[atvrdan]

I have a very old Hp computer. It has windows 95 on it and i wanted to upgrade it to windows Me becuase my Dsl wont work with it and I want a comuter downstairs w/ internet. I have uninstalled the operating system and I have already formatted the hard drive and when I inserted the disk I restarted it. I chose install windows and then it does to a black screen w/ a blinking white line. The light on the Cd drive just flashes and sits there too. Is there any way I can continue with the install or somehow go around this? All help is greatly Appreciated.

[TheMajor]

I have no idea how to fix this.
Did u try to wait...maybe it takes a while to load.


But I wouldn't get ME....it sucks, get Win98SE.

[atvrdan]

Yes, i waited like a day (23-24hours)
I have windows 98 SE but the same thing happens with it too

[TheMajor]

Try another Cd-rom drive.

[atvrdan]

I dont think it is the CDROM drive b/c when i put in the windows95 Restore CD that came w/ it it started loading right away and I have windows 95 again. ANY other ideas

[AND_YOU_ARE]

Does it stop in the middle of the install? Or does it not even get to the install process?

[Blind_Arrow]

hmm, tell me few things:

1: how much drive space u have?
2: your system specification?
3: do you have bootable floppy?

possible reason: win95 is on FAT16, 98/Me are on FAT32. i'll help u out more (God Willing) if u can tell me the things I asked.



and finally suggestion is: get rid of Me, get 98SE (best)

[Cherubimon_3.20]

yes you usually need a boot disk for Win98 and Win ME

[ZeroCool]

Install ME over 95. Don't uninstall 95. Just boot the ME disc while running 95.


But you shoudnt even get ME. Just don't. Get 2000.

[atvrdan]

To anwser the questions
1: how much drive space u have? 2gb hard drive

2: your system specification? it it a pavillion 3100, 166ghz pentium 1 processer (VVVVVVVVERY OLD) 32mb of SDRam memory and a 16x cdrom drive

3: do you have bootable floppy? I dont think so