Bill, it didn't work

[pamela anderson]

I tried what you said and it didn't work. I still get
the message that windows can't be installed because there
is not enough extended memory. Any other suggestions?

[Bill Watt]

On Fri, 28 May 2004 09:51:15 -0700, "pamela anderson"
> wrote:

>I tried what you said and it didn't work. I still get
>the message that windows can't be installed because there
>is not enough extended memory. Any other suggestions?

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/

>-----Original Message-----
>I tried what you said and it didn't work. I still get
>the message that windows can't be installed because
there
>is not enough extended memory. Any other suggestions?
>.
>

I would really appreciate help.

>-----Original Message-----
>On Fri, 28 May 2004 09:51:15 -0700, "pamela anderson"
> wrote:
>
>>I tried what you said and it didn't work. I still get
>>the message that windows can't be installed because
there
>>is not enough extended memory. Any other suggestions?
>
>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/
>
>.
>

Whenever I tried this I only got "Bad command or file
name."

The message I keep getting is: "The windows 98 startup
disk could not create a temporary drive for the
diagnostic tools. This may be because this computer has
less than the minimum required extended memory.
Path not found - :\COMMAND.COM
Path not found - :\EXTRACT.EXE
Path not found - :\README.TXT
bad command or file name
The diagnostic tools were successfully loaded to drive.
File not found."

None of the suggestions I have tried worked. Can you
help?

[Bill Watt]

On Mon, 31 May 2004 14:45:16 -0700,
> wrote:

>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>On Fri, 28 May 2004 09:51:15 -0700, "pamela anderson"
> wrote:
>>
>>>I tried what you said and it didn't work. I still get
>>>the message that windows can't be installed because
>there
>>>is not enough extended memory. Any other suggestions?
>>
>>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/
>>
>>.
>>
>
>Whenever I tried this I only got "Bad command or file
>name."
>
>The message I keep getting is: "The windows 98 startup
>disk could not create a temporary drive for the
>diagnostic tools. This may be because this computer has
>less than the minimum required extended memory.
>Path not found - :\COMMAND.COM
>Path not found - :\EXTRACT.EXE
>Path not found - :\README.TXT
>bad command or file name
>The diagnostic tools were successfully loaded to drive.
>File not found."
>
>None of the suggestions I have tried worked. Can you
>help?

Can you boot to Dos without the Startup diskette?
If you can then enter MEM /C from Dos, does it show ALL your
memory?

Regards,

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

>-----Original Message-----
>On Mon, 31 May 2004 14:45:16 -0700,
> wrote:
>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>On Fri, 28 May 2004 09:51:15 -0700, "pamela anderson"
> wrote:
>>>
>>>>I tried what you said and it didn't work. I still
get
>>>>the message that windows can't be installed because
>>there
>>>>is not enough extended memory. Any other suggestions?
>>>
>>>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/
>>>
>>>.
>>>
>>
>>Whenever I tried this I only got "Bad command or file
>>name."
>>
>>The message I keep getting is: "The windows 98 startup
>>disk could not create a temporary drive for the
>>diagnostic tools. This may be because this computer
has
>>less than the minimum required extended memory.
>>Path not found - :\COMMAND.COM
>>Path not found - :\EXTRACT.EXE
>>Path not found - :\README.TXT
>>bad command or file name
>>The diagnostic tools were successfully loaded to drive.
>>File not found."
>>
>>None of the suggestions I have tried worked. Can you
>>help?
>
>Can you boot to Dos without the Startup diskette?
>If you can then enter MEM /C from Dos, does it show
ALL your
>memory?
>
>Regards,
>
>Bill Watt
>Computer Help and Information
http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/
>
>.
>

All I get is "Bad command or file name."
My memory shows up in the Bios though.