If you receive either of these errors, Setup was unable to run SCANDISK to check your hard drives. or Setup could not check the hard drives on your computer.: Setup does not have enough conventional memory to check your computer's hard disks. These errors are often caused by low conventional memory. SU99 is a prefix that is added to all errors that Setup does not have a specific error message for. Then run Setup from the DOS command prompt. If Setup does not complete successfully, or Windows 98 will not run, quit Setup, shut down your computer, insert the Startup Disk into the floppy drive, and restart the computer. Try skipping the file it may not be essential. Setup cannot open a required file, possibly because the file is missing or damaged, or because your computer does not have enough memory. Rename or move your current DESKTOP folder, and then run Setup again. Before you run Setup, you will need to back up your data and then repartition your disk.Ī file or folder called DESKTOP exists on your computer. If you get this message, you may have an older, incompatible disk partition.
If Setup is not offering you the choice of saving your system files, you may be very low on free disk space.Ĭannot Continue on This System Configuration: Your hard drive does not have enough free space to back up the system files. Setup Could Not Back Up Your System Files: If you receive any of these messages, remove all memory managers (such as EMM386.exe, QEMM, or 386Max) from your CONFIG.SYS file, and then run Setup again. Standard Mode: Unknown stack in fault dispatcher. Standard Mode: Bad Fault in MS-DOS Extender
If you have disk overlay software installed, try installing Windows 98 from DOS. If you have a HPFS (OS/2) or NTFS (NT) partition, you must create an DOS boot partition before running Setup. You do not have an MS-DOS boot partition for Windows 98.
Remove the password (usually in the BIOS setup) and restart setup. Refer to the SETUP.TXT that came with Windows 98 for more information. These messages refer to errors you may receive if installing Windows 98 on an NT or OS/2 machine. If you have a bad CD or CD-ROM drive, you'll probably have to have it cleaned or replaced, but in the meantime you can try to copy the cab files to the hard disk and run setup from there. This method will eliminate problems caused by a virus or low conventional memory.
One of the following conditions has probably occurred: PC infected with a virus, low conventional memory, bad media, or hardware, especially CD-ROM drives. Temporary directory location: SETUP /T::\TEMP Clear all the files out of C:\WINDOWS\TEMP (or the temp directory specified in AUTOEXEC.BAT by the line TEMP=.) If you have space on another drive, use the following command to change the There is not enough room in the temp directory. Setup Cannot Write to the Temporary Directory: This will not load the TSRs and free up conventional memory.ĭelete any unnecessary files or try the clean-install method to format the hard drive and start from scratch. Comment out lines in CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT one-by-one until you have enough memory to continue. Not enough conventional memory to continue the installation. Setup cannot continue on this system configuration.
In remote cases, this error occurs when there is a LASTDRIVE=C: in CONFIG.SYS or C: has been remapped to another device. You'll have to move or delete some files in order for setup to continue and then restart setup. The root folder of a drive holds a maximum of 512 files and/or folders. There may be too many files in the root directory of your startup drive, or your startup drive letter may have been remapped (SU0018): Setup cannot create files on your startup drive and cannot set up Windows 98.
If you still receive this error, install Windows 98 from DOS. Either choose the option to replace the file and reboot or cancel and close all running applications. There are open applications during installation.
Setup detects that an earlier version of SetupX.dll or NetDi.dll is in use: Tip: MAKE A STARTUP DISK DURING INSTALLATION! This can help you recover if setup hangs later in the installation. If you don't see your specific error or need more information refer to the SETUP.TXT that came with the installation disks or CD. This page will list the possible errors and how can avoid or fix the problems causing these errors. During the installation of Windows 98, you may experience errors.