Divide Overflow
 

I am reinstalling Windows 98 on a small hard drive (8g) and everytime I try
it gets to "Windows 98 is now installing its driver database" and everything
freezes up and at the top left of the screen it says"Your program caused a
divide overflow error. If the problem persists contact your program vendor".
Thats as far as it will go. H E L P !!!!!

Divide Overflow
 

Are you trying to install over the top of the existing system or is the hard
drive blank? If the drive is blank, I would suspect a hardware problem,
likely ram or CPU. If you are installing over the top, then I would format
the drive (providing there are no files that you need) and install the
system clean. What lead you to reinstall the system--were you having
problems and if so, what were they?

--
Regards


Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo



"Teri" wrote in message
...
I am reinstalling Windows 98 on a small hard drive (8g) and everytime I try
it gets to "Windows 98 is now installing its driver database" and
everything
freezes up and at the top left of the screen it says"Your program caused a
divide overflow error. If the problem persists contact your program
vendor".
Thats as far as it will go. H E L P !!!!!

Divide Overflow
 

The drive had started with windows 98 on it then somebody installed Windows
XP on it. I was given the pc and I decided to take it back down to Windows
98. I had formatted the drive and it was a clean install. BUT something
happened during format to make me think it may be the drive going bad. It
kept saying something about "trying to recover allocation unit"

"Ron Badour" wrote:

Are you trying to install over the top of the existing system or is the hard
drive blank? If the drive is blank, I would suspect a hardware problem,
likely ram or CPU. If you are installing over the top, then I would format
the drive (providing there are no files that you need) and install the
system clean. What lead you to reinstall the system--were you having
problems and if so, what were they?

--
Regards


Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo



"Teri" wrote in message
...
I am reinstalling Windows 98 on a small hard drive (8g) and everytime I try
it gets to "Windows 98 is now installing its driver database" and
everything
freezes up and at the top left of the screen it says"Your program caused a
divide overflow error. If the problem persists contact your program
vendor".
Thats as far as it will go. H E L P !!!!!

Divide Overflow
 

Pop the cover off and determine what brand of hard drive you have. Then go
to the drive maker's web site and download their diagnostic software. It
runs from a floppy disk and will determine the health of your drive.

--
Regards


Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo



"Teri" wrote in message
...
The drive had started with windows 98 on it then somebody installed
Windows
XP on it. I was given the pc and I decided to take it back down to
Windows
98. I had formatted the drive and it was a clean install. BUT something
happened during format to make me think it may be the drive going bad. It
kept saying something about "trying to recover allocation unit"

"Ron Badour" wrote:

Are you trying to install over the top of the existing system or is the
hard
drive blank? If the drive is blank, I would suspect a hardware problem,
likely ram or CPU. If you are installing over the top, then I would
format
the drive (providing there are no files that you need) and install the
system clean. What lead you to reinstall the system--were you having
problems and if so, what were they?

--
Regards


Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo



"Teri" wrote in message
...
I am reinstalling Windows 98 on a small hard drive (8g) and everytime I
try
it gets to "Windows 98 is now installing its driver database" and
everything
freezes up and at the top left of the screen it says"Your program
caused a
divide overflow error. If the problem persists contact your program
vendor".
Thats as far as it will go. H E L P !!!!!

Divide Overflow
 

To elaborate on Ron's suggestion:

If you don't know what brand the drive is, you can download the limited-use free
edition of OnTrack Data Advisor from this location:
http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor

When you click the download link on that page for Data Advisor 5.0 Free edition, you
will be taken to a page to register with the OnTrack site, then you will be able to
download the diskette creator file.

The downloads are diskette creators. They are to be run once from a working Windows
system and will guide you through the process of extracting the Data Advisor onto a
3.5" floppy disk.

Download and Use Instructions:
http://www.ontrack.com/dataadvisor/downloadinfo.asp

As far as I know, Maxtor's diagnostics will also work with any brand of drive, and
the older versions of Seagate Seatools also, but I am not sure about the new
version.

Hard Drive Diagnostic Programs by Vendor:

OnTrack Data Advisor:
http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor
IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test:
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm
Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools:
http://support.wdc.com/download/
Quantum/Maxtor PowerMax:
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm
Seagate SeaTools:
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html
Download:
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/B7a.html
http://www.seagate.com/support/seato...toold_reg.html

--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Teri" wrote in message
...
The drive had started with windows 98 on it then somebody installed Windows
XP on it. I was given the pc and I decided to take it back down to Windows
98. I had formatted the drive and it was a clean install. BUT something
happened during format to make me think it may be the drive going bad. It
kept saying something about "trying to recover allocation unit"

"Ron Badour" wrote:

Are you trying to install over the top of the existing system or is the hard
drive blank? If the drive is blank, I would suspect a hardware problem,
likely ram or CPU. If you are installing over the top, then I would format
the drive (providing there are no files that you need) and install the
system clean. What lead you to reinstall the system--were you having
problems and if so, what were they?

--
Regards


Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo



"Teri" wrote in message
...
I am reinstalling Windows 98 on a small hard drive (8g) and everytime I try
it gets to "Windows 98 is now installing its driver database" and
everything
freezes up and at the top left of the screen it says"Your program caused a
divide overflow error. If the problem persists contact your program
vendor".
Thats as far as it will go. H E L P !!!!!