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Installing win 98
I'm trying to install Windows 98 on a computer (an older laptop )that has no
bootable CD-Rom. What to do? |
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"bigshot42" wrote in message
... I'm trying to install Windows 98 on a computer (an older laptop )that has no bootable CD-Rom. What to do? Alt. A: when X:=CD drive 1. Boot DOS from the floppy (customized for your particular laptop) 2. X:SETUP.EXE Alt B: if you can first copy X:/Win98/*.* to the hard drive (to its own directory made in DOS by C MD SETUP C COPY X:/SETUP.EXE C:/SETUP C COPY X:/WIN98/*.* C:/SETUP then run C:/SETUP/SETUP.EXE Good guidance is available at http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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Is your W98 CD one that came with the laptop? If so, it should be bootable
and you just have to make sure the CDRom is listed as the first boot device in the BIOS. If not, you should first check to see if the laptop will even run with W98 and if the appropriate drivers exist for its hardware. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "bigshot42" wrote in message ... I'm trying to install Windows 98 on a computer (an older laptop )that has no bootable CD-Rom. What to do? |
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"bigshot42" wrote in message =
... I'm trying to install Windows 98 on a computer (an older laptop )that = has no=20 bootable CD-Rom. What to do? If the laptop has both floppy and CD drives, go to=20 http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm and create a boot floppy with CD drivers. Ben |
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