su error message

when my hard disk went out I took the slave disk (40gb) wiped it formatted it
and tried to reinstall the os from my install disk. I keep getting the set
ver error message. there should not be a set version on the disk after
formatting and nothing in the kb seems to apply. Is it possible for the set
ver on the install disk to go bad? Any help is appreciated thanks

What is the _exact_ SU error message you are seeing please.

The contents of mastered CDs don't change although they might become
unreadable but then I would expect you to be seeing something very
different than what you seem to be seeing.
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Mike Maltby



doggydave wrote:

when my hard disk went out I took the slave disk (40gb) wiped it
formatted it and tried to reinstall the os from my install disk. I
keep getting the set ver error message. there should not be a set
version on the disk after formatting and nothing in the kb seems to
apply. Is it possible for the set ver on the install disk to go bad?
Any help is appreciated thanks

the message is su995035 i get it on trying to install win me. I have a win 98
install disk and it works on the same drive when i format and use it but the
win me is a retail install disk that i have had for 4 years. thanks

"Mike M" wrote:

What is the _exact_ SU error message you are seeing please.

The contents of mastered CDs don't change although they might become
unreadable but then I would expect you to be seeing something very
different than what you seem to be seeing.
--
Mike Maltby



doggydave wrote:

when my hard disk went out I took the slave disk (40gb) wiped it
formatted it and tried to reinstall the os from my install disk. I
keep getting the set ver error message. there should not be a set
version on the disk after formatting and nothing in the kb seems to
apply. Is it possible for the set ver on the install disk to go bad?
Any help is appreciated thanks

I'm still a bit confused about your reference to set ver. Where/when do
you see this message?

Let me try and get this straight in my mind. You removed the old primary
disk and then using a boot floppy formatted your second, slave, hard disk
and are now trying to install Win Me to this disk which is now the primary
disk and see the error SU 995035. Did you first make the partition active
using fdisk?

If you haven't already done so may I suggest you check out the file
CLEANHD.TXT which is in the Win 9x folder on the Win Me CD and also as
KB271673 - "Windows Millennium Edition Cleanhd.txt File Contents"
(http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=271673).

See also KB255867 - "How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to
Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=255867).

I mention this because SU995035 is a most unusual error and is telling me
that there is something wrong with the setup files and I suspect that this
could be because the drive isn't being properly located due possibly to no
partition being marked as active. You might manage to find a bit more
information by looking at the last few lines of the file setuplog.txt (and
perhaps also detlog.txt) which are written to the hard disk during the
install.
--
Mike Maltby



doggydave wrote:

the message is su995035 i get it on trying to install win me. I have
a win 98 install disk and it works on the same drive when i format
and use it but the win me is a retail install disk that i have had
for 4 years. thanks

It is a maxtor disk and i used maxtor install and partitioning software named
max bkaster or something like that. I got it with the disk. I deleted all the
partitions wiped it clean reinstalled its partitions reformated all
partitions the disk software asks what i want to install has options for all
wins up to xp. when i choose 98 it installs completely and works fine when i
erase c by formatting and try to install me it gers a little way in aboyt 3_4
mins and stops with that error ode on a yellow pop up window.

"doggydave" wrote:

when my hard disk went out I took the slave disk (40gb) wiped it formatted it
and tried to reinstall the os from my install disk. I keep getting the set
ver error message. there should not be a set version on the disk after
formatting and nothing in the kb seems to apply. Is it possible for the set
ver on the install disk to go bad? Any help is appreciated thanks

Rather than using maxblast you could always try following my suggestions,
read the KB articles I mentioned and use fdisk and format and then look
for possible reasons for any setup errors in setuplog.txt and detlog.txt.
--
Mike Maltby



doggydave wrote:

It is a maxtor disk and i used maxtor install and partitioning
software named max bkaster or something like that. I got it with the
disk. I deleted all the partitions wiped it clean reinstalled its
partitions reformated all partitions the disk software asks what i
want to install has options for all wins up to xp. when i choose 98
it installs completely and works fine when i erase c by formatting
and try to install me it gers a little way in aboyt 3_4 mins and
stops with that error ode on a yellow pop up window.