Windows 98se Won`t Install

[praxis]

Since my hard drive failed I`ve been trying to reinstall win98se on the new HD, I`ve Fdisked it and formatted it, However, Just after scandisk finishes checking the drive (with no errors) and While the first Setup screen appears I get "SUWIN CAUSED AN ILLEGAL INSTRUCTION IN MODULE USER.EXE AT 0018:0184 BAD FAULT IN MSDOS EXTENDER" It does this with Win95 as well.

Any Ideas?

K7SEM Mobo with onboard sound/video
256 meg Ram.
60 gig HD

Any help most appreciated.

[Force Flow]

Try running the manufacturer's HDD diagnostic on the drive.

[newme]

do you have your anti-virus disabled in your cmos,if not disable and try setup again.
hth

[mike breck]

If you have two sticks of Ram, then try them one at a time.

If you only have one stick of Ram, then try a new stick.

[SARGE]

Get the free Doc Memory tester and follow instructions. I'm assuming you're still using the RAM that once worked on same system.

http://www.simmtester.com/PAGE/products/doc/docinfo.asp

[TwoRails]

Hi praxis,

While this usually applies to older motherboards, it can affect some newer ones as well: Try turning off the BIOS virus protection, as Win 95 and Win 98 had troubles loading with the virus protection turned on in most mobos.

HtH

TwoRails