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Win '98 Installation

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I have a Thinkpad iSeries (model 1161-210) that I had to replace the hard drive in. I used my existing Win '98 boot disk to create a DOS partition and format the drive. When I tried to install Win '98 from my original CD, I got this message after the installer checked the disk for errors, "Setup has detected a corrupt Setup (.CAB) file and cannot continue".
I even copied the files from the CD to the hard drive and tried to install from the hard drive.
What do I do next???
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Are you inserting the Windows install disk in the CD drive; then restarting with a Win98 Startup disk in the [A] drive; then choosing to start with CD-ROM support; at the [A] prompt typing, E:, and pressing Enter, then at the [E] prompt typing, setup, and pressing Enter?

If so, and the install CD is a copy then it's likely the copy, when the CD was Burned was not copied correctly. Or, you might try running a CD lens cleaner before the install in case the CD lens is dirty or maybe the CD-ROM is bad.

You need not answer if the install CD is a copy!
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Styxx said:
Are you inserting the Windows install disk in the CD drive; then restarting with a Win98 Startup disk in the [A] drive; then choosing to start with CD-ROM support; at the [A] prompt typing, E:, and pressing Enter, then at the [E] prompt typing, setup, and pressing Enter?

If so, and the install CD is a copy then it's likely the copy, when the CD was Burned was not copied correctly. Or, you might try running a CD lens cleaner before the install in case the CD lens is dirty or maybe the CD-ROM is bad.

You need not answer if the install CD is a copy!
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Yes, to the first part.
The CD is an original Win '98 (with original jewel case w/logo etc.) that was included with the computer when it was purchased.
Someone indicated that the hard drive may need a low-level format to correct this.
Is this a possibility?
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you don't have to option of performing a low-level format. That likely is not the problem anyway. Is the drive jumpered properly as Master? Possibly the HDD wasn't partitioned and formatted properly. Not accusing just wondering.
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The hard drive is in a laptop and is the only one it sees.
I partitioned it using the FDISK on the Win98 boot disk and then formatted it using the format utility on the boot disk also.
By the way, I did clean the CD lens, but that didn't help either.
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:) Is LBA mode selected in the BIOS? Also when you ran FDISK, did you enable large disk support? There is a misconception that choosing "auto detect" in the BIOS automatically enables the LBA feature as well. Unfortunately this is not true.
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Yes, I selected the large disk support in the FDISK options.
It also showed that the entire disk (6GB) was being formatted.
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