cant use 98 cd and floppy at same time
I am trying to install win 98 on a 95 laptop, formatted
the hard drive etc but how can I install 98 if I have to switch drives (completely take out floppy to put in 98SE disk. is there a solution? a friend told me there is a way to copy the floppy to the hd then start but how? help greatly appreciated Spence |
cant use 98 cd and floppy at same time
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cant use 98 cd and floppy at same time
-----Original Message----- I am trying to install win 98 on a 95 laptop, formatted the hard drive etc but how can I install 98 if I have to switch drives (completely take out floppy to put in 98SE disk. is there a solution? a friend told me there is a way to copy the floppy to the hd then start but how? help greatly appreciated Spence . i tryed that but it comes up waith an invaled system disk "replace disk and press any key to continu |
cant use 98 cd and floppy at same time
Copy the whole of the floppy to the hard drive. Then use EDIT to adjust any
reference in CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT (and other BAT files that might be part of the startup process) so that all references to A: and changed to C:. The use the command SYS C: to install the boot files. This makes the hard drive bootable with CD support, so you can either copy the installation files to the hard drive and install from a hard drive folder, or install from the CD. Be sure to rename or delete CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT when installation is complete, or you will be forever booting up in installation mode. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP W95/W98 "spence" wrote in message ... I am trying to install win 98 on a 95 laptop, formatted the hard drive etc but how can I install 98 if I have to switch drives (completely take out floppy to put in 98SE disk. is there a solution? a friend told me there is a way to copy the floppy to the hd then start but how? help greatly appreciated Spence |
cant use 98 cd and floppy at same time
Do this on a PC with a floppy drive and a cd burner, using Nero or similar.
Place the 98 startup disk in the floppy drive, and 98 install CD in the burner. Copy all from the install CD to the hard drive including all subfolders and all files. Copy to a directory on the hard drive. Open Nero and select boot CD. Select the floppy as image to be copied for boot. Be sure to leave the session open under options. After completion, select ISO. Select all directories and files from the hard drive you copied from the installation CD. Be sure to select close the session before burning. If made correctly, the floppy portion will be the "A:" drive. The remaining will be the drive letter that defaults to your cd drive in dos. "spence" wrote in message ... I am trying to install win 98 on a 95 laptop, formatted the hard drive etc but how can I install 98 if I have to switch drives (completely take out floppy to put in 98SE disk. is there a solution? a friend told me there is a way to copy the floppy to the hd then start but how? help greatly appreciated Spence |
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