Installing W98

Hi folks -

My system has been trashed by a virus so I decided to re-
format and re-install Windows. Of course stupid me didn't
make sure I had all the disks for my hardware. Now I
cannot get any of it to work properly. I know installing
W98 a system with no drivers to hand must be a common
scenario so what I need to know is how do I go about it?

many thanks in advance.

Ziggy

"ziggy" wrote in message
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My system has been trashed by a virus so I decided to re-
format and re-install Windows. Of course stupid me didn't
make sure I had all the disks for my hardware. Now I
cannot get any of it to work properly. I know installing
W98 a system with no drivers to hand must be a common
scenario so what I need to know is how do I go about it?

Win98 supplies its own basic drivers for most
peripherals (see inside the / Drivers folder on
the CD) so we are not talking about a "system
with no drivers." Can you be more specific?

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Assuming you know what hardware is on your computer, you can go to Control
Panel, Add new hardware. Do not let Windows search but look on the list of
manufacturers for different components. These are the drivers that are
included with Windows. If you don't see your hardware on the list, then
Windows didn't ship with it and you will have to go to the manufacturer's
site and download drivers and install using their instructions.

Sometimes on a clean install, Windows doesn't correctly recognize your
hardware so you might also take a look at the Device Manager (Control Panel,
System) and see what devices might be listed there that have yellow ! marks
next to them. If any are listed this way, boot into Safe mode, return to
Device Manager and remove all devices in any category with ! marks. Once
you have done this, exit and shut down. Then start your computer and the
enumeration and detection processes may correctly detect your hardware this
time and if Windows has drivers, these will be installed.

Keep in mind that if your computer was manufactured after the date of the
release of Windows, you will surely have several components that require
drivers from the manufacturer of your computer or the component. Windows
will not have these drivers.

PattyL


"ziggy" wrote in message
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Hi folks -

My system has been trashed by a virus so I decided to re-
format and re-install Windows. Of course stupid me didn't
make sure I had all the disks for my hardware. Now I
cannot get any of it to work properly. I know installing
W98 a system with no drivers to hand must be a common
scenario so what I need to know is how do I go about it?

many thanks in advance.

Ziggy

stupid question.. you dont have a spare (older comptuer)
do you? or maybe a freind? when u install windows 98, and
it asks for a driver, run to the spare, look it up
online, and put it on a floppy, bring to the computer
your working on. really tire-some at times, but after
your done reinstalling, with al lthe updates and stuff,
youll remember to make a copy of a disc with all the
driver on it :-P
Bill
and a personal tip, for viruses that wont budge, avg
(anti-virus guard)(get it at www.grisoft.com) works
great. I myself have used the free edition, and have not
had to format in 3 years do to a bad trojan, virus.
-----Original Message-----
Hi folks -

My system has been trashed by a virus so I decided to re-
format and re-install Windows. Of course stupid me
didn't
make sure I had all the disks for my hardware. Now I
cannot get any of it to work properly. I know installing
W98 a system with no drivers to hand must be a common
scenario so what I need to know is how do I go about it?

many thanks in advance.

Ziggy
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