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re: Help! Scandisk woes and other problems
Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 6:13 am
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Posted by Erin (8 messages posted)


I can install it from the upgrade CD? I have a full version of Windows 95 and a 98 Upgrade disk. Will the commands still work that way?


On Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 5:50 am, JasperT2 wrote:
>If 95 is on the PC and the Win.com is missing you can install 98/98se over top. From
>the 98 source use the setup.exe but use the following syntax: "Setup.exe /IM /ID
>/IS /IQ" to skip the scandisk and other system checks during the install. (setup.exe
>/? for a list of options) If the system fails the scandisk consistently I would
>suspect a bad sector (physical damage) on the disk. If you do get 98 to load, I would
>recommed a full scandisk / surface scan immediately after the install and before
>loading more software on the disk.
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Written in response to:
re: Help! Scandisk woes and other problems. (JasperT2: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 5:50 am)

Responses to this message:
*re: Help! Scandisk woes and other problems (C K: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 8:41 am)

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)
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