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It finally works!!! Thank you.
And also everyone else who took the time to respond to my posts. "cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)" wrote: On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:22:02 -0700, DanT sorry that I'm not very good with all the command line stuff so I need you to tell me exactly how to do all of this stuff, like for example I have no Idea how to copy the contents of my floppy disk to a c:\DOSMODE MD C:\DOSMODE Copy A:\*.* C:\DOSMODE You may also have to edit two files on the new hard drive, so that they will point to CD-ROM drivers, etc. and I don't have a blank Hard Disk By "blank hard disk", I was thinking of context, i.e. where you haven't yet created anything on the system (i.e. you are installing the OS "fresh", rather than doing a repair install) In that case, the procedure to install Windows from scratch, onto a freshly-formatted (thus empty) hard drive, would be: Boot off the Emergency Boot Diskette Enter the following commands... Sys C: MD C:\DOSMODE Copy A:\*.* C:\DOSMODE Edit Now that you are in Edit, create the following file... Device=C:\DOSMODE\HiMem.xyx Device=C:\DOSMODE\OakCDROM.sys /D:CD1 ....and then go File, SaveAs, save as C:\CONFIG.SYS Next, create this file content... @Echo Off Path C:\DOSMODE LH MSCDEx /D:CD1 LH SmartDrv ....and save that as C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT and exit Edit. Now shut down the PC, and swap the diskette drive for the CD drive, then boot the PC. If all has gone well, the PC should boot into DOS mode with driver support for the CD-ROM drive. Now insert the Windows 98 CD, and enter the following commands... MD C:\WIN98 Copy D:\WIN98\*.* C:\WIN98 Attrib -r C:\WIN98\*.* ....assuming all of your hard drive is C: and your CD-ROM drive letter is D: - if you skip the last (Attrib) command, it's no big deal. Now you can either leave the CD-ROM drive in place, swap it for the diskette drive, or leave neither in place, as you start the install: C: CD \WIN98 Setup From there on, just follow the dots. You will end up with an installation that "thinks" it came from C:\WIN98, rather than the CD-ROM drive, so if it even needs files from the installation set, it can find them without nagging you for a drive that may not be there. When done, you'll want to clean up the DOS-orientated startup files. You can edit C:\Config.sys and C:\Autoexec.bat in Notepad to remove the lines you added before doing the installation, or disable the lines by putting the word REM in front of them. ------------ ----- ---- --- -- - - - - The most accurate diagnostic instrument in medicine is the Retrospectoscope ------------ ----- ---- --- -- - - - - |
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"Ron Badour" wrote in message
... The retail versions of 98 were not bootable--many OEM versions were bootable. Ah, right, didn't know that: either my (OEM) ones weren't, or, more likely, I've always used them in a system that can't boot from CD (or wasn't set to do so first). [] \WIN98 directory (root files only) from the CD to somewhere* on the HD, then running setup from there. Note that the CD drive will probably appear as E:. *"somewhere" is often recommended to be \WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS (which requires knowledge of the DOS commands md and probably cd, but is trivial). No-one, however, has ever explained to me _why_ this location is recommended. [] Any thoughts on that one (i. e. _why_ people recommend that particular location)? Anyway, glad DanT finally succeeded. |
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Hi,
I need your help again. Last time I tried your suggestion, I had Windows 98 installed and I did everything you told me to do, it worked and I'm very grateful. But now i decided to clear my hard disk completely of everything, it was full of junk and just took up a bunch of space. So now with an Empty, and Formatted hard disk, I tried to do the same thing again but it didn't work, so now I can't get my computer to recognize my cd drive (it always says "Invalid drive specification.") Could you please help me and once again i'm asking you to be as specific as possible. Thank You "DanT" wrote: It finally works!!! Thank you. And also everyone else who took the time to respond to my posts. "cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)" wrote: On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:22:02 -0700, DanT sorry that I'm not very good with all the command line stuff so I need you to tell me exactly how to do all of this stuff, like for example I have no Idea how to copy the contents of my floppy disk to a c:\DOSMODE MD C:\DOSMODE Copy A:\*.