No driver for installing drivers, upgrade to 98

internetuse · External Since: Oct 25, 2005 Posts: 2

To upgrade Win95 to 98, I have to use setup /c, but when the script gets to
the driver upgrade, it appears the author removed ALL the drivers and so the
script cannot install any drivers to the C drive because the computer cannot
write to the C drive.

Is there a workaround, fix, or solid advice on recovering from this error?

benjmyers · External Since: Dec 05, 2004 Posts: 246

It is my understanding that the "/c" switch bypasses
smartdrv.exe. I suggest you try "fdisk /status" and
see if the computer has access to the hard drive.

Ben

"internetuse" <internetuse.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7ED7C156-B7A9-41AA-8BEF-C83B0AEB2988@microsoft.com...
> To upgrade Win95 to 98, I have to use setup /c, but when the script gets to
> the driver upgrade, it appears the author removed ALL the drivers and so the
> script cannot install any drivers to the C drive because the computer cannot
> write to the C drive.
>
> Is there a workaround, fix, or solid advice on recovering from this error?

internetuse · External Since: Oct 25, 2005 Posts: 2

During the script, I have no access to the dos prompt.

Otherwise, the hardware works fine and is accessible if booted with
something else.

"Ben Myers" wrote:

> It is my understanding that the "/c" switch bypasses
> smartdrv.exe. I suggest you try "fdisk /status" and
> see if the computer has access to the hard drive.
>
> Ben
>
> "internetuse" <internetuse RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7ED7C156-B7A9-41AA-8BEF-C83B0AEB2988@microsoft.com...
> > To upgrade Win95 to 98, I have to use setup /c, but when the script gets to
> > the driver upgrade, it appears the author removed ALL the drivers and so the
> > script cannot install any drivers to the C drive because the computer cannot
> > write to the C drive.
> >
> > Is there a workaround, fix, or solid advice on recovering from this error?
>

benjmyers · External Since: Dec 05, 2004 Posts: 246

Remove and reseat the memory modules. Test or replace them if
possible. Also, see if "c:\setuplog.txt" has any useful information.

Ben

"internetuse" <internetuse.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E445307B-F9C2-4959-B75E-B078D9B001AC@microsoft.com...
> During the script, I have no access to the dos prompt.
>
> Otherwise, the hardware works fine and is accessible if booted with
> something else.
>
> "Ben Myers" wrote:
>
> > It is my understanding that the "/c" switch bypasses
> > smartdrv.exe. I suggest you try "fdisk /status" and
> > see if the computer has access to the hard drive.
> >
> > Ben
> >
> > "internetuse" <internetuse.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7ED7C156-B7A9-41AA-8BEF-C83B0AEB2988@microsoft.com...
> > > To upgrade Win95 to 98, I have to use setup /c, but when the script gets to
> > > the driver upgrade, it appears the author removed ALL the drivers and so the
> > > script cannot install any drivers to the C drive because the computer cannot
> > > write to the C drive.
> > >
> > > Is there a workaround, fix, or solid advice on recovering from this error?
> >

philo1 · External Since: May 08, 2004 Posts: 59

internetuse wrote:
> To upgrade Win95 to 98, I have to use setup /c, but when the script gets to
> the driver upgrade, it appears the author removed ALL the drivers and so the
> script cannot install any drivers to the C drive because the computer cannot
> write to the C drive.
>
> Is there a workaround, fix, or solid advice on recovering from this error?

maybe you should not use the /c switch
smartdrv must be needed