Ready to go nuts

My first time here, I'm Vince from Coney Island Brooklyn NY.

Two of the kids on the block found and asked me to fix an old XPS H266

it has no op system, I've tried every which way, using the WIN98 disk,
98USB, MADBOOT, in the case of 98USB it starts to copy the files and
then tells me about a bad file and stops installing.

In total I've tried this on five different HDs. Mind you I've done this
many times before with no problems, BUT this is my first time on a DELL.

Any help please they're poor kids and they would love to have their own
system

Give us some specifics as to what the problem is and what the symptoms you
are experiencing are....

--
Regards,
Hank Arnold

"Vince" wrote in message
...
My first time here, I'm Vince from Coney Island Brooklyn NY.

Two of the kids on the block found and asked me to fix an old XPS H266

it has no op system, I've tried every which way, using the WIN98 disk,
98USB, MADBOOT, in the case of 98USB it starts to copy the files and then
tells me about a bad file and stops installing.

In total I've tried this on five different HDs. Mind you I've done this
many times before with no problems, BUT this is my first time on a DELL.

Any help please they're poor kids and they would love to have their own
system

Bad file, where? Could it be a bad file coming from the install CD or
possibly a CD ROM hardware issue?

Try a different install CD if possible or a different CD ROM if the
issue remains.

Judging from your reported efforts and results, I'd suspect some sort
of hardware issue.

KC

"Hank Arnold" wrote in message
...
Give us some specifics as to what the problem is and what the symptoms you
are experiencing are....

--
Regards,
Hank Arnold

"Vince" wrote in message
...
My first time here, I'm Vince from Coney Island Brooklyn NY.

Two of the kids on the block found and asked me to fix an old XPS H266

it has no op system, I've tried every which way, using the WIN98 disk,
98USB, MADBOOT, in the case of 98USB it starts to copy the files and
then
tells me about a bad file and stops installing.

In total I've tried this on five different HDs. Mind you I've done this
many times before with no problems, BUT this is my first time on a DELL.

Any help please they're poor kids and they would love to have their own
system

Kevin Childers wrote:
Bad file, where? Could it be a bad file coming from the install CD or
possibly a CD ROM hardware issue?

Try a different install CD if possible or a different CD ROM if the
issue remains.

Judging from your reported efforts and results, I'd suspect some sort
of hardware issue.

KC

"Hank Arnold" wrote in message
...

Give us some specifics as to what the problem is and what the symptoms you
are experiencing are....

--
Regards,
Hank Arnold

"Vince" wrote in message
...

My first time here, I'm Vince from Coney Island Brooklyn NY.

Two of the kids on the block found and asked me to fix an old XPS H266

it has no op system, I've tried every which way, using the WIN98 disk,
98USB, MADBOOT, in the case of 98USB it starts to copy the files and

then

tells me about a bad file and stops installing.

In total I've tried this on five different HDs. Mind you I've done this
many times before with no problems, BUT this is my first time on a DELL.

Any help please they're poor kids and they would love to have their own
system




Its saids one of the *.CAB files, NOW I'm using either the upgrade
or full system CDs, "98UBD" only lets me use the upgrade CD, on the FULL
system CD it saids the "setup file" is missing, both CDs can't be bad.
Besides I used the FULL System CD on an old GATEWAY last week with no
problems. Lastly I used more than one DC drive as a control factor.

"Vince" wrote in message
...
Kevin Childers wrote:
Bad file, where? Could it be a bad file coming from the install CD
or
possibly a CD ROM hardware issue?

Try a different install CD if possible or a different CD ROM if the
issue remains.

Judging from your reported efforts and results, I'd suspect some
sort
of hardware issue.

KC

"Hank Arnold" wrote in message
...

Give us some specifics as to what the problem is and what the symptoms
you
are experiencing are....

--
Regards,
Hank Arnold

"Vince" wrote in message
...

My first time here, I'm Vince from Coney Island Brooklyn NY.

Two of the kids on the block found and asked me to fix an old XPS H266

it has no op system, I've tried every which way, using the WIN98 disk,
98USB, MADBOOT, in the case of 98USB it starts to copy the files and

then

tells me about a bad file and stops installing.

In total I've tried this on five different HDs. Mind you I've done this
many times before with no problems, BUT this is my first time on a DELL.

Any help please they're poor kids and they would love to have their own
system




Its saids one of the *.CAB files, NOW I'm using either the upgrade
or full system CDs, "98UBD" only lets me use the upgrade CD, on the FULL
system CD it saids the "setup file" is missing, both CDs can't be bad.
Besides I used the FULL System CD on an old GATEWAY last week with no
problems. Lastly I used more than one DC drive as a control factor.


Possible file corruption due to (take your pick):

-bad CD drive or cable
-bad HDD or cable
-bad RAM
-bad CPU
-or bad system board.

(Given what you've said about using the same CD successfully on a
Gateway....)

