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I have a 6gig drive that im trying to install Windows 98 on. This drive is going to be put in an old old IBM aptiva computer which i cant do the install on cause it keeps freezing. So i take the drive and slap it in on one of my newish computers. In WindowsXP, in the storage utlitiy i reformated the drive to be Fat32.
I have a Windows 98 comp that i reformat every so often (just by poping in the bootable 98cd and choosing format & install) and it always works. I slap this drive in its place do the same reformat and install as always and i get an "error loading os" error when it goes to boot the drive (happens on any comp i slap it into). What could be wrong? I've reformated and reinstalled several times no luck.
If i set the drive with the error as a slave and boot the computer the drive shows up fine and i can read/write/delete files just fine, scandisk shows no errors or anything and it appears that all the Windows files are installed.
Thanks for your help!
**please only post realvant information, if you dont want to help me please dont post anything (as opposed to filling this thread with "use the search button" posts)**
I have a Windows 98 comp that i reformat every so often (just by poping in the bootable 98cd and choosing format & install) and it always works. I slap this drive in its place do the same reformat and install as always and i get an "error loading os" error when it goes to boot the drive (happens on any comp i slap it into). What could be wrong? I've reformated and reinstalled several times no luck.
If i set the drive with the error as a slave and boot the computer the drive shows up fine and i can read/write/delete files just fine, scandisk shows no errors or anything and it appears that all the Windows files are installed.
Thanks for your help!
**please only post realvant information, if you dont want to help me please dont post anything (as opposed to filling this thread with "use the search button" posts)**