erpdude8 Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Hi, could this have to do with it? Check the 'ASPI Layer'.RudolfHi Gape,When my HD got broke, I bought myself a new big one (200G) and decided to implement the win98 SE SP. Install win98se from my original CD cd first and the SP afterwards.I followed your implementation plan and got in trouble very soon. Long before the steps 7 and 8 on your list (installation order) every time the new HD was full of corrupted files in all 3 partitions. I didn't get a well working 'basic' installation. During file copying every time I ruined lots of files and I can't tell you how many times I have seen MS Scandisk processing.My search on internet to the cause of this took very much time. Searching Maxtor's KB, I found 2 items to check in relation to 'big' HD's: 1) ver. of Fdisk (MS KB263044) and 2) ver. of Esdi_506.PDR (MS KB243450). These were ok, probably because of the 'slipstreaming' trick? I digged some more in Maxtor's KB and found a hint that the ASPI layer should not be older than ver. 4.60 (1021). There could be conflicts between the Aspi driver(s) and the IDE driver(s). This link brings you to the KB article at the Maxtor site: KB article MaxtorAfter installing a new Aspi Layer (from Adaptic's site) my trouble finally ended after 10 days and now I can get on with the next step(s) of the implementation.I propose to implement a fresh ASPI Layer in your Win98 SE SP or (at least) indicate to fresh up the ASPI Layer yourself. The one on the win98se CD is way too old.I hope this contribution, in some way, may benefit you all. Bye, have a nice day.Rudolf.maybe not.It is an Intel 810 chipset, but I have partitioned the drive to a 60, a 60 and a 40 GB volume so the 137 GB limitation is not a factor, correct?No, this is not correct. The 137GB limit relates tho the physical disk size, not to partition size. The problem is with physical disk addressing, the ESDI_506.PDR uses 28-bit addressing of sectors (512 bytes each), so the maximum addressable sector number is 2^28-1 = 268435455 . If you try to address sector number 268435456, you will read or write sector 0 instead. Maximum partition size in Windows 98 SE is 2048GiB (2,2TB), just Windows Scandisk and Defrag will not work with partition size bigger than 137 GB because of the memory allocation problem.Petrsince your system uses intel 810 chipsets, emarkay, try installing the Intel Application Accelerator v2.3 [iAA] driver from Intel download site:http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df...18&submit=Go%21The IAA driver can read 137 Gb and bigger hard drives under Win98se/ME and is compatible with intel 810 chipsets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDGx Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 http://www2.acc.chula.ac.th/~montree/msdos.htmlPlease note that this URL:http://www2.acc.chula.ac.th/~montree/msdos.htmlis only an older copy of my MSDOS.SYS Guide:http://www.mdgx.com/msdos.htmwhich used to be located here [my old web site on AOL has been disabled for over 3 years]:http://members.aol.com/axcel216/msdos.htmThis page on AOL only redirects to my current one:http://www.mdgx.com/msdos.htmHope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJARRRPCGP Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 And who is the complete id*** that said to not backup registries with the SystemReg command?See: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/183603/EN-US/DID YOU READ THAT TOO???I recommended to add "SystemReg=0", *not* to add "Backup=0"...This registry problem rarely occurs on the some systems because of the new IO.SYS file (WINBOOT.SYS / Q311561). This update has a problem which is not fixed by Microsoft. A workaround is to add "SystemReg=0" into the MSDOS.SYS.Are you sure that's the right entry? Because that one may be telling it to not load the registry at all, which means you're stuck at the command prompt!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 That option disables registry scanning on startup...http://www.mdgx.com/msdos.htmhttp://www.computerhope.com/msdossys.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDGx Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Backup= does not exist as MSDOS.SYS setting.You can add/modify it/whatever, but it won't do anything. SystemReg= only *scans* for certain errors the registry files upon every Windows startup, does not tell Windows to not load the registry.Therefore it is perfectly safe to use.I use SystemReg= in my MSDOS.SYS [and WINBOOT.INI] for over 8 years, without any problems, with Win95, 98 and ME [all editions].Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azagahl Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 or use ntfsUnfortunately, it is more difficult to perform data recovery on a corrupt ntfs partition.Data recovery is easier under FAT32.Well it's moot for a few reasons - I have reinstalled Win98SE, WILL NOT use this SP ever again, and well, it's been a long 2 days.Don't bury your head in the sand like an ostrich. I recommend that you research the 137 GB problem before you trash your HD again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emarkay Posted February 3, 2006 Author Share Posted February 3, 2006 I have the IAA installed already.I have been looking at a few things, and decided it may be the 137GB issue on the ascii charactrers. I still don't know what caused the 98SE SP2 probs, but:I need to do a clean install anyway.Will low level format and limit to 125GB (I really don't ned those "extra" gigs anyway) and will test the latest sesp21a (from here)http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=61749now before I reload - if it is OK here and now, then I will install it tomorrow with the new Win reload.Will see if i crash and burn or go on merryling along like an ostritch...http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=65745&st=10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emarkay Posted February 3, 2006 Author Share Posted February 3, 2006 Ostrich? Who me [mumbles as sand fills mouth and nose...] ?Consider this thread closed and see here for any updates...http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?act=po...st&f=91&t=65735 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emarkay Posted February 3, 2006 Author Share Posted February 3, 2006 Ostrich? Who me [mumbles as sand fills mouth and nose...] ?Consider this thread closed and see here for any updates...http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?act=po...st&f=91&t=65735Well, it's trashed again... not ascii, but win98se sp2. See post above for details... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emarkay Posted February 3, 2006 Author Share Posted February 3, 2006 Well, on the laptop now. Yup, your win98se sp2 trashed my PC again. I had some screen captures, but I can't network in safe mode...First I noticed that not only processor data was gone, but also user information in SYSTEM/PROPERTIES - as well as the handy DEVICE MANAGER!.Your Adaptec ASPI replacements are not up to date! Well, let's see what else can I remember...Who cares, I get the endless loop of CHECKING REGISTRY BSOD and restart - AND I AM NOT CRIPPLING MY DAILY REGISTRY SCAN AND BACKUP with your "fix"..If someone wants to look into this further, fine, I'll give you as much data on my system as I can. But I consider this a FLAWED and DANGEROUS program, and will continue to say so unless proven otherwise.Thanks - for nothing...MRKWell, on the laptop now. Yup, your win98se sp2 trashed my PC again. I had some screen captures, but I can't network in safe mode...First I noticed that not only processor data was gone, but also user information in SYSTEM/PROPERTIES - as well as the handy DEVICE MANAGER!.Your Adaptec ASPI replacements are not up to date! Well, let's see what else can I remember...Who cares, I get the endless loop of CHECKING REGISTRY BSOD and restart - AND I AM NOT CRIPPLING MY DAILY REGISTRY SCAN AND BACKUP with your "fix"..If someone wants to look into this further, fine, I'll give you as much data on my system as I can. But I consider this a FLAWED and DANGEROUS program, and will continue to say so unless proven otherwise.Thanks - for nothing...MRK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmsta Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 You have to realize - This pack is unofficial for a reason, and it may not work for everybody. This is true for most unofficial patching projects. Saying "Thanks - for nothing" is just pointless - it is entirely your fault, your curiosity, that your system is screwed up. If it didn't work the first time, and you had your drivers installed (IAA), and you still had issues, it's probable that your system will not work with the unofficial patch. The fact that Petr & erpdude8 took time out of their day for you, and all you can say is thanks for nothing, well, you have a lot to learn about this community, and how hard it is to patch things that Microsoft left for dead. It isn't a guaranteed fix, and isn't waranteed under any warantee. You cannot expect an unofficial patch to fix your problems. If anything, you can expect anything unofficial to screw something up - it wasn't made by the original proprietor, and thus, might have problems with some hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizardofwindows Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 ived installed it about 30 times without a single error.its the best piece of 98se software ived used in years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmsta Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 I too, have not had any problems on it, and have installed it on several virtual pc's, and Pentium 133-through Celeron 2.0GHz machines. I have yet to have any problems like emarkay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky619 Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 Yeah, well it's NEVER safe to use an unofficial program, fix, or service pack...what ever it might be never use anything that's NOT official, it only causes bad problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmsta Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 not NEVER... I think that the majority of people that try this out either has good results, or disasters like this. Unofficial doesn't mean bad... it just means non-production quality, and possibly also alpha-quality bugs... It's a luck of the draw, I guess. (Although it seems that most people DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM with the pack). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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