Installing Windows 98se

[rogerlewis]

Hello, I'm having problems installing windows98se.it will copy all the files to the hard drive no problem, then after the first reboot i get the windows logo then after a few seconds i get a black screen with the error message
Insufficient memory to initialize windows. Quit one or more memory-resident programs or remove unnecessary utilities from your config.sys and autoexec.bat files and restart your computer. it does exactly the same thing if i try to use safe mode aswell it just turns the computer off. My computer has 4gb of ram on it and i'm using a 20gb hdd also i can install windows xp on to it without any problems, can any body help with this problem? thanks Roger

[lostcoast]

have you looked into the config.sys and autoexec.bat files yet for any odd script/commands?

[Calum]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/253912/en-us

Hope this helps.

[BC_Programmer]

My computer has 4gb of ram on it

That's your problem. Bear in mind that when windows 98SE came out, 64MB was considered to be plenty of memory.

I recommend trying 512MB first, and if that works move up to 1GB.

It's likely a overflow within some memory determining routine.


EDIT: darn it, beaten to the punch...