Error:Comp has less than the min req extended mem

[TizMary]

Hello,

Really sorry to start a new topic, especially with ALL of the incredible info in the "Sticky" topic, but I searched and did "find on page" for help with the problem I'm having and didn't find it. So, I'll describe below - to see if anybody is able to help me?

We have 2 computers for the kids. New XP for Christmas and an old generic one off eBay that is nearly 3 years old - it's a Win98SE.

I am trying to format/wipe the hard drive on the Win98SE unit, but i'm having problems with the bootdisk (I got it from bootdisk.com, the folks that provided a link to THIS site). I tested the boot disk on the kids XP unit and was able to see the CD drive by typing d: at the command prompt.

On the Win98SE unit it actually seemed to ignore that the disk was even IN the drive - so I cut out to the command prompt (windows doesn't load on that machine anymore at all). Typed in a: and was able to see the files on the floppy by typing DIR. So, I typed in autoexec

Here's the message it gave me and I am unable to see the CD drive. All I get is "invalid drive specification" when typing d: *and by the way, when I type HELP it says bad command or file name"

Thanks for ANY possible help that anybody can provide... I will be TRULY grateful.


Preparing to start your computer
This may take a few minutes, please wait.

The Windows 98 startup disk could not create a temporary drive for the
diagnostic tools. This may be because this computer has less than the
minimum required extended memory.

Path not found - :\command.com
Path not found - :\extract.exe
Path not found - :\readme.txt
Bad command or file name
The diagnostic tools were successfully loaded ito drive .

File not found

To get help, type HELP and press ENTER

[jdc2000]

The easiest way to get your boot diskette working would probably to go into the PC's BIOS setup and make sure that it is set to boot from A: first, then C:

You should see a message similar to the following when booting:

Press 'xxx' to enter setup

Where 'xxx' is something like <DEL> (delete key) or F1 (F1 function key), etc.