handle the resulting large
integer for the free space. A problem that I know can cause false error
message in other areas.
--
Mike Maltby



Johnny Wong wrote:

I have a PC that I wanted to do a full re-installation of ME. I did
fdisk and format. Then I rebooted the PC with the ME disk and went to
start windows with CD-ROM support. This did not get me the normal set
up procedure screen, so I typed e:setup. It went into scandisk and
reported nothing was wrong and left me with a e: prompt and a message
saying that "Windows setup requires 15328640 bytes available on my c:
drive". Can someone give me a few pointers as I have no clue how to
proceed from here? Thanks for the help in advance.

Installation of ME seems to be stuck
 

Johnny,

Well you've solved the problem. Win Me won't install on an NTFS partition
it has to be either FAT (FAT16) or FAT32.
--
Mike Maltby



Johnny Wong wrote:

Hi Mike,

I checked my partitions and it is as follows: 1. 6997 (NTFS). 2. 7585
(Ext Dos). 3. 8. Does this help?

Installation of ME seems to be stuck
 

Hi Mike,

Thanks. I see the problem now. The hard drive was one that used to have XP
installed on it. I guess the next question is how to convert the NTFS back to
FAT16 or FAT32?

Thanks again.

Johnny

"Mike M" wrote:

Johnny,

Well you've solved the problem. Win Me won't install on an NTFS partition
it has to be either FAT (FAT16) or FAT32.
--
Mike Maltby



Johnny Wong wrote:

Hi Mike,

I checked my partitions and it is as follows: 1. 6997 (NTFS). 2. 7585
(Ext Dos). 3. 8. Does this help?

Installation of ME seems to be stuck
 

Johnny,

You stated in your first post that you had fdisked and formatted the
drive. Do this again but this time use a Win Me boot floppy, run fdisk,
click Y for large disk support when asked and the partitions will be
formatted as FAT32.

See also Microsoft Knowledge Base article 255867 - "How to Use the Fdisk
Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=255867) as well as the file
CLEANHD.TXT which is in the Win 9x folder on the Win Me CD and also as
KB271673 - "Windows Millennium Edition Cleanhd.txt File Contents"
(http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=271673).
--
Mike Maltby



Johnny Wong wrote:

Thanks. I see the problem now. The hard drive was one that used to
have XP installed on it. I guess the next question is how to convert
the NTFS back to FAT16 or FAT32?

Thanks again.

Installation of ME seems to be stuck
 

Hi Mike,

Sorry for the late response. Been caught up in the holidays. I just wanted
to thank you for your help.

Johnny

"Mike M" wrote:

Johnny,

You stated in your first post that you had fdisked and formatted the
drive. Do this again but this time use a Win Me boot floppy, run fdisk,
click Y for large disk support when asked and the partitions will be
formatted as FAT32.

See also Microsoft Knowledge Base article 255867 - "How to Use the Fdisk
Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=255867) as well as the file
CLEANHD.TXT which is in the Win 9x folder on the Win Me CD and also as
KB271673 - "Windows Millennium Edition Cleanhd.txt File Contents"
(http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=271673).
--
Mike Maltby



Johnny Wong wrote:

Thanks. I see the problem now. The hard drive was one that used to
have XP installed on it. I guess the next question is how to convert
the NTFS back to FAT16 or FAT32?

Thanks again.

Installation of ME seems to be stuck
 

Johnny Wong wrote:

Sorry for the late response. Been caught up in the holidays. I just
wanted to thank you for your help.

Johnny

I hope that means that all is now OK.

Happy New Year.
--
Mike Maltby