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Su0013 hell (win98 First & Second Edition)
Would be very grateful to anyone who can get me out of SU0013 hell,
i.e. Windows 98 setup cannot continue cause of NTFS or other non-fat partition hell (its wrong...it just THINKS its not a Fat or Fat32 partition (tried both!!!). I cannot remember everything I have already tried, but will list as many as come to mind, and after that include some specifics about my system. Even if you can't offer specific solution, looking for possible causes I have overlooked: Already tried: -Microsoft Knowledge Base -Fat and Fat32 -deleting NTFS partition that resided on same disk -reformating -fdisking and reformatting -disconnecting Promise Ultra 133 card -switching hard disks -shutting off and disabling various components -uninstalling bootmagic -installing from windows and from Dos -disconnecting and disabling Zip drive (external) System Components: Intel 1.6 Ghz processor, 768Mb Rdram memory (yes, entry was made so Windows thinks only 512Mb present), Mag LT565 monitor, Turtle Beach Sound Card, 2 Western Digital Hard Drives and 1 Maxtor Hard Drive. Any ideas appreciated, just please don;t be offended if I tell you I've already tried something and forgot to mention it in original post. Thanks, Larry |
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If you boot to DOS and do FDISK / Status, what is the response (verbatim)?
If you have ever had any non-standard partitioning on the disk then I would recommend starting over with a scrubbed disk - ZAP or WIPE at this site will scrub the disk of all partition information: http://www.chicorporation.com/support/IBM.html Don't forget that boot sector virus protection must be turned off in BIOS setup before attempting to install Windows. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "1966olds" wrote in message om... Would be very grateful to anyone who can get me out of SU0013 hell, i.e. Windows 98 setup cannot continue cause of NTFS or other non-fat partition hell (its wrong...it just THINKS its not a Fat or Fat32 partition (tried both!!!). I cannot remember everything I have already tried, but will list as many as come to mind, and after that include some specifics about my system. Even if you can't offer specific solution, looking for possible causes I have overlooked: Already tried: -Microsoft Knowledge Base -Fat and Fat32 -deleting NTFS partition that resided on same disk -reformating -fdisking and reformatting -disconnecting Promise Ultra 133 card -switching hard disks -shutting off and disabling various components -uninstalling bootmagic -installing from windows and from Dos -disconnecting and disabling Zip drive (external) System Components: Intel 1.6 Ghz processor, 768Mb Rdram memory (yes, entry was made so Windows thinks only 512Mb present), Mag LT565 monitor, Turtle Beach Sound Card, 2 Western Digital Hard Drives and 1 Maxtor Hard Drive. Any ideas appreciated, just please don;t be offended if I tell you I've already tried something and forgot to mention it in original post. Thanks, Larry |
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Jeff,
I wasn't able to download "Zap" or "Wipe". For some reason the website says they're not available, despite giving a very good description of what they do. However, one thing I have not tried yet is writing zeroes to the disk. I have always been very careful about NOT using EZ Drive or anything like it (that's why I bought my first Ultra 66 Controller Card), and in fact used Maxtor's boot disk the other day which said that EZ drive was not-installed. But I suppose its possible that at some point during some experimentation I could have put it on. Still highly doubt it as Partition Magic didn't like it at all. And as for Partition Magic and Bootmagic, I did uninstall Bootmagic (which made no difference) and recreated all partitions from scratch with Fdisk earlier. Am wondering if there's a downloadable application that can detect whether anything like EZ Drive is residing on my PC. Either that, or I'll find something equivalent to Zap or Wipe and try that. Also....The boot sector virus protection is turned off in the Bios. And oh... I haven't made another attempt to install since I posted [when I do, I'll make a note and post here], but regarding your inquiry as to exact feedback during Fdisk and format, everything proceeds normally (except for su0013 later during Windows installation). Back to the drawing board for now, but thank you. I'll post again with any new developments and check here for any info posted too. Larry "Jeff Richards" wrote in message ... If you boot to DOS and do FDISK / Status, what is the response (verbatim)? If you have ever had any non-standard partitioning on the disk then I would recommend starting over with a scrubbed disk - ZAP or WIPE at this site will scrub the disk of all partition information: http://www.chicorporation.com/support/IBM.html Don't forget that boot sector virus protection must be turned off in BIOS setup before attempting to install Windows. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "1966olds" wrote in message om... Would be very grateful to anyone who can get me out of SU0013 hell, i.e. Windows 98 setup cannot continue cause of NTFS or other non-fat partition hell (its wrong...it just THINKS its not a Fat or Fat32 partition (tried both!!!). I cannot remember everything I have already tried, but will list as many as come to mind, and after that include some specifics about my system. Even if you can't offer specific solution, looking for possible causes I have overlooked: Already tried: -Microsoft Knowledge Base -Fat and Fat32 -deleting NTFS partition that resided on same disk -reformating -fdisking and reformatting -disconnecting Promise Ultra 133 card -switching hard disks -shutting off and disabling various components -uninstalling bootmagic -installing from windows and from Dos -disconnecting and disabling Zip drive (external) System Components: Intel 1.6 Ghz processor, 768Mb Rdram memory (yes, entry was made so Windows thinks only 512Mb present), Mag LT565 monitor, Turtle Beach Sound Card, 2 Western Digital Hard Drives and 1 Maxtor Hard Drive. Any ideas appreciated, just please don;t be offended if I tell you I've already tried something and forgot to mention it in original post. Thanks, Larry |
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I did see it. Unfortunately it offers no solution.
But thank you for sending in case I hadn't. Bill Watt wrote in message . .. On 28 Nov 2004 16:05:30 -0800, (1966olds) wrote: Would be very grateful to anyone who can get me out of SU0013 hell, i.e. Windows 98 setup cannot continue cause of NTFS or other non-fat partition hell (its wrong...it just THINKS its not a Fat or Fat32 partition (tried both!!!). I cannot remember everything I have already tried, but will list as many as come to mind, and after that include some specifics about my system. Even if you can't offer specific solution, looking for possible causes I have overlooked: Already tried: -Microsoft Knowledge Base -Fat and Fat32 -deleting NTFS partition that resided on same disk -reformating -fdisking and reformatting -disconnecting Promise Ultra 133 card -switching hard disks -shutting off and disabling various components -uninstalling bootmagic -installing from windows and from Dos -disconnecting and disabling Zip drive (external) System Components: Intel 1.6 Ghz processor, 768Mb Rdram memory (yes, entry was made so Windows thinks only 512Mb present), Mag LT565 monitor, Turtle Beach Sound Card, 2 Western Digital Hard Drives and 1 Maxtor Hard Drive. Any ideas appreciated, just please don;t be offended if I tell you I've already tried something and forgot to mention it in original post. Thanks, Larry You may have already seen this, but anyway: Try here and scroll down to SU 0013. "SU" Error Message List for Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me Setup: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q129971/ Regards, Bill Watt Computer Help and Information http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/ |
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Try this site instead for ZAP and WIPE.
http://www.digitalissues.co.uk/html/...-wipe-zap.html -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "1966olds" wrote in message m... Jeff, I wasn't able to download "Zap" or "Wipe". For some reason the website says they're not available, despite giving a very good description of what they do. However, one thing I have not tried yet is writing zeroes to the disk. I have always been very careful about NOT using EZ Drive or anything like it (that's why I bought my first Ultra 66 Controller Card), and in fact used Maxtor's boot disk the other day which said that EZ drive was not-installed. But I suppose its possible that at some point during some experimentation I could have put it on. Still highly doubt it as Partition Magic didn't like it at all. And as for Partition Magic and Bootmagic, I did uninstall Bootmagic (which made no difference) and recreated all partitions from scratch with Fdisk earlier. Am wondering if there's a downloadable application that can detect whether anything like EZ Drive is residing on my PC. Either that, or I'll find something equivalent to Zap or Wipe and try that. Also....The boot sector virus protection is turned off in the Bios. And oh... I haven't made another attempt to install since I posted [when I do, I'll make a note and post here], but regarding your inquiry as to exact feedback during Fdisk and format, everything proceeds normally (except for su0013 later during Windows installation). Back to the drawing board for now, but thank you. I'll post again with any new developments and check here for any info posted too. Larry "Jeff Richards" wrote in message ... If you boot to DOS and do FDISK / Status, what is the response (verbatim)? If you have ever had any non-standard partitioning on the disk then I would recommend starting over with a scrubbed disk - ZAP or WIPE at this site will scrub the disk of all partition information: http://www.chicorporation.com/support/IBM.html Don't forget that boot sector virus protection must be turned off in BIOS setup before attempting to install Windows. