EZ OS Install Pro FAQ
Question
/ Issue:
- My
SCSI CD-ROM / Hard Drive does not work with your program.
- My CD-ROM drive is not detected.
- Every time I try and create
a disk the program tells me another application is using the floppy disk.
- When trying to create a disk
it never reaches 100% because it errors out.
- When I boot to the installation
floppy disk I get a message stating that drive C is NTFS and will need to
be wiped out before the Operating System installation can continue.
- After booting to the installation
disk I am prompted with a screen that says the Operating System CD was not
detected in the drive.
- When trying to launch the program
I receive the error, “A required .DLL file, MSVBVM60.DLL, was not
found.”.
- When installing Windows 98 or
ME the installation pauses at the EULA (End User’s License Agreement).
- I would like to save my EZ OS
INSTALL profile, but will be wiping out the hard drive I used with the program
to create my installation disk. Where can I save the profile too?
- In the advanced section of EZ
OS INSTALL PRO, what is the “Multiple system setup option” for?
- Why doesn’t the option
“Load From Current Install” under the advanced section of EZ
OS INSTALL PRO fill in all the blanks for me?
- When I try to boot to the disk
I receive the warning screen that says press “C” to continue,
the system reboots, and does the same thing in a loop?
- When I click the create disk
button it says a floppy disk was not detected in the drive, but I have inserted
a floppy disk?
- When I boot to the EZ OS INSTALL
PRO floppy disk, it keeps rebooting the system and boots back into the disk.
Q:
My SCSI CD-ROM / Hard Drive does not work with your program.
A: EZ OS INSTALL PRO is designed
currently for IDE only. We are in the process of creating the program with
SCSI support.
Q:
My CD-ROM drive is not detected.
A: EZ OS INSTALL PRO uses a generic
IDE CD-ROM driver to load CD-ROM support. Most drives on the market are supported
by this driver. If your CD-ROM is connected to a sound card the driver will
not function. Some laptops and PCMCIA CD-ROM drives may require a special
driver. If you have a driver that is required for your CD-ROM drive you can
install it to an installation boot disk under Advanced – Special.
Q:
Every time I try and create a disk the program tells me another application
is using the floppy disk.
A: Close down any programs and
folders you have opened. Try rebooting your computer.
Q:
When trying to create a disk it never reaches 100% because it errors out.
A: Unfortunately floppy disks have
the bad habit of not lasting very long in some situations. Try another floppy
disk. Perform a format on the floppy disk and try again. Try a different floppy
drive.
Q:
When I boot to the installation floppy disk I get a message stating that drive
C is NTFS and will need to be wiped out before the Operating System installation
can continue.
A: When installing any Operating
System with automation from a DOS level, files will need to be copied to drive
C. NTFS does not allow copying files to the hard drive. EZ OS INSTALL PRO
will need to re-create the C partition as a FAT32.
Q:
After booting to the installation disk I am prompted with a screen that says
the Operating System CD was not detected in the drive.
A: Verify the Operating System
CD is in the drive. If you have more than one CD-ROM drive, try inserting
the CD in the other drive/s. Verify your CD-ROM is detected, by checking the
CD-ROM seek light on your CD-ROM (If your CD-ROM has a seek light) when the
CD is trying to be read. EZ OS INSTALL PRO is designed to work with Microsoft
Operating System CD’s and will check the CD with a file check function.
The file that EZ OS INSTALL PRO is looking for are listed below:
• 98 / 98 SE = Either \WIN98\SETUP.EXE
or \WIN98\INSTALL.EXE
• ME = \WIN9X\SETUP.EXE or \WIN9X\INSTALL.EXE
• 2000 Pro/Server/Adv Server = \I386\WINNT.EXE
• XP Home / Pro = \I386\WINNT.EXE
Q:
When trying to launch the program I receive the error, “A required .DLL
file, MSVBVM60.DLL, was not found.”.
A: EZ OS INSTALL PRO was written
using the Microsoft Visual Basic 6 coding language. The Operating System requires
Microsoft Visual Basic Runtime Files to be installed before a Visual Basic
program can be used. This update can be downloaded from:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/vb60pro/Redist/sp5/WIN98Me/EN-US/vbrun60sp5.exe
Q:
When installing Windows 98 or ME the installation pauses at the EULA (End
User’s License Agreement).
A: Unfortunately when Microsoft
did not design the Windows 98 or ME Operating Systems with the ability to
be 100% automated during the installation. This was done on any NT based Operating
System. We have researched this problem on our own and with Microsoft and
have found no solution to fully automate the installation of 98 and ME 100%.
All the answers will be filled in for you. With the click of a couple of [NEXT]
buttons and one [FINISH] button the installation will complete on its own.
Q:
I would like to save my EZ OS INSTALL profile, but will be wiping out the
hard drive I used with the program to create my installation disk. Where can
I save the profile too?
A: Save it to the installation
floppy disk after it has been created. The floppy disk should contain enough
extra space to be a good placeholder for you’re save profile/s.
Q:
In the advanced section of EZ OS INSTALL PRO, what is the “Multiple
system setup option” for?
A: If you will be using the installation
disk on more than one computer and these computers are networked, this option
is recommended. Computers on a network require a unique computer name. This
option will rename the computer name in incremental order every time the disk
is used to install an operating system. For example the first time you use
the disk the computer name might be MYSYSTEM1. The disk will alter itself
so the next time an installation is performed the computer name will be MYSTEM2.
This way the computer will not conflict on the network.
Q:
Why doesn’t the option “Load From Current Install” under
the advanced section of EZ OS INSTALL PRO fill in all the blanks for me?
A: The settings are pulled from
your registry. If the setting is blank or not found a blank will not be filled
in. For example the COA # can be filled in from a Windows 98 system, but the
COA # will not on a Windows XP system. Windows XP protects the COA # information
and does not store it in the registry.
Q:
When I try to boot to the disk I receive the warning screen that says press
“C” to continue, the system reboots, and does the same thing in
a loop?
A: If the disk has the write protection
enabled this symptom can occur. Verify that the write protection tab on the
floppy disk is not enabled (Make sure the movable tab is covering the hole).
Q:
When I click the create disk button it says a floppy disk was not detected
in the drive, but I have inserted a floppy disk?
A: If another application or the
operating system is using disk drive this error can occur. The program is
coded to write to the A drive. If your floppy drive is not specified as drive
letter A this error can occur. If you have more than one floppy drive, try
inserting the disk in the other drive.
Q:
When I boot to the EZ OS INSTALL PRO floppy disk, it keeps rebooting the system
and boots back into the disk.
Q: Depending on the options you
chose this could be normal. For example if you chose to wipe the hard drive
and create a new C partition the diskette will reboot your computer three
times. First reboot after wiping the hard drive, second reboot after creating
a partition, and the third reboot after formatting the partition.
