New Dell Computers & Win XP

[Mac05]

Question: Why won't my new dell comp allow me to install win98 ???
took out xp(hate it with a passion), half way to win98 install then everything stops..
is there a way to make this work ???
i reformated the drive to fat32,,, did not help..
any tech heads that can help with this problem ???
please...........

 

[Blujacket]

I did 2 Dells back in October by fdisking and installing Win98SE instead of WinXP. Then I got to put WinXP back on them last month. The hospital changed from a Serial-port SCO/Unix network to a Win2000 Ethernet network, WinXP wouldn't work on the Serial. But I didn't have any problem doing it. Are you getting any error messages?

 

[txfink]

Are you using fdisk or the xp cd to format? I've seen similar situation where xp disk formatting fat32 caused problems. Used fdisk to delete / recreate the partition and 98 installed fine. Probly at least worth a try.

 

[franklin97355]

Don't forget to check if there is a utility partition on the HD. If you delete it you won't be able to get into the bios setup until you recreate it.