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Windows 98 setup preparation hangs at 100%while probing floppy drives in the preparation stage

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edited Aug 14, 2022 at 17:48

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I am trying to install Windows 98 on a pretty modern computer, from 2010. Why? Because I want to see if I can.

Anyway, I am booting off a USB flash drive with FreeDOS on it. I formatted the USB flash drive with Rufus and copied the files to the USB flash drive.

Then I copied the Windows 98 files to it and also added XMGR.SYS. So I boot from the USB and it loads FreeDOS perfectly fine. I run the Windows 98 setup with /nm to bypass the no minimum of RAM, since it's on a modern computer.

ScanDisk goes perfectly fine with no problem what so ever. The Win98 installer loads perfectly fine and begins to “prepare the setup” with a loading screen. The loading is pretty quick and all but the problem is, when it reaches 100%, it just hangs and in the upper left corner it says:

Remove diskette in drive A:
Insert diskette in drive B:
Press any key to continue ...

I have no idea why this happens. Additionally, my keyboard completely stops working. Anybody who knows what is wrong? Or what I could do?

Addition!have no idea why this happens: There isare no floppy drives in my computer, only 1 CD drive and USB ports. Anybody who knows what is wrong? Or what I could do?

Here is a screenshot of the error:

I am trying to install Windows 98 on a pretty modern computer, from 2010. Why? Because I want to see if I can.

Anyway, I am booting off a USB flash drive with FreeDOS on it. I formatted the USB flash drive with Rufus and copied the files to the USB flash drive.

Then I copied the Windows 98 files to it and also added XMGR.SYS. So I boot from the USB and it loads FreeDOS perfectly fine. I run the Windows 98 setup with /nm to bypass the no minimum of RAM, since it's on a modern computer.

ScanDisk goes perfectly fine with no problem what so ever. The Win98 installer loads perfectly fine and begins to “prepare the setup” with a loading screen. The loading is pretty quick and all but the problem is, when it reaches 100%, it just hangs and in the upper left corner it says:

Remove diskette in drive A:
Insert diskette in drive B:
Press any key to continue ...

I have no idea why this happens. Additionally, my keyboard completely stops working. Anybody who knows what is wrong? Or what I could do?

Addition! There is no floppy drives in my computer, only 1 CD drive and USB ports.

Here is a screenshot of the error:

I am trying to install Windows 98 on a pretty modern computer, from 2010. Why? Because I want to see if I can.

Anyway, I am booting off a USB flash drive with FreeDOS on it. I formatted the USB flash drive with Rufus and copied the files to the USB flash drive.

Then I copied the Windows 98 files to it and also added XMGR.SYS. So I boot from the USB and it loads FreeDOS perfectly fine. I run the Windows 98 setup with /nm to bypass the no minimum of RAM, since it's on a modern computer.

ScanDisk goes perfectly fine with no problem what so ever. The Win98 installer loads perfectly fine and begins to “prepare the setup” with a loading screen. The loading is pretty quick and all but the problem is, when it reaches 100%, it just hangs and in the upper left corner it says:

Remove diskette in drive A:
Insert diskette in drive B:
Press any key to continue ...

Additionally, my keyboard completely stops working. I have no idea why this happens: There are no floppy drives in my computer, only 1 CD drive and USB ports. Anybody who knows what is wrong? Or what I could do?

Here is a screenshot of the error:

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edited Aug 14, 2022 at 13:25

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I am trying to install Windows 98 on a pretty modern computer, from 2010. Why? Because I want to see if I can.

Anyway, I am booting off a USB flash drive with FreeDOS on it. I formatted the USB flash drive with Rufus and copied the files to the USB flash drive.

Then I copied the Windows 98 files to it and also added XMGR.SYS. So I boot from the USB and it loads FreeDOS perfectly fine. I run the Windows 98 setup with /nm to bypass the no minimum of RAM, since it's on a modern computer.

ScanDisk goes perfectly fine with no problem what so ever. The Win98 installer loads perfectly fine and begins to “prepare the setup” with a loading screen. The loading is pretty quick and all but the problem is, when it reaches 100%, it just hangs and in the upper left corner it says:

Remove diskette in drive A:
Insert diskette in drive B:
Press any key to continue ...

I have no idea why this happens. Additionally, my keyboard completely stops working. Anybody who knows what is wrong? Or what I could do?

Addition! There is no floppy drives in my computer, only 1 CD drive and USB ports.

Here is a screenshot of the error:

I am trying to install Windows 98 on a pretty modern computer, from 2010. Why? Because I want to see if I can.

Anyway, I am booting off a USB flash drive with FreeDOS on it. I formatted the USB flash drive with Rufus and copied the files to the USB flash drive.

Then I copied the Windows 98 files to it and also added XMGR.SYS. So I boot from the USB and it loads FreeDOS perfectly fine. I run the Windows 98 setup with /nm to bypass the no minimum of RAM, since it's on a modern computer.

ScanDisk goes perfectly fine with no problem what so ever. The Win98 installer loads perfectly fine and begins to “prepare the setup” with a loading screen. The loading is pretty quick and all but the problem is, when it reaches 100%, it just hangs and in the upper left corner it says:

Remove diskette in drive A:
Insert diskette in drive B:
Press any key to continue ...

I have no idea why this happens. Additionally, my keyboard completely stops working. Anybody who knows what is wrong? Or what I could do?

Here is a screenshot of the error:

I am trying to install Windows 98 on a pretty modern computer, from 2010. Why? Because I want to see if I can.

Anyway, I am booting off a USB flash drive with FreeDOS on it. I formatted the USB flash drive with Rufus and copied the files to the USB flash drive.

Then I copied the Windows 98 files to it and also added XMGR.SYS. So I boot from the USB and it loads FreeDOS perfectly fine. I run the Windows 98 setup with /nm to bypass the no minimum of RAM, since it's on a modern computer.

ScanDisk goes perfectly fine with no problem what so ever. The Win98 installer loads perfectly fine and begins to “prepare the setup” with a loading screen. The loading is pretty quick and all but the problem is, when it reaches 100%, it just hangs and in the upper left corner it says: