Hard drive is brand new and I've used the OS disk before very successfully -- not a mark on it.  All the drives are new.  I know I didn't include them in the original list of what's on the system (it was well after midnight when I wrote) but I have a 40g hard drive, CD-ROM and CD-RW also in the system.  Anyway, it is a genuine MS copy.  I do have Win 2000, but have never used it and was hoping to
set up my new system with what I know and go from there.  Might just have to go with Win 2000.  Thanks.

joseph marty wrote:

> If I were having trouble installing the OS, first thing I'd look at is the copy of the OS, then the drive.  Can you borrow a clean hard drive to see if your CD will install Win 98 SE on it?  Do you have a real, genuine MS copy of Win 98 SE, or did someone burn a CD copy?  A few days ago a lister had problems installing Win 2K, but could install Win 98.  Turned out he had a bad copy of Win 2K.
>
> Just finished putting together my third system and have run into something that
> >never happened to me before.  My system is as follows:
> >
> >Pentium III Intel Celeron 1000MB
> >512 MB SDRAM
> >ASUS CUV4X-E Motherboard
> >Apollo Pro 133A Chipset
> >NVIDIA TNT video card - 32 MB RAM
> >sound card (don't remember the brand)
> >US Robotics 56K modem
> >
> >I've loaded Windows 98 SE several times, but am unable to load many other programs.
> >So, I start again with reformatting and installing.  Each time I have gotten
> >the BSOD saying an exception OE has occurred at 0028:BFF95479 in VXD---.  This
> >was called from 0028:C)29A71B in VXD.VWIN32(05)+00003243.  It may be possible to
> >continue normally.
> >
> >Well, it wasn't.  Now I can only get a few seconds into the installation and I
> >get a General Protection fault that says SUWIN caused a General Protection
> >Fault in module USER.EXE at 0001.2B06.
> >
> >Also, I notice when I've been fairly successful at installing WIN 98 several
> >VXD files don't load at that's when I'll either get caught in a loop that keeps
> >rebooting the computer or just the BSOD.
> >
> >Is there something in BIOS or CMOS that I need to do?  I've been able to do
> >less and less each time I try so now I can't get anywhere.
> >
> >I've read about resetting the CMOS, so if that's my problem I'll need step by
> >step instructions.  I know some things, but there's even more I don't know.
> >Any help would be appreciated.
>
> >
>
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