how do I install win98?

Discussion in 'Software' started by heathersedai, Sep 4, 2005.

  1. heathersedai

    heathersedai Private E-2

    I have a dilemma. I have an old, slow machine with win2k on it. Its my mother's. She really wants win98 as it is what she knows how to use and it will support her older than dirt printer and scanner.

    Unfortunately, it won't read floppy disks, it says any disk you put in is not formatted. Thus I can't boot from a win98 startup disk. I have swapped out the a drive and the same thing happened.

    Is there a way to boot into dos from win2k? Is there a way to reformat/fdisk without dos or a startup disk?
     
  2. ComputerGate

    ComputerGate Specialist

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  3. Brandon

    Brandon controlmind

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  4. Novice

    Novice MajorGeek

    Have you tried booting with the Win98 cd? This may be worth a shot. Another option might be to download the Ultimate Boot CD from this site, as your floppy drive isn't working. Hope this helps! :)
     
  5. Clark_Kent

    Clark_Kent MajorGeek

    For your disk try to check the cable unplug and plug again.

    Brand new are pretty cheap around $15.00 bucks....

    is it win98 or win98SE i know win98SE are bootable from CD.

    You have to go into your bios and make first boot CD-rom.

    Hope this help...
     
  6. scouse

    scouse Corporal

  7. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Just throwing this open as I have thoughts on this but no hard actual steps to take as I have used Knoppix but not got into the nitty gritty of its full function,

    SO I may need some assistance from the Knoppix geniuses on this but I know you can boot to this CD and it gives you options to format and partition similar to Fdisk ( Knoppix's version is called CFDisk ) but my thoughts on how to get around this and install win98 ( as the HD will need to be reformatted to FAT32 as it will have NTFS on ) without a floppy are,

    IF we can format the HD using Knoppix to FAT32, then if Knoppix will allow the win98 setup procedure to run.. great!

    if not and you can access a dos prompt in Knoppix, you can copy the win98 cab files to the HD and install from the HD rather than the cd, using the below,

    If you get a dos prompt....
    Change to a C prompt by typing C: and press enter.

    You will now be at a C:\> prompt.
    Type MD WIN98 and press enter.
    ( Make sure you leave a space between MD and WIN98. )

    Back at the C:\> prompt.
    Type CD E:\WIN98 and press enter.
    ( Don't forget the space between CD and E:\WIN98. )

    Back at the C:\> Prompt,
    Type E: and press enter.
    ( Where E is your CD-ROM, otherwise use your CD-ROM letter. )

    You should now be at an E:\WIN98 prompt.
    Type COPY *.* C:\WIN98 and press enter.
    ( Don't forget the spaces between 'copy and *.*' and also between '*.* and C:\WIN98' )
    The files needed for Windows will now be copied from your CD to your hard drive.

    Back to an E:\WIN98 prompt.
    Type C: and press enter.

    Back at the C:\> prompt.
    Type CD WIN98 and press enter.
    ( Don't forget the space between CD and WIN98. )

    You will now be at a C:\WIN98 prompt.
    Type SETUP and press enter.
    Installation of Windows will now begin.

    NOTE: some drive letters may need adjusting as this is copy and paste of an old doc I have saved. Plus Knoppix is a 694mb download so not Dialup friendly if thats your service )
     

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