Win 98 Install Question

[jfreeman]

Tried to reinstall Win 98 on Pent II computer--went with recovery disk, then used Win 98 disk, but repeatedly get warning "install failed, cannot locate win.com". I am stuck as what to do. I repeated the reinstall process three times, but same warning. Many thanks for any help.

[Akuma]

Are you trying to lay it over the current system? What is the reason for the re-install. If there isn't any data that is needed and not backed up, I would format and then reinstall.

[jfreeman]

System seemed unstable as it is three or so years old. I was trying to copy over onto the old system, but I thought the "delete and reinstall" option was the best. There are no files neede as I backed up all before I tried this procedure. I'll try ther format and reinstall routine many thanks!

[AlienDyne]

Win.com is the executable file that loads Windows. For some reason either it's gone, or corrupted.
Yep, format and reinstall.

[jfreeman]

Many thanks to all-- formatting and reinstalling of windows worked!