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "1966olds" wrote in message om... Would be very grateful to anyone who can get me out of SU0013 hell, i.e. Windows 98 setup cannot continue cause of NTFS or other non-fat partition hell (its wrong...it just THINKS its not a Fat or Fat32 partition (tried both!!!). I cannot remember everything I have already tried, but will list as many as come to mind, and after that include some specifics about my system. Even if you can't offer specific solution, looking for possible causes I have overlooked: Already tried: -Microsoft Knowledge Base -Fat and Fat32 -deleting NTFS partition that resided on same disk -reformating -fdisking and reformatting -disconnecting Promise Ultra 133 card -switching hard disks -shutting off and disabling various components -uninstalling bootmagic -installing from windows and from Dos -disconnecting and disabling Zip drive (external) System Components: Intel 1.6 Ghz processor, 768Mb Rdram memory (yes, entry was made so Windows thinks only 512Mb present), Mag LT565 monitor, Turtle Beach Sound Card, 2 Western Digital Hard Drives and 1 Maxtor Hard Drive. Any ideas appreciated, just please don;t be offended if I tell you I've already tried something and forgot to mention it in original post. Thanks, Larry |
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Thanks. I was able to download both Zap and Wipe from link you
provided. I used Zap, then created brand new Dos partitions, but unfortunately, no change as far as SU0013 error in either DOS or Windows setup attempts. I haven't tried Wipe yet, but am skeptical now that the hard disks have anything to do with the cause and probably no virus issues. I guess that's a good thing, but still stumped as to what could be the culprit. I doubt this sheds any light, but neglected to include the entire [SU0013] error message, so am doing that he "Application Error SUWIN CAUSED A GENERAL PROTECTION FAULT IN MODULE UNKNOWN 046F:OCCASUWIN WILL CLOSE" Same message in DOS and Windows, and I searched the Internet (for "046:OCCASUWIN" and variations of it) for several days before posting here, but oddly nothing came up. Before the setup error showed up, I was getting a BSOD upon shutdown citing CDSV4d and Voltrack VXD's. Most of the searches for that seemed to indicate a Win95 (not 98) issue. So, I decided to try reinstalling Win98 over itself just to see what would happen, and reached a deadend with the first SU0013 and an infinite number afterward. Since even DOS install on "zap"'d disk fails, I'm no longer as concerned with the shutdown BSOD's anyway...unless they point toward any particular hardware device or software application. Just before this whole thing started, I had traded locations of my two internal CDRW's, an older HP9100i and a rather generic (but more recent) Digital Research model. However, it has been so long prior to this since I tried to install Win98 (years) that many other changes in software and hardware occured and its difficult to isolate a cause. And... by the way... I restored both devices to their original locations after the SU0013's began, and it didn't make any difference (unless I need to clear something out, but DOS wouldn't care ...right? Well... if you think anything I've mentioned here either implicates or rules out something, please let me know. Thanks, Larry "Jeff Richards" wrote in message ... Try this site instead for ZAP and WIPE. http://www.digitalissues.co.uk/html/...-wipe-zap.html -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "1966olds" wrote in message m... Jeff, I wasn't able to download "Zap" or "Wipe". For some reason the website says they're not available, despite giving a very good description of what they do. However, one thing I have not tried yet is writing zeroes to the disk. I have always been very careful about NOT using EZ Drive or anything like it (that's why I bought my first Ultra 66 Controller Card), and in fact used Maxtor's boot disk the other day which said that EZ drive was not-installed. But I suppose its possible that at some point during some experimentation I could have put it on. Still highly doubt it as Partition Magic didn't like it at all. And as for Partition Magic and Bootmagic, I did uninstall Bootmagic (which made no difference) and recreated all partitions from scratch with Fdisk earlier. Am wondering if there's a downloadable application that can detect whether anything like EZ Drive is residing on my PC. Either that, or I'll find something equivalent to Zap or Wipe and try that. Also....The boot sector virus protection is turned off in the Bios. And oh... I haven't made another attempt to install since I posted [when I do, I'll make a note and post here], but regarding your inquiry as to exact feedback during Fdisk and format, everything proceeds normally (except for su0013 later during Windows installation). Back to the drawing board for now, but thank you. I'll post again with any new developments and check here for any info posted too. Larry "Jeff Richards" wrote in message ... If you boot to DOS and do FDISK / Status, what is the response (verbatim)? If you have ever had any non-standard partitioning on the disk then I would recommend starting over with a scrubbed disk - ZAP or WIPE at this site will scrub the disk of all partition information: http://www.chicorporation.com/support/IBM.html Don't forget that boot sector virus protection must be turned off in BIOS setup before attempting to install Windows. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "1966olds" wrote in message om... Would be very grateful to anyone who can get me out of SU0013 hell, i.e. Windows 98 setup cannot continue cause of NTFS or other non-fat partition hell (its wrong...it just THINKS its not a Fat or Fat32 partition (tried both!!!). I cannot remember everything I have already tried, but will list as many as come to mind, and after that include some specifics about my system. Even if you can't offer specific solution, looking for possible causes I have overlooked: Already tried: -Microsoft Knowledge Base -Fat and Fat32 -deleting NTFS partition that resided on same disk -reformating -fdisking and reformatting -disconnecting Promise Ultra 133 card -switching hard disks -shutting off and disabling various components -uninstalling bootmagic -installing from windows and from Dos -disconnecting and disabling Zip drive (external) System Components: Intel 1.6 Ghz processor, 768Mb Rdram memory (yes, entry was made so Windows thinks only 512Mb present), Mag LT565 monitor, Turtle Beach Sound Card, 2 Western Digital Hard Drives and 1 Maxtor Hard Drive. Any ideas appreciated, just please don;t be offended if I tell you I've already tried something and forgot to mention it in original post. Thanks, Larry |
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ZAP and WIPE do exactly the same job, so if one doesn't make a difference
then the other won't. I presume that FDISK then went through exactly as you would expect it and you were able to create the partitioning how you wanted it. I would recommend stripping the machine down to the minimum required to run setup (including removing extra memory modules, if appropriate, and disabling unneeded devices in device manager). Then run hardware diagnostics, and try the install again. If it succeeds, you can add back or re-enable hardware items one at a time. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "1966olds" wrote in message om... Thanks. I was able to download both Zap and Wipe from link you provided. I used Zap, then created brand new Dos partitions, but unfortunately, no change as far as SU0013 error in either DOS or Windows setup attempts. I haven't tried Wipe yet, but am skeptical now that the hard disks have anything to do with the cause and probably no virus issues. I guess that's a good thing, but still stumped as to what could be the culprit. I doubt this sheds any light, but neglected to include the entire [SU0013] error message, so am doing that he "Application Error SUWIN CAUSED A GENERAL PROTECTION FAULT IN MODULE UNKNOWN 046F:OCCASUWIN WILL CLOSE" Same message in DOS and Windows, and I searched the Internet (for "046:OCCASUWIN" and variations of it) for several days before posting here, but oddly nothing came up. Before the setup error showed up, I was getting a BSOD upon shutdown citing CDSV4d and Voltrack VXD's. Most of the searches for that seemed to indicate a Win95 (not 98) issue. So, I decided to try reinstalling Win98 over itself just to see what would happen, and reached a deadend with the first SU0013 and an infinite number afterward. Since even DOS install on "zap"'d disk fails, I'm no longer as concerned with the shutdown BSOD's anyway...unless they point toward any particular hardware device or software application. Just before this whole thing started, I had traded locations of my two internal CDRW's, an older HP9100i and a rather generic (but more recent) Digital Research model. However, it has been so long prior to this since I tried to install Win98 (years) that many other changes in software and hardware occured and its difficult to isolate a cause. And... by the way... I restored both devices to their original locations after the SU0013's began, and it didn't make any difference (unless I need to clear something out, but DOS wouldn't care ...right? Well... if you think anything I've mentioned here either implicates or rules out something, please let me know. Thanks, Larry "Jeff Richards" wrote in message ... Try this site instead for ZAP and WIPE. http://www.digitalissues.co.uk/html/...