WinHelpPlz3 Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 I have just tried to install Windows 98 SE and I got through most of the installation when the screen turned blue and said something like this:A fatal exception has occurred at 001D:0000FE84. The Current application will be terminated. Press any key to continue_Then I press a key and it just stays there or I have to restartAny help would be appreciated :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 Are you trying to install over the top of an old installation of W98? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinHelpPlz3 Posted June 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 I used to have windows 98, but then I went to xp for awile, then I switched back. I formated my drive before installing. Erased everything, I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cozofdeath Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 Give this a shot, I got it from another forum, also try checking your bios and make sure your hard drive is being read right (correct size, LBA etc..) as well as your other hardware. The Fatal Error 0C is indicative of a problem with your STACKS command settings found in your Config.sys file. Open Config.sys with notepad or type sysedit at Start > run. And see if you have a STACKS command in your Config.sys.STACKSHIGH=n,s or STACKS=n,s is the format this command takes• n is the number of stacks. n can be from 8 to 64 or 0. The default is 9• s is the size (in bytes) of each stack. s can be 32 to 512 or 0. The default is 256This is what happens: On receiving a hardware interrupt, MS-Dos stores the information in one of the interrupt stacks (if available) until it can be processed by the CPU. Many programs include their own stack areas and do not require those provided in the STACKS command. Often STACKS can be set at 0,0 (saving some memory) without problems. However, if a system becomes unstable with STACKS=0,0 then the default values should be used.If error message is displayed, the number and/or size of the stacks should be increased. You cannot increase the STACKS beyond the limits of 64 and 512 or you will receive a fatal error at startup. Thus the entry should not have either value beyond STACKS=64,512. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinHelpPlz3 Posted July 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2006 Thank you, I figured it out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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