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Can't re-install Win98 because Scandisk won't run
Installing a new board (ASUS P4B), I had to remove and reinstall Win98.
Scandisk won't run. SCANDISK /? works fine, but if I enter just SCANDISK, or SCANDISK /ALL, or call Scandisk at all, it simply hangs, doesn't put anything at all on the screen. This means, I can't install Win98, because the first thing that happens is that the installer program runs Scandisk to check out the disks. The only alternate to "RUN SCANDISK" is "EXIT INSTALLER". There's a bug of some kind in my BIOS, but I don't see how that would do this to Scandisk. Advice, suggestions, recipes, explanations, all will be appreciated. -- R. N. (Dick) Wisan Email: Snail: 37 Clinton St., Oneonta, NY 13820, USA Just your opinion, please, Ma'am; no fax |
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Can't re-install Win98 because Scandisk won't run
When you start the installation, use: setup.exe /is (the /IS switch
bypasses scandisk) -- 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 "Dick Wisan" wrote in message ... Installing a new board (ASUS P4B), I had to remove and reinstall Win98. Scandisk won't run. SCANDISK /? works fine, but if I enter just SCANDISK, or SCANDISK /ALL, or call Scandisk at all, it simply hangs, doesn't put anything at all on the screen. This means, I can't install Win98, because the first thing that happens is that the installer program runs Scandisk to check out the disks. The only alternate to "RUN SCANDISK" is "EXIT INSTALLER". There's a bug of some kind in my BIOS, but I don't see how that would do this to Scandisk. Advice, suggestions, recipes, explanations, all will be appreciated. -- R. N. (Dick) Wisan Email: Snail: 37 Clinton St., Oneonta, NY 13820, USA Just your opinion, please, Ma'am; no fax |
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Can't re-install Win98 because Scandisk won't run
There's a switch you can use to skip running scandisk during the
install. I think it's setup /is but entering setup /? should give you all the available switches. Or an MVP here will know. Dick Wisan wrote: Installing a new board (ASUS P4B), I had to remove and reinstall Win98. Scandisk won't run. SCANDISK /? works fine, but if I enter just SCANDISK, or SCANDISK /ALL, or call Scandisk at all, it simply hangs, doesn't put anything at all on the screen. This means, I can't install Win98, because the first thing that happens is that the installer program runs Scandisk to check out the disks. The only alternate to "RUN SCANDISK" is "EXIT INSTALLER". There's a bug of some kind in my BIOS, but I don't see how that would do this to Scandisk. Advice, suggestions, recipes, explanations, all will be appreciated. -- R. N. (Dick) Wisan Email: Snail: 37 Clinton St., Oneonta, NY 13820, USA Just your opinion, please, Ma'am; no fax |
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Can't re-install Win98 because Scandisk won't run
If you are running setup from a command line, try:
setup /is this switch will install Windows without running scandisk.. Good Luck... GLCrews,MCP On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 13:17:21 -0400, Dick Wisan wrote: Installing a new board (ASUS P4B), I had to remove and reinstall Win98. Scandisk won't run. SCANDISK /? works fine, but if I enter just SCANDISK, or SCANDISK /ALL, or call Scandisk at all, it simply hangs, doesn't put anything at all on the screen. This means, I can't install Win98, because the first thing that happens is that the installer program runs Scandisk to check out the disks. The only alternate to "RUN SCANDISK" is "EXIT INSTALLER". There's a bug of some kind in my BIOS, but I don't see how that would do this to Scandisk. Advice, suggestions, recipes, explanations, all will be appreciated. |
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