Can't re-install Win98 because Scandisk won't run

Installing a new board (ASUS P4B), I had to remove and reinstall Win98.
Scandisk won't run. SCANDISK /? works fine, but if I enter just
SCANDISK, or SCANDISK /ALL, or call Scandisk at all, it simply hangs,
doesn't put anything at all on the screen.

This means, I can't install Win98, because the first thing that
happens is that the installer program runs Scandisk to check out
the disks. The only alternate to "RUN SCANDISK" is "EXIT INSTALLER".

There's a bug of some kind in my BIOS, but I don't see how that would
do this to Scandisk.

Advice, suggestions, recipes, explanations, all will be appreciated.

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R. N. (Dick) Wisan Email:
Snail: 37 Clinton St., Oneonta, NY 13820, USA
Just your opinion, please, Ma'am; no fax

When you start the installation, use: setup.exe /is (the /IS switch
bypasses scandisk)

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Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Dick Wisan" wrote in message
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Installing a new board (ASUS P4B), I had to remove and reinstall Win98.
Scandisk won't run. SCANDISK /? works fine, but if I enter just
SCANDISK, or SCANDISK /ALL, or call Scandisk at all, it simply hangs,
doesn't put anything at all on the screen.

This means, I can't install Win98, because the first thing that
happens is that the installer program runs Scandisk to check out
the disks. The only alternate to "RUN SCANDISK" is "EXIT INSTALLER".

There's a bug of some kind in my BIOS, but I don't see how that would
do this to Scandisk.

Advice, suggestions, recipes, explanations, all will be appreciated.

--
R. N. (Dick) Wisan Email:
Snail: 37 Clinton St., Oneonta, NY 13820, USA
Just your opinion, please, Ma'am; no fax

There's a switch you can use to skip running scandisk during the
install. I think it's setup /is but entering setup /? should give you
all the available switches.

Or an MVP here will know.

Dick Wisan wrote:

Installing a new board (ASUS P4B), I had to remove and reinstall Win98.
Scandisk won't run. SCANDISK /? works fine, but if I enter just
SCANDISK, or SCANDISK /ALL, or call Scandisk at all, it simply hangs,
doesn't put anything at all on the screen.

This means, I can't install Win98, because the first thing that
happens is that the installer program runs Scandisk to check out
the disks. The only alternate to "RUN SCANDISK" is "EXIT INSTALLER".

There's a bug of some kind in my BIOS, but I don't see how that would
do this to Scandisk.

Advice, suggestions, recipes, explanations, all will be appreciated.

--
R. N. (Dick) Wisan Email:
Snail: 37 Clinton St., Oneonta, NY 13820, USA
Just your opinion, please, Ma'am; no fax

If you are running setup from a command line, try:

setup /is

this switch will install Windows without running scandisk..

Good Luck...
GLCrews,MCP


On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 13:17:21 -0400, Dick Wisan
wrote:

Installing a new board (ASUS P4B), I had to remove and reinstall Win98.
Scandisk won't run. SCANDISK /? works fine, but if I enter just
SCANDISK, or SCANDISK /ALL, or call Scandisk at all, it simply hangs,
doesn't put anything at all on the screen.

This means, I can't install Win98, because the first thing that
happens is that the installer program runs Scandisk to check out
the disks. The only alternate to "RUN SCANDISK" is "EXIT INSTALLER".

There's a bug of some kind in my BIOS, but I don't see how that would
do this to Scandisk.

Advice, suggestions, recipes, explanations, all will be appreciated.