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having trouble installing win98 on a laptop with no os
Yes - Boot from floppy and set the hard drive up to support a boot with
CD-ROM support. Swap the devices, boot to hard drive and install from CD. A little more tedious perhaps but easier to follow as a step-by-step procedure, and easier to stop, review and back up if required. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... If you don't mind, Jeff, just so I'm sure what's what. This laptop could not boot from the CD drive, but could boot from the interchangeable floppy drive? So sufficient stuff had to be done from the floppy boot to make the HD bootable with CDROM support? Or were bootable CD solutions viable, just not as convenient? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Jeff Richards" wrote in message ... Thanks for letting us know that you got it sorted out. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "pemo" wrote in message ... jeff, that did it. the link to the description /walk-thru, and the instructions were perfect. thanks again |
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having trouble installing win98 on a laptop with no os
Now I just have to remember it, s.
-- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Jeff Richards" wrote in message ... Yes - Boot from floppy and set the hard drive up to support a boot with CD-ROM support. Swap the devices, boot to hard drive and install from CD. A little more tedious perhaps but easier to follow as a step-by-step procedure, and easier to stop, review and back up if required. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... If you don't mind, Jeff, just so I'm sure what's what. This laptop could not boot from the CD drive, but could boot from the interchangeable floppy drive? So sufficient stuff had to be done from the floppy boot to make the HD bootable with CDROM support? Or were bootable CD solutions viable, just not as convenient? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Jeff Richards" wrote in message ... Thanks for letting us know that you got it sorted out. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "pemo" wrote in message ... jeff, that did it. the link to the description /walk-thru, and the instructions were perfect. thanks again |
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