Low Conventional memory

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I am using Win98SE. For years, I was able to run Win98 setup from Windows and
recover any useful lost file. Recently, I replaced the hard drive and I have
to use an ATA card between the hard drive and the mother board. Now, when I
try to run Win98 setup from Windows, it won't pass more than 10 seconds
during the scandisk process before I get the low conventional memory error
message. I have a 160 GB hard drive. I did a clean install of Win98SE and I
still get the same message. Please help.

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On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 06:01:03 -0700, "Ed"
<Ed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I am using Win98SE. For years, I was able to run Win98 setup from Windows and
>recover any useful lost file. Recently, I replaced the hard drive and I have
>to use an ATA card between the hard drive and the mother board. Now, when I
>try to run Win98 setup from Windows, it won't pass more than 10 seconds
>during the scandisk process before I get the low conventional memory error
>message. I have a 160 GB hard drive. I did a clean install of Win98SE and I
>still get the same message. Please help.

Ed,

Maybe you can't do this the way you are setup but it might be worth
a try:
Try booting with a Win98 Startup diskette with CDrom support then
running Setup from Dos? The diskette provides enough conventional
memory for the install.

If Setup tries to install into a Windows.000 or similar folder
change it to C:\Windows if that's where Windows is. The CDrom drive
letter will temporarily be one letter higher than normal.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/

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Alright! Thanks for the feedback!
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Ed" <Ed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Glee & Bill,
>
> Thank you so much for your valuable information. Using Partition Magic
> changed the cluster size from 8KB TO 32KB. Now I can re-install the operating
> system from Windows.
>
> Thanks!
>
> "Bill Watt" wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 06:01:03 -0700, "Ed"
> > <Ed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > >I am using Win98SE. For years, I was able to run Win98 setup from Windows and
> > >recover any useful lost file. Recently, I replaced the hard drive and I have
> > >to use an ATA card between the hard drive and the mother board. Now, when I
> > >try to run Win98 setup from Windows, it won't pass more than 10 seconds
> > >during the scandisk process before I get the low conventional memory error
> > >message. I have a 160 GB hard drive. I did a clean install of Win98SE and I
> > >still get the same message. Please help.
> >
> > Ed,
> >
> > Maybe you can't do this the way you are setup but it might be worth
> > a try:
> > Try booting with a Win98 Startup diskette with CDrom support then
> > running Setup from Dos? The diskette provides enough conventional
> > memory for the install.
> >
> > If Setup tries to install into a Windows.000 or similar folder
> > change it to C:\Windows if that's where Windows is. The CDrom drive
> > letter will temporarily be one letter higher than normal.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Bill Watt
> > Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/
> >
> >