I was installing Microsoft Windows 98 and a black square appeared in the middle of the screen any ideas what its aboutSounds like the astrologers black hole.

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How far THRU' the Win.98 install did this black square APPEAR :-?
Did the install complete or did the install hang when the black square appeared :-?
If the install hung (hanged?) did you try rebooting :-?

In other words - did the black square cause a problem or was it just a temporary glitch and what is your CURRENT situation with regard to the install :-?It appeared just after the installation had initialized

It hung and I did try to reboot but it kept on happening

Ocen when I tried something cmae up about a problem a memory address 0000:0009
Another time it was something about STACKS and editing config.sys :-/Are you using a bootable Win.98 cd or a Win.98 BOOTDISK :-?I'm using a program called omni boot and its start up dos i then use dos commands to start setup from the cd :-?Sorry - I have no experience of Omniboot and you don't say if you have been successful in installing an O.S. using it before this.

If your pc has a diskette drive I suggest you download a Win.98 bootdisk from Bootdisk.com and use that to boot into Dos then start Win.98 setup from there.

Perhaps some else might comment :-?