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floppy challenge, trying to ready a machine for win98se install
Hi all,
I was given a Gateway 2000 P5-133 desktop computer, I have been trying to get all the components working so I can install win98 on it, it currently had win95 and does boot up. My intent is to fdisk and format the drive to do a clean install of win98se. I've replaced the floppy drive, the CD drive, removed a Nic card that seemed to be causing a system resource error on bootup.. and thought I had it all ready to go, but even though the floppy drive will display the files on the floppy disk, it won't let me copy them to the hard drive, or access them in any way... I can highlight them, either individually or with the Ctrl+A, drag them to the HD, the transfer window comes up , then I get the following error: "Cannot copy filename, The system cannot read from the specified device" This is the 3rd floppy drive I've put in here, the first two wouldn't even show the files... all these floppy drives came out of working units. Oh, I've also replaced the ribbon cable to the floppy. On bootup it does auto detect all the drives (C:, D:, and the CDRom) and the floppy and tells me it's "installed". I was able to copy the win98 folder to the D: drive from the CD, and will install from there, is this a problem that could be fixed by the O/S or is this a hardware problem? Thanks for any help or ideas. niteowl |
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floppy challenge, trying to ready a machine for win98se install
Why don't you fdisk and format the drive and then install W98? If you are
just making sure the floppy drive will work, boot with a W98 start up disk in the system to ensure the drive works in DOS mode. The floppy drive will need to be set as the first boot device in the BIOS. For information on installing W98, go to: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html -- 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 "niteowl" wrote in message ... Hi all, I was given a Gateway 2000 P5-133 desktop computer, I have been trying to get all the components working so I can install win98 on it, it currently had win95 and does boot up. My intent is to fdisk and format the drive to do a clean install of win98se. I've replaced the floppy drive, the CD drive, removed a Nic card that seemed to be causing a system resource error on bootup.. and thought I had it all ready to go, but even though the floppy drive will display the files on the floppy disk, it won't let me copy them to the hard drive, or access them in any way... I can highlight them, either individually or with the Ctrl+A, drag them to the HD, the transfer window comes up , then I get the following error: "Cannot copy filename, The system cannot read from the specified device" This is the 3rd floppy drive I've put in here, the first two wouldn't even show the files... all these floppy drives came out of working units. Oh, I've also replaced the ribbon cable to the floppy. On bootup it does auto detect all the drives (C:, D:, and the CDRom) and the floppy and tells me it's "installed". I was able to copy the win98 folder to the D: drive from the CD, and will install from there, is this a problem that could be fixed by the O/S or is this a hardware problem? Thanks for any help or ideas. niteowl |
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floppy challenge, trying to ready a machine for win98se install
On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 12:47:04 -0500, "Ron Badour"
wrote: Why don't you fdisk and format the drive and then install W98? If you are just making sure the floppy drive will work, boot with a W98 start up disk in the system to ensure the drive works in DOS mode. The floppy drive will need to be set as the first boot device in the BIOS. well duh, ok, I did that and it worked just fine.. so what could have been the problem? I just finished fdisking and am in the process of formatting the drive now... thanks for your help. niteowl |
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floppy challenge, trying to ready a machine for win98se install
You were having problems with the drive in Windows as there was apparently
some Windows glitch. However, in that you are installing to a clean drive from DOS, the problem is irrelevant:-) -- 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 "niteowl" wrote in message ... On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 12:47:04 -0500, "Ron Badour" wrote: Why don't you fdisk and format the drive and then install W98? If you are just making sure the floppy drive will work, boot with a W98 start up disk in the system to ensure the drive works in DOS mode. The floppy drive will need to be set as the first boot device in the BIOS. well duh, ok, I did that and it worked just fine.. so what could have been the problem? I just finished fdisking and am in the process of formatting the drive now... thanks for your help. niteowl |
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floppy challenge, trying to ready a machine for win98se install
On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 12:47:04 -0500, "Ron Badour"
wrote: Why don't you fdisk and format the drive and then install W98? If you are just making sure the floppy drive will work, boot with a W98 start up disk in the system to ensure the drive works in DOS mode. The floppy drive will need to be set as the first boot device in the BIOS. Darn!! well, win98se installed just fine, eveything works, EXCEPT I still can't copy or move anything from the floppy to the hard drive. ?????? the files show up, I can highlight them, but they will not transfer, same error as before... "cannot read from specified device" any ideas? thanks, niteowl |
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floppy challenge, trying to ready a machine for win98se install
Try a different floppy disk. I have seen floppies that were damaged act
that way. -- 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 "niteowl" wrote in message news On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 12:47:04 -0500, "Ron Badour" wrote: Why don't you fdisk and format the drive and then install W98? If you are just making sure the floppy drive will work, boot with a W98 start up disk in the system to ensure the drive works in DOS mode. The floppy drive will need to be set as the first boot device in the BIOS. Darn!! well, win98se installed just fine, eveything works, EXCEPT I still can't copy or move anything from the floppy to the hard drive. ?????? the files show up, I can highlight them, but they will not transfer, same error as before... "cannot read from specified device" any ideas? thanks, niteowl |
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floppy challenge, trying to ready a machine for win98se install
On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 15:26:01 -0500, "Ron Badour"
wrote: Try a different floppy disk. I have seen floppies that were damaged act that way. ok, a new one worked, though that old floppy still worked just fine in the other machine.. ?? very odd.. thanks again, niteowl |
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floppy challenge, trying to ready a machine for win98se install
If the heads were not aligned perfectly in the drive that made it, another
drive could have problems reading the disk. -- 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 "niteowl" wrote in message ... On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 15:26:01 -0500, "Ron Badour" wrote: Try a different floppy disk. I have seen floppies that were damaged act that way. ok, a new one worked, though that old floppy still worked just fine in the other machine.. ?? very odd.. thanks again, niteowl |
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