windows 98 help!

Error SU0013
Setup could not create files on your startup drive and cannot set up Windows. If you have HPFS or Windows NT file system, you must create an MS-DOS boot partition. If you have LANtastic server or SuperStor compression, disable it before running Setup. See SETUP.TXT on Setup Disk 1 or the Windows CD-ROM.

Originally posted by Dr. Know
First, let's start with a couple simple questions:

Did you run the FDISK utility on the drive? Is it possible you deleted your Primary DOS partition and didn't re-create it? what's FDISK? i'm guessing i didn't run it, not knowing what it is.

Are you booting from a CD or from a floppy that allow CD access? yeah, that is exactly what i'm doing.

Have you run Scan Disk on the drive to make sure there are no bad sectors on the drive? yeah, it did that before going into the windows setup on the cd

Can you gain access to C:\ after booting from a floppy? i'm not sure. how could i try this?

Are you installing from the original OEM disk's that came with the PC? yeah



[Edited on 5-5-2004 by Dr. Know]

Originally posted by cmdrkeenkid


Ok, we can rule out FDISK. It is basically a DOS partition utility that allows you to create larger, smaller, or logical partitions on a drive. Can only be run in DOS mode.

I assume you are booting from the OEM OS setup disk. It may be necessary to boot only from a DOS floppy that has access to the CD ROM. You should then try and run setup.exe from the CD ROM setup disk. Or have you tried this already?

To gain access to C:\ after booting from a floppy, at the A:/> prompt type C:. That will change your prompt to C:\>. Do a DIR to get a directory listing of the root of C:. If the drive was formatted properly you should zero files or 3 system files (depending on how you did the format). If you have multiple files and directories, then it hasn't formatted proplery. That could be part of the problem.

Originally posted by Dr. Know
I assume you are booting from the OEM OS setup disk. It may be necessary to boot only from a DOS floppy that has access to the CD ROM. You should then try and run setup.exe from the CD ROM setup disk. Or have you tried this already?

To gain access to C:\ after booting from a floppy, at the A:/> prompt type C:. That will change your prompt to C:\>. Do a DIR to get a directory listing of the root of C:. If the drive was formatted properly you should zero files or 3 system files (depending on how you did the format). If you have multiple files and directories, then it hasn't formatted proplery. That could be part of the problem.