can't install not enough extended memory

[pamela anderson]

Whenver I try to install windows I get getting the
message that setup cannot continue because my computer
has less than the required extended memory. I have
728RAM of memory. It's a new hard drive with nothing on
it. HELP!!!!!

[Bill Watt]

On Thu, 27 May 2004 13:06:40 -0700, "pamela anderson"
> wrote:

>Whenver I try to install windows I get getting the
>message that setup cannot continue because my computer
>has less than the required extended memory. I have
>728RAM of memory. It's a new hard drive with nothing on
>it. HELP!!!!!

Boot with a Win98 Startup Diskette with CDrom support and run Setup
from Dos. The Startup diskette will provide the memory needed for
the install.

The CDrom drive letter may be one letter higher due to a temporary
Ram drive being created. e.g. D: to E: etc. Change to that and
enter Setup.

If Setup tries to install into a folder like Windows.000 or
something similar put the cursor in the box and change it to
C:Windows.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Computer Help and Information http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/

>-----Original Message-----
>On Thu, 27 May 2004 13:06:40 -0700, "pamela anderson"
> wrote:
>
>>Whenver I try to install windows I get getting the
>>message that setup cannot continue because my computer
>>has less than the required extended memory. I have
>>728RAM of memory. It's a new hard drive with nothing
on
>>it. HELP!!!!!
>
>Boot with a Win98 Startup Diskette with CDrom support
and run Setup
>from Dos. The Startup diskette will provide the memory
needed for
>the install.
>
>The CDrom drive letter may be one letter higher due to a
temporary
>Ram drive being created. e.g. D: to E: etc. Change to
that and
>enter Setup.
>
>If Setup tries to install into a folder like Windows.000
or
>something similar put the cursor in the box and change
it to
>C:Windows.
>
>Regards,
>
>Bill Watt
>Computer Help and Information
http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/
>
>.
>

This didn't work. I still get the message that windows
can't be install because this computer has less then the
minimum required extended memory.

[Bill Watt]

On Fri, 28 May 2004 09:48:16 -0700,
> wrote:

>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>On Thu, 27 May 2004 13:06:40 -0700, "pamela anderson"
> wrote:
>>
>>>Whenver I try to install windows I get getting the
>>>message that setup cannot continue because my computer
>>>has less than the required extended memory. I have
>>>728RAM of memory. It's a new hard drive with nothing
>on
>>>it. HELP!!!!!
>>
>>Boot with a Win98 Startup Diskette with CDrom support
>and run Setup
>>from Dos. The Startup diskette will provide the memory
>needed for
>>the install.
>>
>>The CDrom drive letter may be one letter higher due to a
>temporary
>>Ram drive being created. e.g. D: to E: etc. Change to
>that and
>>enter Setup.
>>
>>If Setup tries to install into a folder like Windows.000
>or
>>something similar put the cursor in the box and change
>it to
>>C:Windows.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Bill Watt
>>Computer Help and Information
>http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/
>>
>>.
>>
>
>This didn't work. I still get the message that windows
>can't be install because this computer has less then the
>minimum required extended memory.

I posted this to your other message also.
That message is usually "not enough conventional memory". But try
this anyway:

When you boot with the Win98 Startup diskette and change to the
CDrom drive enter:
Setup /IM (that's an eye)

That should skip the check for low conventional memory that Setup
uses to de-compress files.

Also after booting with the floppy enter:
MEM /C
Does the memory look ok?

Regards,

Bill Watt
Computer Help and Information http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/