installing windows 98 with only CD or floppy disk available

I have a PC with one slot to accept the floppy drive or the CD drive.
Is there a way to install Windows 98 having access to only one drive at a
time ?

On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 13:41:02 -0700, abc
wrote:

I have a PC with one slot to accept the floppy drive or the CD drive.
Is there a way to install Windows 98 having access to only one drive at a
time ?

The Windows CD may boot, try it.

You can download a file that will create a bootable CD with CDrom
support in Dos if the machine you are on has a burner.
www.bootdisk.com

If no help post back for more information.

Regards,

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

If the computer is already bootable, copy or move the existing =
"c:\autoexec.bat"=20
and "c:\config.sys" files to a different location, then go to=20
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm and create a Windows 95 version=20
B boot floppy. Start the computer with the floppy, type the following =
four lines,=20
then shut down, remove the floppy drive, install the CD drive and =
restart. =20
Please note that the CD drive may be assigned drive letter "R:".

copy /y a:\config.sys c:\
copy /y a:\autoexec.bat c:\
copy /y a:\cd?.sys c:\
copy /y a:\mscdex.exe c:\

Ben

"abc" wrote in message =
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I have a PC with one slot to accept the floppy drive or the CD drive.
Is there a way to install Windows 98 having access to only one drive =
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time ?

Most likely, the PC is one that provided a recovery CD for just that
situation.

However, to answer your question, there's a very simple way. Find someone
with Nero burning software. Provide the 98 or 98SE startup diskette
(whatever is the actual operating system you intend to install), get from
bootdisk.com website. Burn a boot CD using the startup diskette as its
source, and leave the session open. Start another session using file copy
(not CD copy) in ISO 8600 format. Drag all the 98 installation CD folders
and files into the copy session to the same CD made for a boot CD. Set it
to close the session when completed.

The CD will boot as floppy A:, and you can access the remaining contents
using the proper drive letter for typical CDs. "D:" for instance. DO NOT
USE THE WIZARD VERSION OPTION IN NERO. You won't find all the options you
need to do all this.
"abc" wrote in message
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I have a PC with one slot to accept the floppy drive or the CD drive.
Is there a way to install Windows 98 having access to only one drive at a
time ?