Please Help stuck in windows 98 install!

[hlp45777]

Just reformatted the hard drive on my windows 98 system, I made a startup floppy, erased the harddrive reforamatted etc. Now when I start from the floppy it loads all the drivers and then says preparing to start your computer. This may take a few minutes, please wait...
The diagnostic tools were successfully loaded to drive D.
MSCDEX Version 2.25
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1986-1995. All rights reserved.
Drive E: Driver MSCD001 unit 0
to get help, type HELP and press Enter.

A:\>

I can't get it to get it to install from my CD-ROM drive!
What do I do next? I have been following some online manuals and trying prompts they give and nothing. I have reset the bootup to boot from my cd-rom drive but I get invalid system disk, reinsert disk and press any key.
I put the floppy in and it reloads the drivers and I end up where I indicated above! What do I do now? what is the correct prompt to access my cd-rom
It's original drive letter was M: Can anybody help? Please!

[Snod Blatter]

Make sure you choose to load with CD-ROM drive support (I can't remember the exact wording). It'll then take an age to load and say that the CD drive is E: (I think). Slap the disc in and type E: and then type setup.

Erm.. try that! I may have missed something though...

[ffreeloader]

Drive E: Driver MSCD001 unit 0

First off, if you have a good Windows 98 install CD in your CD ROM drive your computer should boot to it. Do you have more than 1 CD/DVD ROM drive on your computer? If so you may be putting the install disk in the wrong drive, or, although I've never run across it, the new drive may not be able to use the old MSCD driver. If by any off chance you have a Windows 95 install cd the computer will not boot to it.

Second, MSCD is the CDOM driver for Windows 98. Typing "e:" should get you to the cdrom drive windows recognizes from an A:\ prompt--without the quote marks of course--as referenced by the Drive E: Driver MSCD001 message.

[hlp45777]

Once again you guys are the best, it's amazing how much I have learned from you experts since I joined PC Mech. Right now the install is going as it should, I'll let you know how it turns out shortly. so far all is well!
You gentlemen have my utmost respect, I just wish I could get someone with your knowledge to take me on their team and be my mentor, computers are my passion and love. I learn constantly, and I guess in a way you are all my mentors thanks again. I'll let you know how it all turns out, thanks again.
hlp45777

[govigov]

i would have suggested, to change the second boot option from HDD to CD and then put the cd in the drive and start of from there . . .

[hlp45777]

I have succeeded in the install, the only thing that I haven't been able to get installed is the PCIC or compatible PCMCIA controller. Have not been able to find the driver for this. But have been searching the internet to no avail, anyone have any ideas? I can get online, have installed all the appropriate updates from windows updates, but still have not obtained the controller!
Wassup?

[GaryRouth]

PCMCIA -

Usually such devices are found in laptops. If you search the website of the laptop's manufacturer, you might be able to find a driver there.

If you can't find it, post the make/model here, and perhaps we can help you find a driver.

If this system isn't a laptop, but a desktop, Windows is pretty confused about a controller onboard - you probably need drivers for the chipset on the motherboard. If this is a major OEM system (IBM, Dell, Gateway, HP/Compaq, etc) you can usually find the drivers at their website.

Best of luck
. . . Gary

[hlp45777]

HP Pavilion 6465, This may sound a little ignorant but what is PCMCIA and what does it do? Will research this myself also, I have installed every driver i can find but they all say they are not the right driver for this device!

[bailey]

type it into google to read all about it.
is a slot on the side that you can plug various cards in it for differant things

[GaryRouth]

Hi again -

Here's the webpage at Hp.com for your model:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/p...lang=en&cc=us&

Lots of information regarding the parts in your computer are available from there. They don't seem to be providing the Win98 drivers for download from the website - but perhaps that's because most of them are available on the Windows 98 CD. [If you follow the link to download drivers for your model for Windows 98, you'll find yourself at a page with only a CDROM firmware update, and a software patch.]

If you have a "Recovery Disk" - that would have all the drivers you need, if the equipment is still all original parts. Hp might still be able to provide you with a replacement disk set for a reasonably modest fee (should you no longer have the original disks).

The big question is whether or not an add-on card is present in your system [It's unlikely that there were any PCMCIA cards in the original configuration]. I've actually never seen such a device on a desktop, except in some old EpsonPC models (and that was around 1993 - the cpus were 486s); and Hp doesn't mention anything about PCMCIA in the parts list for your model. PCMCIA cards are just about the size of credit cards - I'm sure you've seen them getting plugged into laptops. The slot is just barely wider than the card itself.

If you've had any odd peripherals plugged in during the Windows installation, try unplugging them (like cameras, scanners, printers, projectors, whatever), then try removing the PCIC or PCMCIA device from Device Manager in Safe Mode. Then reboot. See if Device Manager looks Ok after that. If the new hardware found wizard runs - see if you can copy exactly what Windows thinks it has found, and post that info here (see if it still thinks it's found a PCMCIA controller). You can reach Safe Mode by tapping the F8 key during your system startup. You can reach Device Manager by going to Start/Control Panel/System/Device Manager.

Let us know if anything interesting comes up.
. . . Gary

[glc]

The machine just might have a PCMCIA card reader in it - I used to see those in desktops before flash memory readers were common, that's how we used to get pictures off a CF card using a CF to PCMCIA adapter. If you don't use it, don't worry about it. If you do have one and need to use it, you need to find out the manufacturer/model and download the drivers for it.

[ffreeloader]

I have succeeded in the install, the only thing that I haven't been able to get installed is the PCIC or compatible PCMCIA controller. Have not been able to find the driver for this. But have been searching the internet to no avail, anyone have any ideas? I can get online, have installed all the appropriate updates from windows updates, but still have not obtained the controller! Wassup?

What, if anything, is not now working on your computer? By this I mean, does the printer not work, the scanner, etc...? What piece of hardware that you have used before isn't working now? What functionality are you now missing?

[hlp45777]

Found the right drivers for the modem and PCMCIA device thanks guys for all the help.