Incomplete installation

I created a new installation from my old
original 98 CD and along the way, it could
not find several .dll's, which I allowed
it to skip. It went to completion, but I'm
wondering why, and what I can do to correct
it. I'm thinking that perhaps the CD, although
it hasn't been out of its jewel case in two or
more years, got dusty. I hate to do the whole
installation over again. Any advice?
--
William B. Lurie

On 08.03.2006 11:10 UK Time, wrote:
I created a new installation from my old
original 98 CD and along the way, it could
not find several .dll's, which I allowed
it to skip. It went to completion, but I'm
wondering why, and what I can do to correct
it. I'm thinking that perhaps the CD, although
it hasn't been out of its jewel case in two or
more years, got dusty. I hate to do the whole
installation over again. Any advice?

Hi Bill - small world!

(Assuming you are Bill from the Thunderbird group?) :-)

Regards

Herbert Eppel
--
www.HETranslation.co.uk

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I created a new installation from my old
original 98 CD and along the way, it could
not find several .dll's, which I allowed
it to skip. It went to completion, but I'm
wondering why, and what I can do to correct
it. I'm thinking that perhaps the CD, although
it hasn't been out of its jewel case in two or
more years, got dusty. I hate to do the whole
installation over again. Any advice?
--
William B. Lurie

do you have any problems..errors ? everything working the way it is
supposed to ?

Herb wrote:
On 08.03.2006 11:10 UK Time, wrote:
I created a new installation from my old
original 98 CD and along the way, it could
not find several .dll's, which I allowed
it to skip. It went to completion, but I'm
wondering why, and what I can do to correct
it. I'm thinking that perhaps the CD, although
it hasn't been out of its jewel case in two or
more years, got dusty. I hate to do the whole
installation over again. Any advice?

Hi Bill - small world!

(Assuming you are Bill from the Thunderbird group?) :-)

Regards

Herbert Eppel
Yes, Herb, I suppose that I am. The only other Bill Lurie of whom I'm
aware is my 92-year old cousin, in California, who is still active in
U. S. Tennis tournaments. And yes, I've been Netscape-based ever
since Netscape 2, then though 7, and now TBird and Firefox.

From across the pond..... Kind regards....

--
William B. Lurie

Haggis wrote:
wrote in message
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I created a new installation from my old
original 98 CD and along the way, it could
not find several .dll's, which I allowed
it to skip. It went to completion, but I'm
wondering why, and what I can do to correct
it. I'm thinking that perhaps the CD, although
it hasn't been out of its jewel case in two or
more years, got dusty. I hate to do the whole
installation over again. Any advice?
--
William B. Lurie

do you have any problems..errors ? everything working the way it is
supposed to ?


Well, it's newly installed, and if something malfunctions,
I'm sure to wonder if the cause is or isn't the dozen or more
..DLL files that it somehow 'couldn't find' on the genuine
Microsoft installation disk. At the moment, I'm torn between just
hoping it's okay, and starting all over again.

--
William B. Lurie

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Haggis wrote:
wrote in message
...
I created a new installation from my old
original 98 CD and along the way, it could
not find several .dll's, which I allowed
it to skip. It went to completion, but I'm
wondering why, and what I can do to correct
it. I'm thinking that perhaps the CD, although
it hasn't been out of its jewel case in two or
more years, got dusty. I hate to do the whole
installation over again. Any advice?
--
William B. Lurie

do you have any problems..errors ? everything working the way it is
supposed to ?
Well, it's newly installed, and if something malfunctions,
I'm sure to wonder if the cause is or isn't the dozen or more
.DLL files that it somehow 'couldn't find' on the genuine
Microsoft installation disk. At the moment, I'm torn between just
hoping it's okay, and starting all over again.

--
William B. Lurie

you could copy the win98 folder from the Cd to the harddisk and install from
there (that way you can tell if the CD is readable at least)

Do you recall any of the names of the missing .dll files?
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

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I created a new installation from my old
original 98 CD and along the way, it could
not find several .dll's, which I allowed
it to skip. It went to completion, but I'm
wondering why, and what I can do to correct
it. I'm thinking that perhaps the CD, although
it hasn't been out of its jewel case in two or
more years, got dusty. I hate to do the whole
installation over again. Any advice?
--
William B. Lurie

Haggis wrote:
wrote in message
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Haggis wrote:
wrote in message
...
I created a new installation from my old
original 98 CD and along the way, it could
not find several .dll's, which I allowed
it to skip. It went to completion, but I'm
wondering why, and what I can do to correct
it. I'm thinking that perhaps the CD, although
it hasn't been out of its jewel case in two or
more years, got dusty. I hate to do the whole
installation over again. Any advice?
--
William B. Lurie
do you have any problems..errors ? everything working the way it is
supposed to ?
Well, it's newly installed, and if something malfunctions,
I'm sure to wonder if the cause is or isn't the dozen or more
.DLL files that it somehow 'couldn't find' on the genuine
Microsoft installation disk. At the moment, I'm torn between just
hoping it's okay, and starting all over again.

--
William B. Lurie

you could copy the win98 folder from the Cd to the harddisk and install from
there (that way you can tell if the CD is readable at least)


Or I could just wipe the cd with a new dry tissue and
try again....but I thought maybe there is some other
way. But that leads to another question: this is original
issue Win 98. Can I download an upgrade or SP? Is there
anything like that?

--
William B. Lurie

Best way I've found to repair CDs is using car wax. Wipe it on, let it dry,
polish using radial stokes (center to edge) not circular ones.

It is *always* best, if possible, to copy the contents of the installation
CD to your HD before installing from the HD copy. In reality, all you need
are the files inside the WIN98 folder (not including sub-folders).

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

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Or I could just wipe the cd with a new dry tissue and
try again....but I thought maybe there is some other
way. But that leads to another question: this is original
issue Win 98. Can I download an upgrade or SP? Is there
anything like that?

--
William B. Lurie

glee wrote:
Do you recall any of the names of the missing .dll files?


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William B. Lurie

No, but they all had .dll extensions, and on boot-up
it tells me every time that file vnetbios.vxd is missing.
Isn't there a way to have it look for these like in a
'boot from CD' mode.