Hello, Tom.
-=> on 03-31-05 07:00, TOM WALKER wrote to ROY J. TELLASON <=-

 RJT>TW>  I set up a Win98SE system using a Generic OEM CD and don't recal
 RJT>TW> lit  doing any partitioning and Formatting at all.

 RJT>I don't think it specifically tells you when it's doing it.

 TW>  Now there is a Test I can do. somewhere I have an old Hard Drive with
 TW>  windows on it. I will delete the Windows directory and do an Generic
 TW>  OEM install and see what happens.

If you have time, and for an interesting comparison, you could also use
FDISK on the EBD to delete the existing partition, then try to install
from the CDROM and see what msgs pop up when Windows starts to install.

- - -  JimH.

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