re: Why not go straight into Windows98? Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 5:36 am Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Kiwi (2228 messages posted) There's no need to bother with repairing Windows95. Just boot the Win98 floppy disk that came with the Win98 CD & install W98 now. When it can't find Win.Com, swap CD's with Win95 to let it look at the prerequisite. If scandisk is failing, however, you have no choice about attempting to reformat to wipe out the problem so scandisk will run, and replacing the Hdd if it won't reformat. You may want to use a Knoppix (Linux) CD to copy the Panasonic's drivers off onto floppies or another blank CD. . Kiwi ** On Monday, March 13, 2006 at 10:19 pm, Erin wrote: >Ok, here is my problem. 2 computers have come to me in the past 6 months. Both >were missing win.com. I fixed the one, but the other is a bit more tricky. I am >trying to just re-install Windows 95, and then re-upgrading it with Windows 98, but >ScanDisk will not finish running. It says: "Windows 95 Discussion Forum" "ScanDisk >encounter a data error while reading the FAT entry for cluster 2048288. This error >prevents ScanDisk from fixing this drive." >What can I do? Is there anything I can do. I am trying not to reformat. I was >advised to reformat the Dell, and I didn't and fixed it in a different way. This >is a Panasonic laptop. Written in response to: Help! Scandisk woes and other problems. (Erin: Monday, March 13, 2006 at 10:19 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Help! Scandisk woes and other problems. (Erin: Mon, Mar 13, 2006, 10:19 pm) re: Why not go straight into Windows98? (Kiwi: Tue, Mar 14, 2006, 5:36 am) re: Help! Scandisk woes and other problems. (JasperT2: Tue, Mar 14, 2006, 5:50 am) re: Help! Scandisk woes and other problems (Erin: Tue, Mar 14, 2006, 6:13 am) re: Help! Scandisk woes and other problems (C K: Tue, Mar 14, 2006, 8:41 am) re: Help! Scandisk woes and other problems (Erin: Tue, Mar 14, 2006, 5:53 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum