🚀 go-pugleaf

On Fri, 22 Feb 2002 23:49:51 +0100, "PAUL" <p-e-f@get2net.dk> wrote:

>i`m trying to install win 98se on a compaq desktop,, the harddisk( a 1.6 Gb
>quantum)had windows 95 on it before, which i rebooted in dos and
>formatted,,i also ran fdisk on the 98 start up floppy and deleted all
>partitions as i suspected that there was a virus on the disk,then 98setup
>did a format,,and starts the blue set up screen``enter to continue`` then
>scan disk runs and then i get a blank screen with...Standard mode:fault
>outside of ms dos extender.
> EC=0000 CS=0337 IP=C199 AX=0000 BX=0000 CX=0040 DX=FFFF SI=0000
> DI= 0000 BP=016E DS=036F ES=0000 SS=027F SP=0166
> Please romove any floppy disks from your drives and press any key to
>restart your system.
>   i tried another disk and it gave me the same message,,,i know that both
>of these disks are ok,,so i guess its something i did with the fdisk
>program..last week i did the same procedure on the compaq with a 4.3 gb disk
>and that installed 98 ok..i cleared the cmos aswell to see if that
>helped,,but no luck there,,,
>  so if anyone can help i would really be grateful.
>Thanks Paul

I assume you are using a Win98 startup disk with CDRom support made
from Win98 and using that  for Fdisk and Format /s  and booting with
it to run Setup.

See this MS article:
Windows Err Msg: Fault in MS-DOS Extender (Q87239)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q87239

Regards,

Bill Watt  
Computer Help and Tips  http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/