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Bob
June 4th 04, 03:21 AM
I tried to load Windows 98 on my machine and a message
came up ..Windows setup requires 7340032 bytes..then
nothing. What does this mean???

philo
June 4th 04, 10:32 AM
"Bob" > wrote in message
...
> I tried to load Windows 98 on my machine and a message
> came up ..Windows setup requires 7340032 bytes..then
> nothing. What does this mean???


first off, is your drive properly partitioned and formatted

(win98 can be installed on a fat16 or a fat32 partition)


also, if you are using a "simple" bootdisk you also need a memory
manager

you can get a new bootdisk from www.bootdisk.com

or else set your bios to just boot right from the cd