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win98 upgrade
Iam trying to upgrade to win98,itkeeps telling me that i have too many files in my root dir.How do i get some out?thanks p.s. i don,t know how to get to the root dir.....
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open windows explore and in the left pane click on the c drive
The right pane will list all your folders and if you scroll down it will list all other files in your root directory these include autoexec. bat
config.sys and all backup to these files. also it stores log files txt.
You may find files that you recognize.
Save them to disk uless your sure you know you don't need them.
If your sucessful and able to load Win98 you will be able to convert to FAT32 without a problem
The right pane will list all your folders and if you scroll down it will list all other files in your root directory these include autoexec. bat
config.sys and all backup to these files. also it stores log files txt.
You may find files that you recognize.
Save them to disk uless your sure you know you don't need them.
If your sucessful and able to load Win98 you will be able to convert to FAT32 without a problem
ant11, root dir is the C:\ drive. Normally it contains the system command, autoexec.bat config.sys and some important system files.
Now, how many are there? Are you upgrading from the system it contains Win95 and run setup within the win95?
I would like to suggest you to backup all your existing valuable files and do a clean installation of win98.
If you need details, please just let us know! pslh
Now, how many are there? Are you upgrading from the system it contains Win95 and run setup within the win95?
I would like to suggest you to backup all your existing valuable files and do a clean installation of win98.
If you need details, please just let us know! pslh
Message SU0018
"Setup cannot create files on your startup drive and cannot set up Windows 98. There may be too many files in the root directory of your startup drive, or your startup drive letter may have been remapped."
The root folder of a drive holds a maximum of 512 entries (files or folders). This message indicates that Setup has detected too many directory entries in the root folder of your computer, and Setup cannot create the files it needs to set up Windows 98. Move or delete some files from the root folder of your drive, and then run Setup again.
This error message can also appear if your startup drive letter has been remapped. Several things could cause this:
You have mapped a network drive to C. If this is the case, remap the network drive.
You have a LastDrive=C: statement in your Config.sys file. Remove the LastDrive statement, or set it to equal another drive.
A third-party partitioning or boot manager program has remapped the drive. Consult the program documentation. You may need to uninstall the program before installing Windows 98.