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Re: Cannot get new hard drive to load win98
From:
Michael Chan <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 25 May 1999 04:26:47 GMT
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On Mon, 24 May 1999 11:53:24 -0400, you wrote:

There are two essential things that you *must* aware to use >8.4GB IDE
HD:

1. the latest BIOS to support >8.4GB HD
2. fdisk your new HD with the copy comes with Win98.

>Here's the Problem:
>I'm trying to install  Win 98 on a new WD 13.something gig HD. The
>installation goes fine until what I beleive to be the last
>re-boot..whereupon the cmos screen shows "completed updating files,
>continuing to load windows" and it stays right there.

Regards,
Michael

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