Re: Can't load win98 on virgin disk

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From: Jay Jarve
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 00:00

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In article <7mF9tAAY2Wl4EwVZ@mktres.demon.co.uk>, 
junk@nospam.demon.co.uk says...
> I have re-formatted my hard disk because of problems and have put on
> command.com and io.sys. Using a win98 (and have also tried a win95) boot
> disk I am trying to load win98 fresh from a cd.  
> Every time I try to load the win98 software I get the following error
> message within a few seconds of starting, 'standard mode:invalid dpmi
> return from 039f:0906'.  It would appear to be when the win98 setup
> program opens up a new screen display.
> 
> Some help would be appreciated so I can get the sick computer working
> again.
> 
Is your Win98 CD for new installations? (Just a hunch).

Regards,
Jay.

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