Re: Can't load win98 on virgin disk

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From: Al
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2000 00:00

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On Wed, 2 Feb 2000 10:16:13 -0000, "Roger Doyle" <roger.doyle@esgem.com> wrote:

>If mem. is an issue and you have the correct hardware, including a new
>enough bios, you could boot from the cdrom? Thus saving any dodgy memory
>configs. I am assuming you have error checked the HDD ? (using scandisk,
>chkdsk, norton offerings and the like)?
>
>Roger Doyle
>
>Al <sparta@DELETE.freeuk.com> wrote in message
>news:3897396f.25209273@news.freeuk.net...
>> On Mon, 31 Jan 2000 22:55:17 +0000, David Lindsay
><junk@nospam.demon.co.uk>
>> wrote:
><cut>
>> HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE. (Assuming this may be your problem).

Not a problem for me, Roger. Was replying to the original post.

If I have to re-install '98, I back-up to Zip; format c: /u
without rebooting - keeps the CD drivers in memory; then 
run install from the CD. Avoids all this memory problem.

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From: sparta@DELETE.freeuk.com (Al)
Subject: Re: Can't load win98 on virgin disk
Date: 2000/02/02
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