How can I install Delphi on a Micron computer?
It seems that the proprietary OS that is shipped with Micron conflicts with Delphi as well as some of the hardware drivers. Compiled here are a number of solutions that seem to resolve the issue. 1. Uninstall/Reinstall: Make sure that any directories and/or registry keys that refer to Delphi have been removed during the uninstall process. Before reinstalling, disable all software running in the background i.e. anti-virus applications. If using Win98, it is a good idea to turn down the Hardware Acceleration to none before reinstalling. If using Win95 boot into safe-mode when reinstalling, and for WinNT 4.x boot into VGA-mode. 2. Hard drive install: Copy the Runimage and Install directories from the Delphi CD to the root of your hard drive. Next, copy all the loose files at the root of the CD to the root of your hard drive. Make sure that the Runimage and Install directories are the same size as the ones on the CD. After everything is copied over, but before you install, read the above Uninstall/Reinstall section. 3. If you are using a proprietary OS from Micron, and reinstalling a non-proprietary OS is out of the question, make sure you have all the latest updates. Especially for the CD-ROM, video card drivers and system files. The Micron web-site has a number of drivers, however you should go to the video card/CD-ROM venders sites first. You may need to go to the Microsoft site also. Once you have all the updates and drivers you may need to delete the old drivers and reboot so the OS auto-detects the latest drivers for you. 4. Network: If you have access to other non-Micron computers over a network you may need to install from one of those machines. There are a few ways of doing this. Using the non-Micron's CD-ROM, run the setup.exe from the non-micron computer and choose a directory on the Micron computer to install into. Or Map a drive to the non-micron's CD-ROM and install from there. Or use the same procedure as a hard drive install using the non-micron's hard drive. Then map a drive to were you copied over the files and install from there. 5. Reinstalling a non-proprietary version of your OS. This is a worst case last effort scenario, but it has been a solution when none of the above worked. |
Last Modified: 04-JAN-00