* C:\DOSMODE You may also have to edit two files on the new hard drive, so that they will point to CD-ROM drivers, etc. and I don't have a blank Hard Disk By "blank hard disk", I was thinking of context, i.e. where you haven't yet created anything on the system (i.e. you are installing the OS "fresh", rather than doing a repair install) In that case, the procedure to install Windows from scratch, onto a freshly-formatted (thus empty) hard drive, would be: Boot off the Emergency Boot Diskette Enter the following commands... Sys C: MD C:\DOSMODE Copy A:\*.* C:\DOSMODE Edit Now that you are in Edit, create the following file... Device=C:\DOSMODE\HiMem.xyx Device=C:\DOSMODE\OakCDROM.sys /D:CD1 ....and then go File, SaveAs, save as C:\CONFIG.SYS Next, create this file content... @Echo Off Path C:\DOSMODE LH MSCDEx /D:CD1 LH SmartDrv ....and save that as C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT and exit Edit. Now shut down the PC, and swap the diskette drive for the CD drive, then boot the PC. If all has gone well, the PC should boot into DOS mode with driver support for the CD-ROM drive. Now insert the Windows 98 CD, and enter the following commands... MD C:\WIN98 Copy D:\WIN98\*.* C:\WIN98 Attrib -r C:\WIN98\*.* ....assuming all of your hard drive is C: and your CD-ROM drive letter is D: - if you skip the last (Attrib) command, it's no big deal. Now you can either leave the CD-ROM drive in place, swap it for the diskette drive, or leave neither in place, as you start the install: C: CD \WIN98 Setup From there on, just follow the dots. You will end up with an installation that "thinks" it came from C:\WIN98, rather than the CD-ROM drive, so if it even needs files from the installation set, it can find them without nagging you for a drive that may not be there. When done, you'll want to clean up the DOS-orientated startup files. You can edit C:\Config.sys and C:\Autoexec.bat in Notepad to remove the lines you added before doing the installation, or disable the lines by putting the word REM in front of them. ------------ ----- ---- --- -- - - - - The most accurate diagnostic instrument in medicine is the Retrospectoscope ------------ ----- ---- --- -- - - - - |
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"DanT" wrote in message ...
Hi, I need your help again. Last time I tried your suggestion, I had Windows 98 installed and I did everything you told me to do, it worked and I'm very grateful. But now i decided to clear my hard disk completely of everything, it was full of junk and just took up a bunch of space. So now with an Empty, and Formatted hard disk, I tried to do the same thing again but it didn't work, so now I can't get my computer to recognize my cd drive (it always says "Invalid drive specification.") Could you please help me and once again i'm asking you to be as specific as possible. Thank You Go to http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm and create a Windows 98 boot floppy. Use it to start the computer, select "Start with CD support", insert your Windows 98 CD, type "setup" and press "Enter". Ben |
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For information on installing W98, go to:
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html -- Regards Ron Badour MS MVP 1997 - 2007 "DanT" wrote in message ... Hi, I need your help again. Last time I tried your suggestion, I had Windows 98 installed and I did everything you told me to do, it worked and I'm very grateful. But now i decided to clear my hard disk completely of everything, it was full of junk and just took up a bunch of space. So now with an Empty, and Formatted hard disk, I tried to do the same thing again but it didn't work, so now I can't get my computer to recognize my cd drive (it always says "Invalid drive specification.") Could you please help me and once again i'm asking you to be as specific as possible. Thank You "DanT" wrote: It finally works!!! Thank you. And also everyone else who took the time to respond to my posts. "cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)" wrote: On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:22:02 -0700, DanT sorry that I'm not very good with all the command line stuff so I need you to tell me exactly how to do all of this stuff, like for example I have no Idea how to copy the contents of my floppy disk to a c:\DOSMODE MD C:\DOSMODE Copy A:\*.