trouble with 1721.3 setup...

[Andrews]

I can't seem to get build 1721.3 to install from windows... every time i
try i get a "... please enable short file names option..." and i am not
sure where i dis-enabled it, if anywhere! i just recently got this
system used from a friend, and heaven knows what sort of patches/etc.
have been put into the system... I can load win98 from msdos, but i
would like to resolve this issue... the setup file suggest inactivating
a "long file names" file, but no such beast exists in my system... any
ideas?

thanks

[Mike Higham]

Your right, "heaven knows what sort of patches/etc." you've got - not to
mention some probably unlicensed software.

Do the _only_ sensible thing, (remembering to have good boot disks with
CD-ROM drivers) reformat your hard disk install plain DOS and load 98 clean-
then load your applications etc.

Otherwise, the machine will always be 'your friends' - set-up and customized
(maybe crippled) the way s/he liked it.

Unless you have a pretty outlandish hardware setup or faulty devices, this
will also have the effect of eliminating all these oddities.

Sure you'll probably be able to carry on a bit further, the way you're
going - look in Start->Control Panel->System->Performance->File
System->Troubleshooting, anything checked? It shouldn't be. What will go
wrong next?

Proceeding with an upgrade on what must be considered an unstable system is
a recipe for disaster and unhapiness through continuous crashes, hangs and
failures.

My 2 pence.

Mike

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