I just came from the Maxtor site on another problem.
They say if the bus is noisy, force the HD to a lower
speed in the BIOS to help troubleshoot it.
PIO 2 is recommended.
(In an Award BIOS, this would be under Integrated Peripherals,
IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO - not set to "AUTO")
It might? help...
http://maxtor.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/maxtor.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=608&p_created=987194389

Same idea,  You might want to turn off L1 and L2 cache till
the install is over...

                    Rick Glazier


> On Tuesday 19 Feb, ( [log in to unmask] ) wrote:
> > I've tried it both ways - installing from the original Windows98se CD after
> > booting up with a Windows98 startup disk; and copying the files in win98 to
> > the HD (which is 540mb) to install from there.
> > I've also checked for viruses from a floppy and there aren't any. Windows
> > would not install completely even after I removed all the cards (except the
> > video card of course).
> > I CAN get into Safe Mode - does this help?
> >
> > Julie

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