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Reinstalling Win98SE without original CD
Hello All,
I have the Toshiba Satellite 2535 CDS. I need to do a complete reinstall of Win98SE, however, the OS was preinstalled and I did not receive a disk to help me. I did receive the Companion Diskette and I have my original books with the Product Key, but nothing that shows me how to reinstall the OS. I can only load my computer into safe mode now without any network or Cd-Rom. When I boot up I get the Microsoft Registry Checker error and then nothing. I have been messing with this for months and can't get it to work so I thought the only solution is to reinstall the entire thing. Anyway, how do I do this with only my Companion Diskette? I don't see anything on it that refers to the OS. Thanks a lot in advance. ps. Not sure what forum this goes in so I posted in two different ones. |
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Reinstalling Win98SE without original CD
Pokerskatershark wrote:
Hello All, I have the Toshiba Satellite 2535 CDS. I need to do a complete reinstall of Win98SE, however, the OS was preinstalled and I did not receive a disk to help me. I did receive the Companion Diskette and I have my original books with the Product Key, but nothing that shows me how to reinstall the OS. I can only load my computer into safe mode now without any network or Cd-Rom. When I boot up I get the Microsoft Registry Checker error and then nothing. I have been messing with this for months and can't get it to work so I thought the only solution is to reinstall the entire thing. Anyway, how do I do this with only my Companion Diskette? I don't see anything on it that refers to the OS. Thanks a lot in advance. ps. Not sure what forum this goes in so I posted in two different ones. Why not just pick up a retail copy of 98SE from Ebay? |
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Reinstalling Win98SE without original CD
On 27 Sep 2006 22:34:51 -0700, "Pokerskatershark"
wrote: Hello All, I have the Toshiba Satellite 2535 CDS. I need to do a complete reinstall of Win98SE, however, the OS was preinstalled and I did not receive a disk to help me. I did receive the Companion Diskette and I have my original books with the Product Key, but nothing that shows me how to reinstall the OS. I can only load my computer into safe mode now without any network or Cd-Rom. When I boot up I get the Microsoft Registry Checker error and then nothing. I have been messing with this for months and can't get it to work so I thought the only solution is to reinstall the entire thing. Anyway, how do I do this with only my Companion Diskette? I don't see anything on it that refers to the OS. Thanks a lot in advance. ps. Not sure what forum this goes in so I posted in two different ones. Try Start Find from Safe Mode and search the drive for a BASE4.CAB file. If you find it that folder should contain dozens of CAB files and the Setup.exe file. If you have them post back, you can re-install from there but post back first for how to do it. Regards, Bill Watt Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ |
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Reinstalling Win98SE without original CD
Frequently the installation files are on the hard drive as noted by Bill.
In addition to knowing if the files are on the hard drive, we will need to know the location of the files and if the laptop has a functioning floppy disk drive. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Pokerskatershark" wrote in message oups.com... Hello All, I have the Toshiba Satellite 2535 CDS. I need to do a complete reinstall of Win98SE, however, the OS was preinstalled and I did not receive a disk to help me. I did receive the Companion Diskette and I have my original books with the Product Key, but nothing that shows me how to reinstall the OS. I can only load my computer into safe mode now without any network or Cd-Rom. When I boot up I get the Microsoft Registry Checker error and then nothing. I have been messing with this for months and can't get it to work so I thought the only solution is to reinstall the entire thing. Anyway, how do I do this with only my Companion Diskette? I don't see anything on it that refers to the OS. Thanks a lot in advance. ps. Not sure what forum this goes in so I posted in two different ones. |
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Reinstalling Win98SE without original CD
Try Start Find from Safe Mode and search the drive for a BASE4.CAB file. If you find it that folder should contain dozens of CAB files and the Setup.exe file. If you have them post back, you can re-install from there but post back first for how to do it. Regards, Bill Watt Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ I just did the search and yes, that file is there under C:\win98 |
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Reinstalling Win98SE without original CD
Is the setup.exe file also there and does the floppy drive work? Do you
have a W98 start up floppy disk? If not, you can download one he http://www.bootdisk.com/ Once you are ready to go, boot the laptop with the floppy boot disk in. Select no for CDRom support. At the A: prompt, type: deltree C:/windows and hit enter. This will delete the Windows folder so you can do a clean install. Once that is completed, at the A: prompt type: C: and hit enter. At the C: prompt, type: CD win98 and hit enter. And assuming that the setup.exe file is also located there, type: setup.exe /is and hit enter. Follow the on screen prompts. If you have a CD or floppies with drivers on them, have them handy. If not, see if you can download drivers from the Toshiba web site. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Pokerskatershark" wrote in message oups.com... Try Start Find from Safe Mode and search the drive for a BASE4.CAB file. If you find it that folder should contain dozens of CAB files and the Setup.exe file. If you have them post back, you can re-install from there but post back first for how to do it. Regards, Bill Watt Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ I just did the search and yes, that file is there under C:\win98 |
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Reinstalling Win98SE without original CD
The only disk I have is the Companion Diskette. I have a floppy drive
on my laptop, but I do not have a floppy drive on the computer I am using now. I don't even know anyone who has a floppy drive. Is there a way to make that boot disk with a CD? Ron Badour wrote: Is the setup.exe file also there and does the floppy drive work? Do you have a W98 start up floppy disk? If not, you can download one he http://www.bootdisk.com/ Once you are ready to go, boot the laptop with the floppy boot disk in. Select no for CDRom support. At the A: prompt, type: deltree C:/windows and hit enter. This will delete the Windows folder so you can do a clean install. Once that is completed, at the A: prompt type: C: and hit enter. At the C: prompt, type: CD win98 and hit enter. And assuming that the setup.exe file is also located there, type: setup.exe /is and hit enter. Follow the on screen prompts. If you have a CD or floppies with drivers on them, have them handy. If not, see if you can download drivers from the Toshiba web site. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Pokerskatershark" wrote in message oups.com... Try Start Find from Safe Mode and search the drive for a BASE4.CAB file. If you find it that folder should contain dozens of CAB files and the Setup.exe file. If you have them post back, you can re-install from there but post back first for how to do it. Regards, Bill Watt Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ I just did the search and yes, that file is there under C:\win98 |
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On 28 Sep 2006 12:32:02 -0700, "Pokerskatershark"
wrote: Try Start Find from Safe Mode and search the drive for a BASE4.CAB file. If you find it that folder should contain dozens of CAB files and the Setup.exe file. If you have them post back, you can re-install from there but post back first for how to do it. Regards, Bill Watt Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ I just did the search and yes, that file is there under C:\win98 Assuming Setup.exe (make sure first) is also there try this: Boot to the Dos Boot Menu by tapping the F8 key when booting. Select Command Prompt Only. Rename the current Windows folder to Winold like this: Ren c:\Windows Winold. Then change to the Win98 folder like this: CD \Win98 Then enter Setup.exe and follow the instructions. Setup may try to install into a Windows.000 folder. Change it to C:\windows. Make sure you have the Product Key. To be safe get it from the current install, in Dos enter: C:\windows\command\Find /i "ProductKey" c:\windows\system.dat (that's an "eye" in /i) There are 3 spaces, 1 before and after /i and 1 before c: The ProductKey is 5 groups of 5 letters and numbers. If you run into any problems you can rename Windows to Winnew then rename Winold to Windows. Like this: Ren C:\windows Winnew Ren C:\Winold Windows. Reboot. Then you can at least get back into Safe Mode for any fixes. After you are sure all is working well with the new install you can delete the Winold folder. Because you have no Win98 CD I would copy the Win98 folder with all the CAB files to a CD for safekeeping as soon as you get into Normal Windows. Regards, Bill Watt Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ |
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Assuming Setup.exe (make sure first) is also there try this: Boot to the Dos Boot Menu by tapping the F8 key when booting. Select Command Prompt Only. Rename the current Windows folder to Winold like this: Ren c:\Windows Winold. Then change to the Win98 folder like this: CD \Win98 Then enter Setup.exe and follow the instructions. Setup may try to install into a Windows.000 folder. Change it to C:\windows. Make sure you have the Product Key. To be safe get it from the current install, in Dos enter: C:\windows\command\Find /i "ProductKey" c:\windows\system.dat (that's an "eye" in /i) There are 3 spaces, 1 before and after /i and 1 before c: The ProductKey is 5 groups of 5 letters and numbers. If you run into any problems you can rename Windows to Winnew then rename Winold to Windows. Like this: Ren C:\windows Winnew Ren C:\Winold Windows. Reboot. Then you can at least get back into Safe Mode for any fixes. After you are sure all is working well with the new install you can delete the Winold folder. Because you have no Win98 CD I would copy the Win98 folder with all the CAB files to a CD for safekeeping as soon as you get into Normal Windows. Regards, Bill Watt Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/ Well, for about 30 minutes I thought this was going to work. I followed all your instructions and it was moving along wonderfully. Everything was installed, got the Windows98 startup, etc. Did all of it's stuff and then it said that it needed to restart my computer and it did. I got the big Windows 98 screen and at the bottom it said, starting Windows 98 for the first time a couple of blinks and right back at the Microsoft Registry Checker blue screen. Stuck at 0% and then my computer shuts off. I do thank you though. Your advice has gotten me much further than anyone. At least SOMETHING was happening, but unfortunately, I'm back to the Microsoft Regsitry Checker screen. I'm really not sure what to do next. Anyone want to buy me a new laptop? LOL. Again, thanks for all the replies and if anyone can think of anything else that may help, I would appreciate it. |
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Reinstalling Win98SE without original CD
Start the computer in Safe mode and rename the following files. Then
restart normally. c:\autoexec.bat c:\config.sys c:\windows\winstart.bat. Ben "Pokerskatershark" wrote in message oups.com... Hello All, I have the Toshiba Satellite 2535 CDS. I need to do a complete reinstall of Win98SE, however, the OS was preinstalled and I did not receive a disk to help me. I did receive the Companion Diskette and I have my original books with the Product Key, but nothing that shows me how to reinstall the OS. I can only load my computer into safe mode now without any network or Cd-Rom. When I boot up I get the Microsoft Registry Checker error and then nothing. I have been messing with this for months and can't get it to work so I thought the only solution is to reinstall the entire thing. Anyway, how do I do this with only my Companion Diskette? I don't see anything on it that refers to the OS. Thanks a lot in advance. ps. Not sure what forum this goes in so I posted in two different ones. |
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