MS-DOS Installation

My brother's system crashed, so. . .my other brother wiped
out the hard drive. I now have the pleasure of fixing
their mess. I have been working on this for almost a
week, and everything I try works up to the point of setup
of Windows 98 version 2. When I get to this point the
*#%! system gives me an error reading - "CDR101: Not ready
reading drive F." I have followed the fdisk/format
instructions to the "T" and I am still getting this error.

In Help, it states to copy the windows folder from
floppy/CD-Rom to c: drive.

I am working in ms-dos and there seems to be no
instructions on how to highlight or mark the win98
directory (or the entire install/setup files) in order to
copy it to c:.

Does anybody know how to correct this, get around this, or
should I just throw the stinkin' pc off a bridge?

If you can help Puhleez do so - I've had a migrane for 4
days now.

Ed, Ed, or Eddie,
You have a problem with the msdos access driver for the cdrom.
And how do use standard msdos commands. Continue your medication.
"Mona" wrote in message
...
My brother's system crashed, so. . .my other brother wiped
out the hard drive. I now have the pleasure of fixing
their mess. I have been working on this for almost a
week, and everything I try works up to the point of setup
of Windows 98 version 2. When I get to this point the
*#%! system gives me an error reading - "CDR101: Not ready
reading drive F." I have followed the fdisk/format
instructions to the "T" and I am still getting this error.

In Help, it states to copy the windows folder from
floppy/CD-Rom to c: drive.

I am working in ms-dos and there seems to be no
instructions on how to highlight or mark the win98
directory (or the entire install/setup files) in order to
copy it to c:.

Does anybody know how to correct this, get around this, or
should I just throw the stinkin' pc off a bridge?

If you can help Puhleez do so - I've had a migrane for 4
days now.

The problem seems to be that your CDROM drive or your Windows 98 CD is
defective, assuming that you have put it in the drive before you begin this
process.

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"Mona" wrote in message
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My brother's system crashed, so. . .my other brother wiped
out the hard drive. I now have the pleasure of fixing
their mess. I have been working on this for almost a
week, and everything I try works up to the point of setup
of Windows 98 version 2. When I get to this point the
*#%! system gives me an error reading - "CDR101: Not ready
reading drive F." I have followed the fdisk/format
instructions to the "T" and I am still getting this error.

In Help, it states to copy the windows folder from
floppy/CD-Rom to c: drive.

I am working in ms-dos and there seems to be no
instructions on how to highlight or mark the win98
directory (or the entire install/setup files) in order to
copy it to c:.

Does anybody know how to correct this, get around this, or
should I just throw the stinkin' pc off a bridge?

If you can help Puhleez do so - I've had a migrane for 4
days now.

Create orr download a new startup disk.
This can be done from any Win-98 machine.

From within Windows:
1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then
click Control Panel.
2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
3. On the Startup Disk tab, click Create Disk.
Follow the instructions on the screen.
4. Write protect the floppy disk, then test it
to make sure it works.

Or one can be downloaded here.
Bootdisk.Com:
http://www.bootdisk.com/

Then follow this.
Put your start up floppy
in and turn your pc on,
select start with cd-rom
support, now at the A prompt
look just above it for your
cd-rom letter if it was D
it will be E. What you need
after that will look like this.

A:\e: Hit enter
E:\setup: Hit enter

Now you should be able to just
follow the dirrections, sit back
and let Windows do the work.
Make sure you have your Product
Key Code.
-----Original Message-----
My brother's system crashed, so. . .my other brother
wiped
out the hard drive. I now have the pleasure of fixing
their mess. I have been working on this for almost a
week, and everything I try works up to the point of setup
of Windows 98 version 2. When I get to this point the
*#%! system gives me an error reading - "CDR101: Not
ready
reading drive F." I have followed the fdisk/format
instructions to the "T" and I am still getting this error.

In Help, it states to copy the windows folder from
floppy/CD-Rom to c: drive.

I am working in ms-dos and there seems to be no
instructions on how to highlight or mark the win98
directory (or the entire install/setup files) in order to
copy it to c:.

Does anybody know how to correct this, get around this,
or
should I just throw the stinkin' pc off a bridge?

If you can help Puhleez do so - I've had a migrane for 4
days now.

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