Windows 98 install not enough memory

So if Config. Sys and Autoexec. Bat loads any device drivers, it is likely they are loaded into Basic Memory. To eliminate them as the cause, rename them, or post the contents of them on here. Log in or Sign up to hide this advert. Try this fix, click Here.

Wainui ,. Adding to Mark's post Win 98 doesn't need "autoexec. If you have over installed, it's a vcache issue. WhitPhil ,. If it is a DOS program it is probably one of these 2 problems 1 The program is unable to correctly recognise the amount of memory you have installed.

Some old programs have limitations what RAM they can recognise. Conventional memory is the first KB of memory, that some old programs must have a piece of to run. To find out if it is problem 2, you need to create or edit a config. In the config. It wont hurt a thing to try, and cannot harm your PC. What case you use in all lines doesnt matter. If you do make the highest letter you are using the lastdrive.

Patio: Here's the Config. Could that be part of the problem, a faulty or incomplete installation of Windows that didn't create an autoexec. I'm sufficiently ignorant that I don't even know if I need an autoexec. WillyW Quote. Aren't there command-line inputs to "burn" memory? I wondered why you would ever need them.

How exactly did you do this new install of Win98? That config. Also i see no other device drivers present either how is this machine functioning at all? And it should have an autoexec. Is there another OS installed on this machine?

Patio: Quote. Well something is wrong with this install that's for sure I'd drop the RAM down to just one of your 1G sticks and do a re-install paying attention to all the early prompts. I would like to add that there are not many applications written for Windows 98 that uses more than 1GB RAM, especially applications from way back then. You may install modern applications or more advanced applications but then that really defeat the purpose.

It may sound extremely wasteful, but maybe try to run your Windows 98 on SSDs as to leverage the fast storage fast Virtual RAM so that the system may feel like it is running on turbo mode I'm sure I'm not the only one, but WHY!?

If you "need" 8GB of ram then you probably also "need" something new enough to handle that much ram. There seems to be a significant disconnect between the two. Perhaps you're confusing "need" with "want"?

If you must run it on a machine with with that much memory and a 64 bit processor, your best bet is going to be a virtual machine. It existed at the time, but wasn't supported until Windows To continue this discussion, please ask a new question. Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks.