Safe Recovery Not Offered After Failed Installation (258560)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
  • Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
  • Microsoft Windows 98
This article was previously published under Q258560

SYMPTOMS

When you restart Setup after a failed installation, you are not prompted with a choice for "Safe Recovery."

CAUSE

This issue occurs when the Setuplog.txt file is larger than 64 kilobytes.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, determine where Setup is failing, rename the Setuplog.txt, and then run Setup again.

MORE INFORMATION

151667 Description of Windows Files Located in the Root Folder

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:1/14/2006
Keywords:kbprb kbsetup KB258560
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