Yes I did just that. Again remember even the fdisk was also included in the startup disk, which means even after i 'sys' it, the 'ver' is still the very same win98 se...CD setup again says 'the stupid things'... ----- Original Message ----- From: Aaron To: Sent: Monday, November 22, 1999 6:39 AM Subject: Re: [OT] Any one who still have DOS 6 & above please help!! > Why not use fdisk. Remove ALL drives, and then recreate them. This will > erase the disks fat tables and start afresh, leaving you with a virginal > disk. You will then be able to boot direct from the cd > > hope this helps > > Aaron > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sam S Man > To: > Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 10:25 PM > Subject: Re: [OT] Any one who still have DOS 6 & above please help!! > > > > Hi! > > > > Please remember the HD is just formatted ie blank. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Tim Hamel > > To: > > Sent: Monday, November 22, 1999 6:00 AM > > Subject: Re: [OT] Any one who still have DOS 6 & above please help!! > > > > > > > Ahh...I remembe the days of the dreaded "SU0168" error message. Ok, what > > you > > > want to do is rename win.com to win.old. You will also want to rename > > > version.exe to version.old. Once these files are renamed, there > shouldn't > > be > > > an OS check. > > > > > > > > > Hope this helps, > > > > > > Tim Hamel > > > > > > In a message dated 11/21/99 1:57:52 PM Pacific Standard Time, > > > samsman@TM.NET.MY writes: > > > > > > > I'm using win98 SE OEM FULL VERSION. I've refomatted my harddisks. > > Running > > > > setup again with the startup disk does nothing but giving the > annoying > > > error > > > > message, which says cannot continue due the operating system is > already > > > > installed. Forward the problem to local MS dist., they only sent me > the > > > > setup.txt, which already comes with the setup CD and I have read and > > tried > > > a > > > > few times but still getting the error message (SU0168). > > > > > > >