Stew

on the back of the system are 4 leds labeled 'abcd'. these indicate an
error code if there is a problem with the system. if they are not all green
then report back what colors they are and perhaps we can help you with the
meaning of the code. also, support.dell.com has full documentation and
drivers for your system.

"S.Lewis" wrote in message
...

"Vince" wrote in message
...
Kevin Childers wrote:
Bad file, where? Could it be a bad file coming from the install CD
or
possibly a CD ROM hardware issue?

Try a different install CD if possible or a different CD ROM if the
issue remains.

Judging from your reported efforts and results, I'd suspect some
sort
of hardware issue.

KC

"Hank Arnold" wrote in message
...

Give us some specifics as to what the problem is and what the symptoms
you
are experiencing are....

--
Regards,
Hank Arnold

"Vince" wrote in message
...

My first time here, I'm Vince from Coney Island Brooklyn NY.

Two of the kids on the block found and asked me to fix an old XPS H266

it has no op system, I've tried every which way, using the WIN98 disk,
98USB, MADBOOT, in the case of 98USB it starts to copy the files and

then

tells me about a bad file and stops installing.

In total I've tried this on five different HDs. Mind you I've done this
many times before with no problems, BUT this is my first time on a
DELL.

Any help please they're poor kids and they would love to have their own
system




Its saids one of the *.CAB files, NOW I'm using either the upgrade
or full system CDs, "98UBD" only lets me use the upgrade CD, on the FULL
system CD it saids the "setup file" is missing, both CDs can't be bad.
Besides I used the FULL System CD on an old GATEWAY last week with no
problems. Lastly I used more than one DC drive as a control factor.


Possible file corruption due to (take your pick):

-bad CD drive or cable
-bad HDD or cable
-bad RAM
-bad CPU
-or bad system board.

(Given what you've said about using the same CD successfully on a
Gateway....)

Stew

S.Lewis wrote:
"Vince" wrote in message
...

Kevin Childers wrote:

Bad file, where? Could it be a bad file coming from the install CD
or
possibly a CD ROM hardware issue?

Try a different install CD if possible or a different CD ROM if the
issue remains.

Judging from your reported efforts and results, I'd suspect some
sort
of hardware issue.

KC

"Hank Arnold" wrote in message
...


Give us some specifics as to what the problem is and what the symptoms
you
are experiencing are....

--
Regards,
Hank Arnold

"Vince" wrote in message
...


My first time here, I'm Vince from Coney Island Brooklyn NY.

Two of the kids on the block found and asked me to fix an old XPS H266

it has no op system, I've tried every which way, using the WIN98 disk,
98USB, MADBOOT, in the case of 98USB it starts to copy the files and

then


tells me about a bad file and stops installing.

In total I've tried this on five different HDs. Mind you I've done this
many times before with no problems, BUT this is my first time on a DELL.

Any help please they're poor kids and they would love to have their own
system



Its saids one of the *.CAB files, NOW I'm using either the upgrade
or full system CDs, "98UBD" only lets me use the upgrade CD, on the FULL
system CD it saids the "setup file" is missing, both CDs can't be bad.
Besides I used the FULL System CD on an old GATEWAY last week with no
problems. Lastly I used more than one DC drive as a control factor.



Possible file corruption due to (take your pick):

-bad CD drive or cable
-bad HDD or cable
-bad RAM
-bad CPU
-or bad system board.

(Given what you've said about using the same CD successfully on a
Gateway....)

Stew


You forgot to rule out bad CD unit as I used more than one.

Christopher Muto wrote:

on the back of the system are 4 leds labeled 'abcd'. these indicate an
error code if there is a problem with the system. if they are not all green
then report back what colors they are and perhaps we can help you with the
meaning of the code. also, support.dell.com has full documentation and
drivers for your system.

"S.Lewis" wrote in message
...

"Vince" wrote in message
...

Kevin Childers wrote:

Bad file, where? Could it be a bad file coming from the install CD
or
possibly a CD ROM hardware issue?

Try a different install CD if possible or a different CD ROM if the
issue remains.

Judging from your reported efforts and results, I'd suspect some
sort
of hardware issue.

KC

"Hank Arnold" wrote in message
...


Give us some specifics as to what the problem is and what the symptoms
you
are experiencing are....

--
Regards,
Hank Arnold

"Vince" wrote in message
...


My first time here, I'm Vince from Coney Island Brooklyn NY.

Two of the kids on the block found and asked me to fix an old XPS H266

it has no op system, I've tried every which way, using the WIN98 disk,
98USB, MADBOOT, in the case of 98USB it starts to copy the files and

then


tells me about a bad file and stops installing.

In total I've tried this on five different HDs. Mind you I've done this
many times before with no problems, BUT this is my first time on a
DELL.

Any help please they're poor kids and they would love to have their own
system



Its saids one of the *.CAB files, NOW I'm using either the upgrade
or full system CDs, "98UBD" only lets me use the upgrade CD, on the FULL
system CD it saids the "setup file" is missing, both CDs can't be bad.
Besides I used the FULL System CD on an old GATEWAY last week with no
problems. Lastly I used more than one DC drive as a control factor.


