re: cab file error message Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 4:24 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by terri (16 messages posted) i don't know how to do that what do i type can you send me step by step on how to do this. On Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 4:10 pm, Jack Gulley wrote: > It is telling you that it can not read the Cabinet file(s) from the CD that are >used to install Windows. It could be because the CD is scratched or dirty, or because >the CD-Rom drive has problems and is getting read errors on its own. > Try cleaning the CD and try again. > If no Joy, try using DOS to copy the Win9x install folder into a folder on the >disk drive with that name. The Windows DOS boot diskette has better error recovery >for CD-Rom read errors than the Setup program, so it might be able to read the "damaged" >CAB file OK. Then run the Setup from the disk drive folder. > If that results in the same errors, then you will have to borrow a copy of the >CD from someone to do the install. Written in response to: re: cab file error message (Jack Gulley: Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 4:10 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] cab file error message (terri: Thu, Jun 23, 2005, 1:38 pm) re: cab file error message (herb: Thu, Jun 23, 2005, 4:07 pm) re: cab file error message (terri: Thu, Jun 23, 2005, 4:27 pm) re: cab file error message (herb: Thu, Jun 23, 2005, 4:45 pm) re: cab file error message (terri: Fri, Jun 24, 2005, 12:04 pm) re: cab file error message (herb: Fri, Jun 24, 2005, 4:38 pm) re: cab file error message (terri: Fri, Jun 24, 2005, 4:59 pm) re: cab file error message (Jack Gulley: Thu, Jun 23, 2005, 4:10 pm) re: cab file error message (terri: Thu, Jun 23, 2005, 4:24 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum