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Windows Protection Error
Sorry to bother you with another problem.....but:
Loading 98 on a newly cleaned and formatted drive, not Virtual PC. Seems to install okay except that it "couldn't find" some files so I let it skip those. It gets to where it will boot only to Safe Mode. Booting to Normal gives "Windows Protection Error". |
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Is this that same new machine? Like I said, it won't run Win98, NOT EVER.
The missing files are drivers files and the manufacturer of your new mobo did not and will not ever make Win9x drivers for that board. This is what I was trying to tell you last time until you reminded me that you were using VPC. THAT will usually work on new hardware to run Win98. But without VPC, forget about it. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "William B. Lurie" wrote in message ... Sorry to bother you with another problem.....but: Loading 98 on a newly cleaned and formatted drive, not Virtual PC. Seems to install okay except that it "couldn't find" some files so I let it skip those. It gets to where it will boot only to Safe Mode. Booting to Normal gives "Windows Protection Error". |
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Gary S. Terhune wrote:
Is this that same new machine? Like I said, it won't run Win98, NOT EVER. The missing files are drivers files and the manufacturer of your new mobo did not and will not ever make Win9x drivers for that board. This is what I was trying to tell you last time until you reminded me that you were using VPC. THAT will usually work on new hardware to run Win98. But without VPC, forget about it. No, it isn't, Gary.....it's a friend's but you're right. It's that same problem, and I guess I ought to "bind it as a reminder between my eyes". BTW, I guess that also applies to ME, which has to have the 98 running, to upgrade from, right? |
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1. Yes it applies to all Windows systems earlier than Win2000 (and perhaps
not even that in some cases?) 2. AFAIK, you do not have to first install Windows 98 in order to upgrade to ME. Just start the ME setup.exe and when asked for proof of upgrade eligibility, show it the Win98 disc. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "William B. Lurie" wrote in message ... Gary S. Terhune wrote: Is this that same new machine? Like I said, it won't run Win98, NOT EVER. The missing files are drivers files and the manufacturer of your new mobo did not and will not ever make Win9x drivers for that board. This is what I was trying to tell you last time until you reminded me that you were using VPC. THAT will usually work on new hardware to run Win98. But without VPC, forget about it. No, it isn't, Gary.....it's a friend's but you're right. It's that same problem, and I guess I ought to "bind it as a reminder between my eyes". BTW, I guess that also applies to ME, which has to have the 98 running, to upgrade from, right? |
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Gary S. Terhune wrote:
1. Yes it applies to all Windows systems earlier than Win2000 (and perhaps not even that in some cases?) 2. AFAIK, you do not have to first install Windows 98 in order to upgrade to ME. Just start the ME setup.exe and when asked for proof of upgrade eligibility, show it the Win98 disc. Fine. I won't be doing that for a while, AFAIK. Thank you, Gary. |
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YW. Sorry for the bad news part.
-- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "William B. Lurie" wrote in message ... Gary S. Terhune wrote: 1. Yes it applies to all Windows systems earlier than Win2000 (and perhaps not even that in some cases?) 2. AFAIK, you do not have to first install Windows 98 in order to upgrade to ME. Just start the ME setup.exe and when asked for proof of upgrade eligibility, show it the Win98 disc. Fine. I won't be doing that for a while, AFAIK. Thank you, Gary. |
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Gary S. Terhune wrote:
YW. Sorry for the bad news part. My cousin has a Compaq Presario from WAY back, came with 98, still has it. She uses it only for e-mail and checking what her stocks are selling for. One of these days she will surely scrap it, and then I'll have a machine that runs WIN 98. Slowly. Bad news, Gary? What is, *is*. I worked around mine by using VPC, and solved the graphing problem by (luckily) finding a modern program, shareware for a pittance ($25) that works just fine. |
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Windows Protection Error
On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:59:40 -0400, "William B. Lurie"
put finger to keyboard and composed: Sorry to bother you with another problem.....but: Loading 98 on a newly cleaned and formatted drive, not Virtual PC. Seems to install okay except that it "couldn't find" some files so I let it skip those. It gets to where it will boot only to Safe Mode. Booting to Normal gives "Windows Protection Error". Boot into logged mode and check the last entries in your bootlog.txt file. That should tell you what the system was trying to do just before it errored out. - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. |
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Franc Zabkar wrote:
On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:59:40 -0400, "William B. Lurie" put finger to keyboard and composed: Sorry to bother you with another problem.....but: Loading 98 on a newly cleaned and formatted drive, not Virtual PC. Seems to install okay except that it "couldn't find" some files so I let it skip those. It gets to where it will boot only to Safe Mode. Booting to Normal gives "Windows Protection Error". Boot into logged mode and check the last entries in your bootlog.txt file. That should tell you what the system was trying to do just before it errored out. - Franc Zabkar Thank you for the suggestion, Franc. However, Gary has finally managed to convince me that modern machines do not come with 98 drivers, and Microsoft has discontinued their support, and the drivers are not available and never will be. While it is not as convenient to run 98 in a Virtual PC under XP,(on those occasions when I must run 98, it is a viable solution. Bill Lurie |
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Gary S. Terhune wrote:
1. Yes it applies to all Windows systems earlier than Win2000 (and perhaps not even that in some cases?) 2. AFAIK, you do not have to first install Windows 98 in order to upgrade to ME. Just start the ME setup.exe and when asked for proof of upgrade eligibility, show it the Win98 disc. FYI, Gary, I just set up a new VPC to try what you mentioned in (2) above. I didn't succeed in getting it to recognize my ME CD at all. It just showed one line of gibberish starting with MAC, with the / and \ spinning.....and spinning...... forever. You referred to the "ME setup.exe" but the VPC creation didn't seem to see the CD. I tried rebooting and so on...but to no avail. |
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