-wipe-zap.html -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "1966olds" wrote in message m... Jeff, I wasn't able to download "Zap" or "Wipe". For some reason the website says they're not available, despite giving a very good description of what they do. However, one thing I have not tried yet is writing zeroes to the disk. I have always been very careful about NOT using EZ Drive or anything like it (that's why I bought my first Ultra 66 Controller Card), and in fact used Maxtor's boot disk the other day which said that EZ drive was not-installed. But I suppose its possible that at some point during some experimentation I could have put it on. Still highly doubt it as Partition Magic didn't like it at all. And as for Partition Magic and Bootmagic, I did uninstall Bootmagic (which made no difference) and recreated all partitions from scratch with Fdisk earlier. Am wondering if there's a downloadable application that can detect whether anything like EZ Drive is residing on my PC. Either that, or I'll find something equivalent to Zap or Wipe and try that. Also....The boot sector virus protection is turned off in the Bios. And oh... I haven't made another attempt to install since I posted [when I do, I'll make a note and post here], but regarding your inquiry as to exact feedback during Fdisk and format, everything proceeds normally (except for su0013 later during Windows installation). Back to the drawing board for now, but thank you. I'll post again with any new developments and check here for any info posted too. Larry "Jeff Richards" wrote in message ... If you boot to DOS and do FDISK / Status, what is the response (verbatim)? If you have ever had any non-standard partitioning on the disk then I would recommend starting over with a scrubbed disk - ZAP or WIPE at this site will scrub the disk of all partition information: http://www.chicorporation.com/support/IBM.html Don't forget that boot sector virus protection must be turned off in BIOS setup before attempting to install Windows. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "1966olds" wrote in message om... Would be very grateful to anyone who can get me out of SU0013 hell, i.e. Windows 98 setup cannot continue cause of NTFS or other non-fat partition hell (its wrong...it just THINKS its not a Fat or Fat32 partition (tried both!!!). I cannot remember everything I have already tried, but will list as many as come to mind, and after that include some specifics about my system. Even if you can't offer specific solution, looking for possible causes I have overlooked: Already tried: -Microsoft Knowledge Base -Fat and Fat32 -deleting NTFS partition that resided on same disk -reformating -fdisking and reformatting -disconnecting Promise Ultra 133 card -switching hard disks -shutting off and disabling various components -uninstalling bootmagic -installing from windows and from Dos -disconnecting and disabling Zip drive (external) System Components: Intel 1.6 Ghz processor, 768Mb Rdram memory (yes, entry was made so Windows thinks only 512Mb present), Mag LT565 monitor, Turtle Beach Sound Card, 2 Western Digital Hard Drives and 1 Maxtor Hard Drive. Any ideas appreciated, just please don;t be offended if I tell you I've already tried something and forgot to mention it in original post. Thanks, Larry |
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Oops - the unneeded devices should, of course, be disabled in BIOS setup.
-- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Jeff Richards" wrote in message ... snip I would recommend stripping the machine down to the minimum required to run setup (including removing extra memory modules, if appropriate, and disabling unneeded devices in device manager). Then run hardware diagnostics, and try the install again. If it succeeds, you can add back or re-enable hardware items one at a time. |
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On 29 Nov 2004 16:28:10 -0800,
(1966olds) wrote: I did see it. Unfortunately it offers no solution. But thank you for sending in case I hadn't. Bill Watt wrote in message . .. On 28 Nov 2004 16:05:30 -0800, (1966olds) wrote: Would be very grateful to anyone who can get me out of SU0013 hell, i.e. Windows 98 setup cannot continue cause of NTFS or other non-fat partition hell (its wrong...it just THINKS its not a Fat or Fat32 partition (tried both!!!) Try this utility after you have Fdisked and formatted. It also gives you partition information. Put it on a floppy. Mbrwork www.terabyteunlimited.com 1) Backup First Track 2) Restore First Track 3) Reset EMBR area to zero 4) Reset MBR to zero 5) Install standard MBR code 6) Set a partition active 7) Change active hard drive 9) Capability Check E) Exit Try Resetting MBR to zero then install Standard MBR. To backup the first track the diskette must be writeable. Make sure you are using Fdisk and Format from a Win98 Startup diskette. Regards, Bill Watt Computer Help and Information http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/ |
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