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At 10:45 AM 4/25/01, Demetri Kolokotronis wrote:
>Trying to get new install of Win98 going, computer freezes at startup.
>Clean boot not help, but will boot into Safe mode. The one line in
>config.sys, "DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\DRVSPACE.SYS /MOVE" is
>disabled by the clean boot. No lines in autoexec.bat. SFC does not show
>any corrupted files.
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>There are 31lines in C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\EBD\CONFIG.SYS. Is this file
>related to problem? Similarly, there are 55 lines in
>C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\EBD\AUTOEXEC.BAT. Is this file related to problem? I
>presume the EBD entries were related to OS installation. Are these files
>necessary now? Are they harmful?
This troubles me in that you state this is a clean install, but you have all
these lines in your config.sys and autoexec.bat file. If your system is
using drivespace or the hard drive is compressed, then I would rethink
this install. Personally, I would tear out and replace the partition, then reformat
in order to remove the drive compression. Then, I would clean install
Windows98. At that point, you will have nothing in your config.sys and
autoexec.bat. This is a clean install. Once Windows is up and running
you can compress your hard drive again.
We have guides on our web site explaining all these steps, partitioning -
formatting - installing Windows98. A clean install will not have the issues
you mention.
Bob Wright
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