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need help with windows ME install
Ok i have tried about 4 times to install windows ME on a system that i
will be using to run a Vent server, the system specs are, Hard Drive-8 gigs, processor- pentium-1 266mhz, 164mbs or ram, NIC Card. i am using an iso image for the cd, and a regular floppy for the floppy boot. basically i can get up to the point where ive reformatted c: drive and repartitioned. now when i press e: it accesses it but when i try and run setup.exe or \setup.exe, it says bad command line or file name. i am assuming that this means its a problem with the cd drive. plz help... |
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need help with windows ME install
You need to use the command
E:\Setup.exe That should do it. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's wrote in message oups.com... Ok i have tried about 4 times to install windows ME on a system that i will be using to run a Vent server, the system specs are, Hard Drive-8 gigs, processor- pentium-1 266mhz, 164mbs or ram, NIC Card. i am using an iso image for the cd, and a regular floppy for the floppy boot. basically i can get up to the point where ive reformatted c: drive and repartitioned. now when i press e: it accesses it but when i try and run setup.exe or \setup.exe, it says bad command line or file name. i am assuming that this means its a problem with the cd drive. plz help... |
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need help with windows ME install
Noel Paton wrote: You need to use the command E:\Setup.exe That should do it. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's wrote in message oups.com... Ok i have tried about 4 times to install windows ME on a system that i will be using to run a Vent server, the system specs are, Hard Drive-8 gigs, processor- pentium-1 266mhz, 164mbs or ram, NIC Card. i am using an iso image for the cd, and a regular floppy for the floppy boot. basically i can get up to the point where ive reformatted c: drive and repartitioned. now when i press e: it accesses it but when i try and run setup.exe or \setup.exe, it says bad command line or file name. i am assuming that this means its a problem with the cd drive. plz help... ok i have tried doing this however it still gives me the reply bad command or filename i tried it while using the A: then typing in E:\setup.exe i have tried this same method while in the E:, C:, and the D: and i am still getting the same reply bad command or filename |
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need help with windows ME install
Bean wrote :-
ok i have tried doing this however it still gives me the reply bad command or filename i tried it while using the A: then typing in E:\setup.exe i have tried this same method while in the E:, C:, and the D: and i am still getting the same reply bad command or filename At the E:\ prompt, try the DIR command and confirm that you can 'see' the setup.exe file. (NB - you *may* have to use DIR /P if there's too much on the screen) Mart wrote in message oups.com... Noel Paton wrote: You need to use the command E:\Setup.exe That should do it. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's wrote in message oups.com... Ok i have tried about 4 times to install windows ME on a system that i will be using to run a Vent server, the system specs are, Hard Drive-8 gigs, processor- pentium-1 266mhz, 164mbs or ram, NIC Card. i am using an iso image for the cd, and a regular floppy for the floppy boot. basically i can get up to the point where ive reformatted c: drive and repartitioned. now when i press e: it accesses it but when i try and run setup.exe or \setup.exe, it says bad command line or file name. i am assuming that this means its a problem with the cd drive. plz help... ok i have tried doing this however it still gives me the reply bad command or filename i tried it while using the A: then typing in E:\setup.exe i have tried this same method while in the E:, C:, and the D: and i am still getting the same reply bad command or filename |
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Mart (NoSpam) wrote: Bean wrote :- ok i have tried doing this however it still gives me the reply bad command or filename i tried it while using the A: then typing in E:\setup.exe i have tried this same method while in the E:, C:, and the D: and i am still getting the same reply bad command or filename At the E:\ prompt, try the DIR command and confirm that you can 'see' the setup.exe file. (NB - you *may* have to use DIR /P if there's too much on the screen) Mart wrote in message oups.com... Noel Paton wrote: You need to use the command E:\Setup.exe That should do it. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's wrote in message oups.com... Ok i have tried about 4 times to install windows ME on a system that i will be using to run a Vent server, the system specs are, Hard Drive-8 gigs, processor- pentium-1 266mhz, 164mbs or ram, NIC Card. i am using an iso image for the cd, and a regular floppy for the floppy boot. basically i can get up to the point where ive reformatted c: drive and repartitioned. now when i press e: it accesses it but when i try and run setup.exe or \setup.exe, it says bad command line or file name. i am assuming that this means its a problem with the cd drive. plz help... ok i have tried doing this however it still gives me the reply bad command or filename i tried it while using the A: then typing in E:\setup.exe i have tried this same method while in the E:, C:, and the D: and i am still getting the same reply bad command or filename ok i did dir and the file isnt even there what should i do? |
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Mike M wrote: wrote: ok i did dir and the file isnt even there what should i do? What do you see when you run the command DIR E:\ ? What exactly is the source you are using to install Win Me? You mentioned an ISO image. Did you burn this to a CD and if so how? -- Mike Maltby 1) when i ran it listed a bunch of different files that should be in the cd. 2)i downloaded them off of www.allbootdisks.com 3) i did burn it to a cd 4)i used nero burning program to burn it |
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2)i downloaded them off of www.allbootdisks.com
This is to make a boot floppy or CD, what I asked was the source of the Win Me iso and how this was burned to CD. You need a Microsoft or OEM CD containing the various Win Me cab files and this is the CD that includes setup.exe. You need rather more than a boot floppy to install Win Me and this is something that cannot legally be downloaded unless you are a subscriber to MSDN. -- Mike Maltby wrote: 1) when i ran it listed a bunch of different files that should be in the cd. 2)i downloaded them off of www.allbootdisks.com 3) i did burn it to a cd 4)i used nero burning program to burn it |
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