Installation of ME seems to be stuck

Johnny Wong · External Since: Dec 21, 2006 Posts: 4

Hi,

I have a PC that I wanted to do a full re-installation of ME. I did fdisk
and format. Then I rebooted the PC with the ME disk and went to start windows
with CD-ROM support. This did not get me the normal set up procedure screen,
so I typed e:setup. It went into scandisk and reported nothing was wrong and
left me with a e: prompt and a message saying that "Windows setup requires
15328640 bytes available on my c: drive". Can someone give me a few pointers
as I have no clue how to proceed from here? Thanks for the help in advance.

Johnny

Mike M1 · External Since: Jun 26, 2004 Posts: 4241

How big is your hard disk, or rather the partition to which you are trying
to install Win Me? I ask as the message you are seeing could possible be
the result of attempting to install Win Me to a large empty partition,
possibly >64GB and setup may not be able to handle the resulting large
integer for the free space. A problem that I know can cause false error
message in other areas.
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Mike Maltby
mike.maltby.TakeThisOut@gmail.com

Johnny Wong <JohnnyWong.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I have a PC that I wanted to do a full re-installation of ME. I did
> fdisk and format. Then I rebooted the PC with the ME disk and went to
> start windows with CD-ROM support. This did not get me the normal set
> up procedure screen, so I typed e:setup. It went into scandisk and
> reported nothing was wrong and left me with a e: prompt and a message
> saying that "Windows setup requires 15328640 bytes available on my c:
> drive". Can someone give me a few pointers as I have no clue how to
> proceed from here? Thanks for the help in advance.

Johnny Wong · External Since: Dec 21, 2006 Posts: 4

Hi Mike,

I checked my partitions and it is as follows: 1. 6997 (NTFS). 2. 7585 (Ext
Dos). 3. 8. Does this help?

Thanks

Johnny

"Mike M" wrote:

> How big is your hard disk, or rather the partition to which you are trying
> to install Win Me? I ask as the message you are seeing could possible be
> the result of attempting to install Win Me to a large empty partition,
> possibly >64GB and setup may not be able to handle the resulting large
> integer for the free space. A problem that I know can cause false error
> message in other areas.
> --
> Mike Maltby
> mike.maltby.RemoveThis@gmail.com
>
>
> Johnny Wong <JohnnyWong.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > I have a PC that I wanted to do a full re-installation of ME. I did
> > fdisk and format. Then I rebooted the PC with the ME disk and went to
> > start windows with CD-ROM support. This did not get me the normal set
> > up procedure screen, so I typed e:setup. It went into scandisk and
> > reported nothing was wrong and left me with a e: prompt and a message
> > saying that "Windows setup requires 15328640 bytes available on my c:
> > drive". Can someone give me a few pointers as I have no clue how to
> > proceed from here? Thanks for the help in advance.
>
>

Mike M1 · External Since: Jun 26, 2004 Posts: 4241

Johnny,

Well you've solved the problem. Win Me won't install on an NTFS partition
it has to be either FAT (FAT16) or FAT32.
--
Mike Maltby
mike.maltby DeleteThis @gmail.com

Johnny Wong <JohnnyWong DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Hi Mike,
>
> I checked my partitions and it is as follows: 1. 6997 (NTFS). 2. 7585
> (Ext Dos). 3. 8. Does this help?

Johnny Wong · External Since: Dec 21, 2006 Posts: 4

Hi Mike,

Thanks. I see the problem now. The hard drive was one that used to have XP
installed on it. I guess the next question is how to convert the NTFS back to
FAT16 or FAT32?

Thanks again.

Johnny

"Mike M" wrote:

> Johnny,
>
> Well you've solved the problem. Win Me won't install on an NTFS partition
> it has to be either FAT (FAT16) or FAT32.
> --
> Mike Maltby
> mike.maltby.DeleteThis@gmail.com
>
>
> Johnny Wong <JohnnyWong.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Mike,
> >
> > I checked my partitions and it is as follows: 1. 6997 (NTFS). 2. 7585
> > (Ext Dos). 3. 8. Does this help?
>
>

Mike M1 · External Since: Jun 26, 2004 Posts: 4241

Johnny,

You stated in your first post that you had fdisked and formatted the
drive. Do this again but this time use a Win Me boot floppy, run fdisk,
click Y for large disk support when asked and the partitions will be
formatted as FAT32.

See also Microsoft Knowledge Base article 255867 - "How to Use the Fdisk
Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=255867) as well as the file
CLEANHD.TXT which is in the Win 9x folder on the Win Me CD and also as
KB271673 - "Windows Millennium Edition Cleanhd.txt File Contents"
(http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=271673).
--
Mike Maltby
mike.maltby.DeleteThis@gmail.com

Johnny Wong <JohnnyWong.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Thanks. I see the problem now. The hard drive was one that used to
> have XP installed on it. I guess the next question is how to convert
> the NTFS back to FAT16 or FAT32?
>
> Thanks again.

Johnny Wong · External Since: Dec 21, 2006 Posts: 4

Hi Mike,

Sorry for the late response. Been caught up in the holidays. I just wanted
to thank you for your help.

Johnny

"Mike M" wrote:

> Johnny,
>
> You stated in your first post that you had fdisked and formatted the
> drive. Do this again but this time use a Win Me boot floppy, run fdisk,
> click Y for large disk support when asked and the partitions will be
> formatted as FAT32.
>
> See also Microsoft Knowledge Base article 255867 - "How to Use the Fdisk
> Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk"
> (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=255867) as well as the file
> CLEANHD.TXT which is in the Win 9x folder on the Win Me CD and also as
> KB271673 - "Windows Millennium Edition Cleanhd.txt File Contents"
> (http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=271673).
> --
> Mike Maltby
> mike.maltby RemoveThis @gmail.com
>
>
> Johnny Wong <JohnnyWong RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks. I see the problem now. The hard drive was one that used to
> > have XP installed on it. I guess the next question is how to convert
> > the NTFS back to FAT16 or FAT32?
> >
> > Thanks again.
>
>

Mike M1 · External Since: Jun 26, 2004 Posts: 4241

Johnny Wong <JohnnyWong DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Sorry for the late response. Been caught up in the holidays. I just
> wanted to thank you for your help.

Johnny

I hope that means that all is now OK.

Happy New Year.
--
Mike Maltby
mike.maltby DeleteThis @gmail.com