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Error Message Upgrading to Windows 98 on a Compressed Drive

Article ID: 186938

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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This article was previously published under Q186938

SYMPTOMS

When you upgrade from Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 to Windows 98 on a hard disk that has been compressed with DriveSpace 3, you may receive an error message asking you to insert the Windows 98 CD-ROM even though it is already inserted.

RESOLUTION

Click OK and Setup continues normally. The error message may occur more than once during the Windows 98 installation.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows 98.

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb kbsetup KB186938


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