how do you re-load 98
 

on a laptop that can only have either the floppy or cd drive in at once? and
no setting in the bios for boot from cd?

On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 22:45:05 -0800, "Brothersid"
wrote:

on a laptop that can only have either the floppy or cd drive in at once? and
no setting in the bios for boot from cd?

In general, to reinstall Win98 you can create a separate folder
(c:\windows\options\cabs is the conventional folder -- but it can be the
other one by your choice) and copy there all the files from WIN98 folder
of CDROM -- only files, with no subfolders, ca.100MB total.

Then boot from the floppy, and run Setup in this folder. That will
reinstall Windows on top if you choose "Install in the existing folder".
All the programs installed before will work then.

If you want to do a clean install of Win98 -- the method is the same,
but after booting from the diskette you have to rename "Program Files"
(in DOS it has a name PROGRA~1) and Windows folders to delete them
later, and choose installation in the new C:\WINDOWS folder after
running Setup. Then you'll have to reinstall all the programs.

--
Mikhail Zhilin
http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
Sorry, no technical support by e-mail.
Please reply to the newsgroups only.
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Mikhail's excellent reply, be aware (beware) that, as you specify it is a
laptop, some laptop computers use proprietary installation discs and using a generic
Windows disc may prevent the laptop from operating correctly IF a format and clean
install is attempted. There should be no problem if doing an over-install (other
than the usual overinstall problems ;-))
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Brothersid" wrote in message
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on a laptop that can only have either the floppy or cd drive in at once? and
no setting in the bios for boot from cd?

In addition to Mikhail's comments, the setting in the BIOS that you would
look for is Boot Devices and select CDRom as the first device. Then if you
have a bootable copy of a W98 CD (not a retail version--it needs to be an
OEM or restore disk), you can install from the CD.

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Brothersid" wrote in message
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on a laptop that can only have either the floppy or cd drive in at once?
and
no setting in the bios for boot from cd?

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Ben