Win98 Orig.Disk

I bought a used Toshiba notebook that had Win98 on it and it worked fine
for several weeks. Recently I started having problems during boot-up that
kept getting progressively worse. It finally got to the point of not loading
98 at all, with error messages stating various files were missing or
damaged. Tried everything to repair with no luck. I still had a 98 upgrade
disk and the key code from years back so I decided to re-format and start
over. But I can't re-install 98 because during the setup, it calls for the
original 98 disk. It will not accept the 98 upgrade CD for the installation.
Microsoft says "tough", we don't support 98 anymore. I didn't pay much for
the computer and due to it's age, the processor speed and amount of ram
limits it to 98. Does anybody know of a way to get it back up and running?
Don't feel like I'm beating MS out of a dime since it came with 98 and I
paid for the upgrade once on a computer that has long been scrapped.
Any help would sure be appreciated.
Bob

What exactly is the message you get when you try to use the upgrade disk?
Are you sure it's an upgrade disk, and not an update (the update disk
requires Windows 98 to be installed).
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Robert Hahn" wrote in message
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I bought a used Toshiba notebook that had Win98 on it and it worked fine
for several weeks. Recently I started having problems during boot-up that
kept getting progressively worse. It finally got to the point of not
loading 98 at all, with error messages stating various files were missing
or damaged. Tried everything to repair with no luck. I still had a 98
upgrade disk and the key code from years back so I decided to re-format and
start over. But I can't re-install 98 because during the setup, it calls
for the original 98 disk. It will not accept the 98 upgrade CD for the
installation. Microsoft says "tough", we don't support 98 anymore. I didn't
pay much for the computer and due to it's age, the processor speed and
amount of ram limits it to 98. Does anybody know of a way to get it back up
and running? Don't feel like I'm beating MS out of a dime since it came
with 98 and I paid for the upgrade once on a computer that has long been
scrapped.
Any help would sure be appreciated.
Bob

Do you have the restore CD from Toshiba that should have shipped with the
system? If so, use it. If not, then search for a retail "full version" of
Win98. You can usually find this on eBay or using a PriceGrabber search.
The upgrade simply won't install if you do not have another version of
Windows installed or on CD or disk to prove that you are entitled to use the
upgrade version which retailed for 1/2 the price of the full version.

It's a little late for this but if you had not formatted, then the upgrade
would have seen the original installation on your computer and you could
have installed to a new folder then later deleted the corrupt Windows and
Program Files folders.

How to Install Windows 98 Into a New Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=193902

PattyL



"Robert Hahn" wrote in message
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I bought a used Toshiba notebook that had Win98 on it and it worked fine
for several weeks. Recently I started having problems during boot-up that
kept getting progressively worse. It finally got to the point of not
loading 98 at all, with error messages stating various files were missing
or damaged. Tried everything to repair with no luck. I still had a 98
upgrade disk and the key code from years back so I decided to re-format and
start over. But I can't re-install 98 because during the setup, it calls
for the original 98 disk. It will not accept the 98 upgrade CD for the
installation. Microsoft says "tough", we don't support 98 anymore. I didn't
pay much for the computer and due to it's age, the processor speed and
amount of ram limits it to 98. Does anybody know of a way to get it back up
and running? Don't feel like I'm beating MS out of a dime since it came
with 98 and I paid for the upgrade once on a computer that has long been
scrapped.
Any help would sure be appreciated.
Bob

Robert Hahn wrote:
I bought a used Toshiba notebook that had Win98 on it and it worked fine
for several weeks. Recently I started having problems during boot-up that
kept getting progressively worse. It finally got to the point of not loading
98 at all, with error messages stating various files were missing or
damaged. Tried everything to repair with no luck. I still had a 98 upgrade
disk and the key code from years back so I decided to re-format and start
over. But I can't re-install 98 because during the setup, it calls for the
original 98 disk. It will not accept the 98 upgrade CD for the installation.
Microsoft says "tough", we don't support 98 anymore. I didn't pay much for
the computer and due to it's age, the processor speed and amount of ram
limits it to 98. Does anybody know of a way to get it back up and running?
Don't feel like I'm beating MS out of a dime since it came with 98 and I
paid for the upgrade once on a computer that has long been scrapped.
Any help would sure be appreciated.
Bob



to use a win98 upgrade disk you need to have a previous operating system

if you have a win95cd that should work as a qualifying product

possibly even win3.1

here is an old trick that *might* work however

(at least is used to work with the win95 upgrades)

from dos...just make a windows folder on your C: drive
and with a text editor just make a dummy win.com file and place it in
the windows folder

worth a try anyway

Problem solved. Found someone where I work that had a full install Win98
disk. Everything now back as it was. Thanks to all.


"philo" wrote in message
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Robert Hahn wrote:
I bought a used Toshiba notebook that had Win98 on it and it worked fine
for several weeks. Recently I started having problems during boot-up that
kept getting progressively worse. It finally got to the point of not
loading 98 at all, with error messages stating various files were missing
or damaged. Tried everything to repair with no luck. I still had a 98
upgrade disk and the key code from years back so I decided to re-format
and start over. But I can't re-install 98 because during the setup, it
calls for the original 98 disk. It will not accept the 98 upgrade CD for
the installation. Microsoft says "tough", we don't support 98 anymore. I
didn't pay much for the computer and due to it's age, the processor speed
and amount of ram limits it to 98. Does anybody know of a way to get it
back up and running? Don't feel like I'm beating MS out of a dime since
it came with 98 and I paid for the upgrade once on a computer that has
long been scrapped.
Any help would sure be appreciated.
Bob

to use a win98 upgrade disk you need to have a previous operating system

if you have a win95cd that should work as a qualifying product

possibly even win3.1

here is an old trick that *might* work however

(at least is used to work with the win95 upgrades)

from dos...just make a windows folder on your C: drive
and with a text editor just make a dummy win.com file and place it in
the windows folder

worth a try anyway