setup roadblock

Does anybody know how to get rid of error message SU995033 - Invalid .inf
file (0x13a9)? This message occurs when I am in the middle of setting up a
reinstall of windows 98, causing the install to hang and brings me back to a
C prompt when I press the OK button.... THANX

See rebuilding the Driver Information or Hardware Information databases
help:

Troubleshooting Device Driver Issues by Using the Driver Information
Database
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=275499

It sounds like either one of the indexes is corrupt or one of the inf files.

You may even need to rename or remove the Inf files that were installed with
your hardware and not by Windows if that's where the problem is happening.
If you have to do this, you will have to reinstall the drivers from the
manufacturer of your hardware. Before doing this be sure that you have
checked their web site and downloaded the most recent drivers for your
hardware.

PattyL


"wit's end" wit's wrote in message
...
Does anybody know how to get rid of error message SU995033 - Invalid .inf
file (0x13a9)? This message occurs when I am in the middle of setting up a
reinstall of windows 98, causing the install to hang and brings me back to
a
C prompt when I press the OK button.... THANX

It kind of makes sense, but can I do this procedure using DOS, as this is the
only system I can use at the moment???

"PattyL" wrote:

See rebuilding the Driver Information or Hardware Information databases
help:

Troubleshooting Device Driver Issues by Using the Driver Information
Database
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=275499

It sounds like either one of the indexes is corrupt or one of the inf files.

You may even need to rename or remove the Inf files that were installed with
your hardware and not by Windows if that's where the problem is happening.
If you have to do this, you will have to reinstall the drivers from the
manufacturer of your hardware. Before doing this be sure that you have
checked their web site and downloaded the most recent drivers for your
hardware.

PattyL


"wit's end" wit's wrote in message
...
Does anybody know how to get rid of error message SU995033 - Invalid .inf
file (0x13a9)? This message occurs when I am in the middle of setting up a
reinstall of windows 98, causing the install to hang and brings me back to
a
C prompt when I press the OK button.... THANX

I hope Patty doesn't mind my jumping in to help.......
You can rename the files from DOS, modifying the KB article instructions slightly.

To rebuild the Driver Information or Hardware Information database:
1. Rename the Drvdata.bin and Drvidx.bin files.
a. Click Start, point to Find, and then click Files Or Folders.
b. In the Named box, type drvdata.bin, and then click Find Now.
c. Right-click the Drvdata.bin file, click Rename, type a new name for the
Drvdata.bin file (for example, Drvdata.xxx), and then press the ENTER key.
d. Repeat steps a through c for the Drvidx.bin file, and then quit the Find tool.
2. Restart your computer normally.

Instead, in DOS mode, navigate to the Windows\Inf folder, and rename the files using
the REN command. You can do this from the C:\ prompt by typing the following,
pressing the Enter key after each line:

CD Windows\Inf
REN Drvdata.bin Drvdata.xxx
REN Drvidx.bin Drvidx.xxx

If you need to rename .inf files for particular added hardware, you will usually
find those files in the Windows\Inf\Other folder....you can switch to that folder
from your previous location, the INF folder, by typing:
CD Other and press Enter.
Then type:
DIR /p /a
to see the DOS names for the .inf files in that folder, so you can determine what
and how to rename them to a .xxx extension.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"wit's end" wrote in message
...
It kind of makes sense, but can I do this procedure using DOS, as this is the
only system I can use at the moment???

"PattyL" wrote:

See rebuilding the Driver Information or Hardware Information databases
help:

Troubleshooting Device Driver Issues by Using the Driver Information
Database
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=275499

It sounds like either one of the indexes is corrupt or one of the inf files.

You may even need to rename or remove the Inf files that were installed with
your hardware and not by Windows if that's where the problem is happening.
If you have to do this, you will have to reinstall the drivers from the
manufacturer of your hardware. Before doing this be sure that you have
checked their web site and downloaded the most recent drivers for your
hardware.

PattyL


"wit's end" wit's wrote in message
...
Does anybody know how to get rid of error message SU995033 - Invalid .inf
file (0x13a9)? This message occurs when I am in the middle of setting up a
reinstall of windows 98, causing the install to hang and brings me back to
a
C prompt when I press the OK button.... THANX

Thanks! The information given on this post has my system running
semi-normally with a few bugs to iron out, but at least I've got it up and
running...thanks to both of you. wit's end......

"glee" wrote:

I hope Patty doesn't mind my jumping in to help.......
You can rename the files from DOS, modifying the KB article instructions slightly.

To rebuild the Driver Information or Hardware Information database:
1. Rename the Drvdata.bin and Drvidx.bin files.
a. Click Start, point to Find, and then click Files Or Folders.
b. In the Named box, type drvdata.bin, and then click Find Now.
c. Right-click the Drvdata.bin file, click Rename, type a new name for the
Drvdata.bin file (for example, Drvdata.xxx), and then press the ENTER key.
d. Repeat steps a through c for the Drvidx.bin file, and then quit the Find tool.
2. Restart your computer normally.

Instead, in DOS mode, navigate to the Windows\Inf folder, and rename the files using
the REN command. You can do this from the C:\ prompt by typing the following,
pressing the Enter key after each line:

CD Windows\Inf
REN Drvdata.bin Drvdata.xxx
REN Drvidx.bin Drvidx.xxx

If you need to rename .inf files for particular added hardware, you will usually
find those files in the Windows\Inf\Other folder....you can switch to that folder
from your previous location, the INF folder, by typing:
CD Other and press Enter.
Then type:
DIR /p /a
to see the DOS names for the .inf files in that folder, so you can determine what
and how to rename them to a .xxx extension.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"wit's end" wrote in message
...
It kind of makes sense, but can I do this procedure using DOS, as this is the
only system I can use at the moment???