* C:\DOSMODE You may also have to edit two files on the new hard drive, so that they will point to CD-ROM drivers, etc. and I don't have a blank Hard Disk By "blank hard disk", I was thinking of context, i.e. where you haven't yet created anything on the system (i.e. you are installing the OS "fresh", rather than doing a repair install) In that case, the procedure to install Windows from scratch, onto a freshly-formatted (thus empty) hard drive, would be: Boot off the Emergency Boot Diskette Enter the following commands... Sys C: MD C:\DOSMODE Copy A:\*.* C:\DOSMODE Edit Now that you are in Edit, create the following file... Device=C:\DOSMODE\HiMem.xyx Device=C:\DOSMODE\OakCDROM.sys /D:CD1 ....and then go File, SaveAs, save as C:\CONFIG.SYS Next, create this file content... @Echo Off Path C:\DOSMODE LH MSCDEx /D:CD1 LH SmartDrv ....and save that as C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT and exit Edit. Now shut down the PC, and swap the diskette drive for the CD drive, then boot the PC. If all has gone well, the PC should boot into DOS mode with driver support for the CD-ROM drive. Now insert the Windows 98 CD, and enter the following commands... MD C:\WIN98 Copy D:\WIN98\*.* C:\WIN98 Attrib -r C:\WIN98\*.* ....assuming all of your hard drive is C: and your CD-ROM drive letter is D: - if you skip the last (Attrib) command, it's no big deal. Now you can either leave the CD-ROM drive in place, swap it for the diskette drive, or leave neither in place, as you start the install: C: CD \WIN98 Setup From there on, just follow the dots. You will end up with an installation that "thinks" it came from C:\WIN98, rather than the CD-ROM drive, so if it even needs files from the installation set, it can find them without nagging you for a drive that may not be there. When done, you'll want to clean up the DOS-orientated startup files. You can edit C:\Config.sys and C:\Autoexec.bat in Notepad to remove the lines you added before doing the installation, or disable the lines by putting the word REM in front of them. ------------ ----- ---- --- -- - - - - The most accurate diagnostic instrument in medicine is the Retrospectoscope ------------ ----- ---- --- -- - - - - |
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Was it necessary to quote the entire thread in your reply Ron?
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Are you the self appointed network cop? Is it necessary for you to ask?
-- Regards Ron Badour MS MVP 1997 - 2007 "98 Guy" wrote in message ... Was it necessary to quote the entire thread in your reply Ron? |
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Ron Badour wrote:
Was it necessary to quote the entire thread in your reply Ron? Are you the self appointed network cop? Why can't you just answer the question? Obviously there is no such thing as a network cop, and I don't claim to be one. Is it necessary for you to ask? I just want to know why some people have such poor posting style. Is it intentional, or just a lack of effort? |
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Enjoy it, people do differ, that's normal, makes it interesting, the things
that annoy you could be important to others. If we were all the same, nobody would annoy you, but you also never would get an impulse to do something. If you want average and "normal" maybe you're wrong "98 Guy" wrote in message ... Ron Badour wrote: Was it necessary to quote the entire thread in your reply Ron? Are you the self appointed network cop? Why can't you just answer the question? Obviously there is no such thing as a network cop, and I don't claim to be one. Is it necessary for you to ask? I just want to know why some people have such poor posting style. Is it intentional, or just a lack of effort? |
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I just want to know why some people have such poor posting style. Is
it intentional, or just a lack of effort? Actually I have a reason for doing it but I am not obligated to share anything with you. You have a lot of nerve criticizing anyone--you the master of hijacking posts. You, the person who is critical of anyone who does not agree with you or idiotic standards you embrace. You, who does such childish things like referring to MS as Micro$haft. If you don't like the way I post, don't read them. I only read yours when you direct them to me as I don't really care what you have to say. If you never direct another question to me, it will be too soon. You now have your answer. Ron Badour |
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