Su0013 hell (win98 First & Second Edition)

Bill,

Going to try to make this real short cause its 2:10am and ...well its
2:10am.

:-)

I thought I had identfied my 120GB Hard Drive (Maxtor 6Y120PO) as a
culprit, but then I started changing around so many devices that the
results were inconclusive in that I could not repeat the error-free
windows install with that drive disconnected. ---Until tonight.

Its definitely that drive being hooked up that prevents Win98 from
installing. The SU0013error comes up before I ever get past the
pre-file copy stage. You never get to the license question. Removing
the drive eliminates the error.

Still don;t know why though. Maybe its defective in some way. I haven't
tested it this week, but it passed all tests on the Maxtor "Powermax"
program.

Drive is almost 2 years old, but even if still under warrranty, doubt I
could prove there is anything wrong with it. It works fine other than
preventing Win98 install.

Are there benchmarks that might show a defect or problem with it?

Need to solve became a little less urgent now that I've isolated to the
hard drive. And at least I know I can install Windows as long as I
disconnect this drive. But still interested in finding out if the drive
has a defect or if Win98 jut doesn;t know how to handle it.

If it is just this particular unit of the drive I can replace it. But
if this has something to do with some barrier that Win98 respects, then
the next hard drive of that size would cause same issue.
Thanks again for past and current replies.
Larry

Larry