Hmm, no one seems to have answered the actual questions so, here's some for
you..

First question:

How big is the drive? If over 137 gig, then foobar.

Second:
Is the Bios set to AUTO for your drives, or is it hard set/prior detected?
Set to Auto detect.

Third:
Did you format the drive through XP or with the old fdisk and format routine
from DOS days.
If XP: reformat the drive via DOS boot disk. Scandisk it afterwards.

Fourth:
If it was previously used for something else AND you just deleted the stuff
and did not re-format through DOS, did you scandisk afterwards?

Description of the Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me Setup Switches
(Q186111)
Computer Appears to Stop Responding During Windows 98 Setup (Q191391)
Windows 98 Setup Stops Responding While Trying to Play a Sound (Q191257)
Windows 98 Setup Loses Access to Source Drive (Q191827)
Computer Hangs When You Restart for the First Time During Setup (Q193156)
USB Devices May Not Work in Windows 98 Second Edition (Q240075)


Start with these... I put a small comment at the end.,.

"AuldPhart" wrote in message
...
Hello, I will try to keep this as short and consise as I can.

Up until about 6 months ago, I was running WIN98 SE. I
decided to try out XP & SP2, and found that I like it pretty
well. I installed the XP drivers for my ancient ATI All-In-Wonder
Pro 128 AGP vid card. Since then, I have been unable to
perform video capture using VirtualDub.

I decided to install WIN98SE on another drive to get this
ability back. When I try to install, I can get all of the files
loaded on the drive in the WIN98 folder I created. When
it comes time to install the OS, The mouse cursor freezes
at the "Welcome to windows install" window. I borrowed
a friends WIN98 SE disc, and the same thing happens.
I have not changed a thing in regards to hardware since
I last ran WIN98 SE.

Any ideas? Thank you.

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AP

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Suprisingly, Microsoft doesn't control the whole world YET, so use what you
want for access.
Microsoft RARELY follows standards for any of it's software. As long as
there are easily lead people around, Microsoft will dominate, and it's users
will claim it is the best, not knowing any better, regardless of other
indications. It does no good to try to tell them.

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"Most people, sometime in their lives, stumble across truth.
Most jump up, brush themselves off, and hurry on about their business as if
nothing had happen." Winston Churchill
Or to put it another way:
Morpheus can offer you the two pills;
but only you can choose whether you take the red pill or the blue one.
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