"PattyL" wrote:

See rebuilding the Driver Information or Hardware Information databases
help:

Troubleshooting Device Driver Issues by Using the Driver Information
Database
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=275499

It sounds like either one of the indexes is corrupt or one of the inf files.

You may even need to rename or remove the Inf files that were installed with
your hardware and not by Windows if that's where the problem is happening.
If you have to do this, you will have to reinstall the drivers from the
manufacturer of your hardware. Before doing this be sure that you have
checked their web site and downloaded the most recent drivers for your
hardware.

PattyL


"wit's end" wit's wrote in message
...
Does anybody know how to get rid of error message SU995033 - Invalid .inf
file (0x13a9)? This message occurs when I am in the middle of setting up a
reinstall of windows 98, causing the install to hang and brings me back to
a
C prompt when I press the OK button.... THANX

Glen - Thanks much for stepping in. I was out of town without a computer.

PattyL

"glee" wrote in message
...
I hope Patty doesn't mind my jumping in to help.......
You can rename the files from DOS, modifying the KB article instructions
slightly.

To rebuild the Driver Information or Hardware Information database:
1. Rename the Drvdata.bin and Drvidx.bin files.
a. Click Start, point to Find, and then click Files Or Folders.
b. In the Named box, type drvdata.bin, and then click Find Now.
c. Right-click the Drvdata.bin file, click Rename, type a new name for
the
Drvdata.bin file (for example, Drvdata.xxx), and then press the ENTER key.
d. Repeat steps a through c for the Drvidx.bin file, and then quit the
Find tool.
2. Restart your computer normally.

Instead, in DOS mode, navigate to the Windows\Inf folder, and rename the
files using
the REN command. You can do this from the C:\ prompt by typing the
following,
pressing the Enter key after each line:

CD Windows\Inf
REN Drvdata.bin Drvdata.xxx
REN Drvidx.bin Drvidx.xxx

If you need to rename .inf files for particular added hardware, you will
usually
find those files in the Windows\Inf\Other folder....you can switch to that
folder
from your previous location, the INF folder, by typing:
CD Other and press Enter.
Then type:
DIR /p /a
to see the DOS names for the .inf files in that folder, so you can
determine what
and how to rename them to a .xxx extension.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"wit's end" wrote in message
...
It kind of makes sense, but can I do this procedure using DOS, as this is
the
only system I can use at the moment???

"PattyL" wrote:

See rebuilding the Driver Information or Hardware Information databases
help:

Troubleshooting Device Driver Issues by Using the Driver Information
Database
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=275499

It sounds like either one of the indexes is corrupt or one of the inf
files.

You may even need to rename or remove the Inf files that were installed
with
your hardware and not by Windows if that's where the problem is
happening.
If you have to do this, you will have to reinstall the drivers from the
manufacturer of your hardware. Before doing this be sure that you have
checked their web site and downloaded the most recent drivers for your
hardware.

PattyL


"wit's end" wit's wrote in message
...
Does anybody know how to get rid of error message SU995033 - Invalid
.inf
file (0x13a9)? This message occurs when I am in the middle of setting
up a
reinstall of windows 98, causing the install to hang and brings me
back to
a
C prompt when I press the OK button.... THANX

Glad to hear it!


"wit's end" wrote in message
...
Thanks! The information given on this post has my system running
semi-normally with a few bugs to iron out, but at least I've got it up and
running...thanks to both of you. wit's end......

"glee" wrote:

I hope Patty doesn't mind my jumping in to help.......
You can rename the files from DOS, modifying the KB article instructions
slightly.

To rebuild the Driver Information or Hardware Information database:
1. Rename the Drvdata.bin and Drvidx.bin files.
a. Click Start, point to Find, and then click Files Or Folders.
b. In the Named box, type drvdata.bin, and then click Find Now.
c. Right-click the Drvdata.bin file, click Rename, type a new name for
the
Drvdata.bin file (for example, Drvdata.xxx), and then press the ENTER
key.
d. Repeat steps a through c for the Drvidx.bin file, and then quit the
Find tool.
2. Restart your computer normally.

Instead, in DOS mode, navigate to the Windows\Inf folder, and rename the
files using
the REN command. You can do this from the C:\ prompt by typing the
following,
pressing the Enter key after each line:

CD Windows\Inf
REN Drvdata.bin Drvdata.xxx
REN Drvidx.bin Drvidx.xxx

If you need to rename .inf files for particular added hardware, you will
usually
find those files in the Windows\Inf\Other folder....you can switch to
that folder
from your previous location, the INF folder, by typing:
CD Other and press Enter.
Then type:
DIR /p /a
to see the DOS names for the .inf files in that folder, so you can
determine what
and how to rename them to a .xxx extension.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"wit's end" wrote in message
...
It kind of makes sense, but can I do this procedure using DOS, as this
is the
only system I can use at the moment???

"PattyL" wrote:

See rebuilding the Driver Information or Hardware Information
databases
help:

Troubleshooting Device Driver Issues by Using the Driver Information
Database
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=275499

It sounds like either one of the indexes is corrupt or one of the inf
files.

You may even need to rename or remove the Inf files that were
installed with
your hardware and not by Windows if that's where the problem is
happening.
If you have to do this, you will have to reinstall the drivers from
the
manufacturer of your hardware. Before doing this be sure that you
have
checked their web site and downloaded the most recent drivers for
your
hardware.

PattyL


"wit's end" wit's wrote in message
...
Does anybody know how to get rid of error message SU995033 -
Invalid .inf
file (0x13a9)? This message occurs when I am in the middle of
setting up a
reinstall of windows 98, causing the install to hang and brings me
back to
a
C prompt when I press the OK button.... THANX