Setting up Windows98

Hi guys,

I'm currently working on a 133mhz computer which I'm trying to get up
just so someone in the family can have something to listen to.

Basically, here's my problem:

I used the Win98 Boot Disk from www.bootdisk.com, used FDISK to delete
the current active partition and then remade a new one in it's place. I
then formatted c: and rebooted my computer. I left the BIOS set to boot
in the order of A, CDROM, C - and when I booted up again, I selected
the "Start computer with CD-ROM" option, and then it finally came to a
command prompt. Once there, I typed in "e:" to move to the e drive. I
then typed in "setup.exe" and got the dreaded "Bad command or file
name" response. At first, I thought something might be wrong with the
cd, so I ran a dir, and I can see all the files... but can't access
them or something. I figure there might be something wrong with my
cd-rom drive in that machine, but since I can run a dir, I'm assuming
it's not.

Anyway, any and all tips are appreciated.

Thanks,
Josh

On 17 Jul 2005 18:58:58 -0700, "joshb" wrote:

Hi guys,

I'm currently working on a 133mhz computer which I'm trying to get up
just so someone in the family can have something to listen to.

Basically, here's my problem:

I used the Win98 Boot Disk from www.bootdisk.com, used FDISK to delete
the current active partition and then remade a new one in it's place. I
then formatted c: and rebooted my computer. I left the BIOS set to boot
in the order of A, CDROM, C - and when I booted up again, I selected
the "Start computer with CD-ROM" option, and then it finally came to a
command prompt. Once there, I typed in "e:" to move to the e drive. I
then typed in "setup.exe" and got the dreaded "Bad command or file
name" response. At first, I thought something might be wrong with the
cd, so I ran a dir, and I can see all the files... but can't access
them or something. I figure there might be something wrong with my
cd-rom drive in that machine, but since I can run a dir, I'm assuming
it's not.

Anyway, any and all tips are appreciated.

Thanks,
Josh

Can you see Setup.exe on the CD?

Regards,

Bill Watt
Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/

Yeah, I see it when I do a dir, but I can't access it for some reason.

On 17 Jul 2005 20:22:14 -0700, "joshb" wrote:

Yeah, I see it when I do a dir, but I can't access it for some reason.

Diskettes from www.bootdisk.bat sometimes change the CDrom to R:.

Try R:\Setup
and
E:\setup.
and
F:\setup

There is a Ram drive involved also that temporarily pushes the CDrom
drive letter up one or two, as you know. Being specific by including
the drive letter in the command may help even though a DIR works.

The path is probably to A: and the Ram drive.

Anyway, worth a try.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/

The CDRom drive letter can be different depending on how the start up floppy
is made. See the instructions he

http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html

--
Regards


Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo



"joshb" wrote in message
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Hi guys,

I'm currently working on a 133mhz computer which I'm trying to get up
just so someone in the family can have something to listen to.

Basically, here's my problem:

I used the Win98 Boot Disk from www.bootdisk.com, used FDISK to delete
the current active partition and then remade a new one in it's place. I
then formatted c: and rebooted my computer. I left the BIOS set to boot
in the order of A, CDROM, C - and when I booted up again, I selected
the "Start computer with CD-ROM" option, and then it finally came to a
command prompt. Once there, I typed in "e:" to move to the e drive. I
then typed in "setup.exe" and got the dreaded "Bad command or file
name" response. At first, I thought something might be wrong with the
cd, so I ran a dir, and I can see all the files... but can't access
them or something. I figure there might be something wrong with my
cd-rom drive in that machine, but since I can run a dir, I'm assuming
it's not.

Anyway, any and all tips are appreciated.

Thanks,
Josh

Thanks guys, I'll give that a shot when I get home.

No good, When I boot up, it says the CD is in E:, but I still can't run
the setup.exe. I know my CD is a little scratched, maybe I should look
into finding a replacement?

"joshb" wrote in message =
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No good, When I boot up, it says the CD is in E:, but I still can't =
run
the setup.exe. I know my CD is a little scratched, maybe I should look
into finding a replacement?

Try running setup from the "Win98" directory.

e:\win98\setup

If that doesn't work, try the following and verify that the
file is on the CD.

dir /s e:\setup.exe

Ben

Take a look at the CD in the machine you are posting with. Is there a
setup.exe file and is it located where you think it is. On some, the file
may be in a second level folder.

--
Regards


Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo



"joshb" wrote in message
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No good, When I boot up, it says the CD is in E:, but I still can't run
the setup.exe. I know my CD is a little scratched, maybe I should look
into finding a replacement?

On 19 Jul 2005 04:55:22 -0700, "joshb" wrote:

No good, When I boot up, it says the CD is in E:, but I still can't run
the setup.exe. I know my CD is a little scratched, maybe I should look
into finding a replacement?

There are two Setup.exe files on the CD. The one in the root is just
a shortcut to the one in the Win98 folder. Try running that one as
Ben suggested.
E:\win98\setup

If the scratch causes problems you can sometimes get around that by
copying the Win98 folder on the CD to the HD and running Setup from
there from Dos.

From the C:\ prompt enter:
MD \Win98
Copy E:\Win98\*.* C:\Win98
C:\win98\Setup.exe

Regards,

Bill Watt
Computer Help and Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/