Possible file corruption due to (take your pick):

-bad CD drive or cable
-bad HDD or cable
-bad RAM
-bad CPU
-or bad system board.

(Given what you've said about using the same CD successfully on a
Gateway....)

Stew




Friend this is an older 266 MHZ system there are no such leds.
I will check out Dell's web page thanks much as I think they no longer
support such an old unit

"Vince" wrote in message
...
Christopher Muto wrote:

on the back of the system are 4 leds labeled 'abcd'. these indicate an
error code if there is a problem with the system. if they are not all
green then report back what colors they are and perhaps we can help you
with the meaning of the code. also, support.dell.com has full
documentation and drivers for your system.

"S.Lewis" wrote in message
...

"Vince" wrote in message
...

Kevin Childers wrote:

Bad file, where? Could it be a bad file coming from the install CD
or
possibly a CD ROM hardware issue?

Try a different install CD if possible or a different CD ROM if the
issue remains.

Judging from your reported efforts and results, I'd suspect some
sort
of hardware issue.

KC

"Hank Arnold" wrote in message
...


Give us some specifics as to what the problem is and what the symptoms
you
are experiencing are....

--
Regards,
Hank Arnold

"Vince" wrote in message
...


My first time here, I'm Vince from Coney Island Brooklyn NY.

Two of the kids on the block found and asked me to fix an old XPS
H266

it has no op system, I've tried every which way, using the WIN98
disk,
98USB, MADBOOT, in the case of 98USB it starts to copy the files and

then


tells me about a bad file and stops installing.

In total I've tried this on five different HDs. Mind you I've done
this
many times before with no problems, BUT this is my first time on a
DELL.

Any help please they're poor kids and they would love to have their
own
system



Its saids one of the *.CAB files, NOW I'm using either the upgrade
or full system CDs, "98UBD" only lets me use the upgrade CD, on the FULL
system CD it saids the "setup file" is missing, both CDs can't be bad.
Besides I used the FULL System CD on an old GATEWAY last week with no
problems. Lastly I used more than one DC drive as a control factor.


Possible file corruption due to (take your pick):

-bad CD drive or cable
-bad HDD or cable
-bad RAM
-bad CPU
-or bad system board.

(Given what you've said about using the same CD successfully on a
Gateway....)

Stew




Friend this is an older 266 MHZ system there are no such leds.
I will check out Dell's web page thanks much as I think they no longer
support such an old unit



Actually, the do: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dcor/

The XPS R systems were the last with NO diag leds on back, and the XPS T's
the first......


Stew

S.Lewis wrote:
"Vince" wrote in message
...

Christopher Muto wrote:


on the back of the system are 4 leds labeled 'abcd'. these indicate an
error code if there is a problem with the system. if they are not all
green then report back what colors they are and perhaps we can help you
with the meaning of the code. also, support.dell.com has full
documentation and drivers for your system.

"S.Lewis" wrote in message
.. .


"Vince" wrote in message
...


Kevin Childers wrote:


Bad file, where? Could it be a bad file coming from the install CD
or
possibly a CD ROM hardware issue?

Try a different install CD if possible or a different CD ROM if the
issue remains.

Judging from your reported efforts and results, I'd suspect some
sort
of hardware issue.

KC

"Hank Arnold" wrote in message
...



Give us some specifics as to what the problem is and what the symptoms
you
are experiencing are....

--
Regards,
Hank Arnold

"Vince" wrote in message
...



My first time here, I'm Vince from Coney Island Brooklyn NY.

Two of the kids on the block found and asked me to fix an old XPS
H266

it has no op system, I've tried every which way, using the WIN98
disk,
98USB, MADBOOT, in the case of 98USB it starts to copy the files and

then



tells me about a bad file and stops installing.

In total I've tried this on five different HDs. Mind you I've done
this
many times before with no problems, BUT this is my first time on a
DELL.

Any help please they're poor kids and they would love to have their
own
system


Its saids one of the *.CAB files, NOW I'm using either the upgrade
or full system CDs, "98UBD" only lets me use the upgrade CD, on the FULL
system CD it saids the "setup file" is missing, both CDs can't be bad.
Besides I used the FULL System CD on an old GATEWAY last week with no
problems. Lastly I used more than one DC drive as a control factor.


Possible file corruption due to (take your pick):

-bad CD drive or cable
-bad HDD or cable
-bad RAM
-bad CPU
-or bad system board.

(Given what you've said about using the same CD successfully on a
Gateway....)

Stew




Friend this is an older 266 MHZ system there are no such leds.
I will check out Dell's web page thanks much as I think they no longer
support such an old unit




Actually, the do: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dcor/

The XPS R systems were the last with NO diag leds on back, and the XPS T's
the first......


Stew


I'll check it out thanks.