I had a similiar problem with WIN98 OEM.  If "I" formatted the hard
drive,
there were problems later.  If I let the WIN98 install format the drive,
then everything was fine.  This might help.
Ron Jobe


On Fri, 11 Dec 1998 15:13:31 -0500 Elizabeth Boston <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
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>        Today, I took out the used hard drive, put in a brand new WD
>3G
>hard drive, ran Fdisk, formatted the drive, and proceeded to
>install a brand new OEM windows 98. Everything goes fine, until
>Windows 98 detects the hardware, then on the re-boot, it hangs on
>the black screen that says updating files, please wait.
>        I had been busy elsewhere, so it probably waited 20 minutes
>before I noticed. I rebooted, and now it hung right after
>"Verifying DMI pool data" shows on the screen. I can boot into
>safe mode, but am not sure what to do once there...     I tried to
>create a bootlog.txt, but was unable to find the file once I had
>again booted into safe mode.
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