At 09:43 �� 1/11/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>Bill,
>
>when (!) it happens again, try finding and deleting either win.bat or
>win.com. I think, if I remember correctly, the installer looks for these
>files and barfs because it thinks it has an OS already and the type of
>install disc is for a new pc. Alternatively, delete the windows directory
>(from a DOS session) and reboot with the CD in the drive.
>
>Norman.Depends on the 98 build. Usually you don't have to go to such lengths. If you boot up from the CD and choose install, it overwrites the installation. As for deleting win.com it doesn't do the trick (Quit working after Win95-A). The correct thing to do if the above doesn't work is to boot from the startup disk and DELTREE c:\windows after doing an: ATTRIB -r -h -s +a c:\windows /s Phoebus P.S. It IS on topic since we are using QPC-II :-)
