Norman Dunbar wrote: > > Bill, > > when (!) it happens again, try finding and deleting either win.bat or > win.com. I think, if I remember correctly, the installer looks for these > files and barfs because it thinks it has an OS already and the type of > install disc is for a new pc. Alternatively, delete the windows directory > (from a DOS session) and reboot with the CD in the drive. >
Thanks Norman, Joe Miller told me something like that ( .bat files I think) I don't have a CD driver on disk ( that I can find ) so DOS don't know I have a CD, the windows start up I made would not work for some reason, I think the trouble had to do with the hard disk, I had to swap it into the D drive position to get it to format. All this because Windows on the hard drive would not install MS works. I think I'm stuck with Win98, just got tired of giving Bill £80 each year all the best - Bill