Installing 98SE

[jchappj]

I have the Windows 98se cd that came with my computer and would like to install the operating system on a freshly formatted drive (different comp). I don't have the installation floppy. What are my options?

 

[bdaley]

You can make a boot disk from within Windows.

"There's no such thing as gravity, the Earth just sucks"

 

[Lowlypawn]

Go to control panel, add/remove programs/ startup.
Another tip is so copy the windoz CD to the hard drive (hopefully another partition) Like D: or E: then goto the dos prompt, format c: go to where your windows cd is (for example mine is D:\win98cd) then run setup. It’s a lot faster then installing off the CD and u don’t have to worry about your CD drivers and getting it to work in DOS.
Goodluck

 

[jchappj]

I made a system disk, which is what I used to run fdisk. Then I formatted the (new) drive, primary and one partition. One will be used for Win98 and the other for Win2000. I'm not familiar with the DOS command to load the cd though. Can you help with that? Or which files I need on the floppy? Thanks!

 

[bdaley]

You need to make a Windows 98 Startup Disk, not a system disk. You should be able to do that from within Windows. I think it's an option in the Add/Remove Programs area. When I get home to my Win 98 PC I'll double-check exactly how you do that. I haven't made a new Startup disk for years.

"There's no such thing as gravity, the Earth just sucks"

 

[Lowlypawn]

When you start your computer with your system disk it will ask u if u want to start with Cdrom support, just ht yes and go to the dos prompt (f12 I think). I’m just typing this out of memory so things might not be exactly as I say but hopefully close enough for u to figure it out.
To get to your CD in dos just type the drive letter for your CD.
For example if your hard drive has 2 partitions:

A: should be your floppy
C: should be hard disk
D: should be the second partition
E: should be CD rom

So just type “E:” then “DIR” to list the directory. If it’s your CD-ROM then your in business, if not just keep checking different letters. Also they can and often are different from windows. If U determine your CD-ROM is not working in DOS then u need to get the right dos driver, “MSCDEX” I think is what it's commonly called (I think). I can’t remember but it’s not hard to find how to's on the net.

Also if you are going to run win 2000 & 98 I would consider partitioning that hard drive into 4,
1 for WIN98
2 for WIN2000
3 for programs the win98&2000 CD, drivers, and stuff u don’t want to lose when your hard drive crashes.
4 for swapfile and temp internet files (I don’t know if win98 & 2000 will share 1 drive, might need a 5th partition. This will keep your hard disk from fraging too fast.
The reason for putting all the important stuff away form windows is when your computer crashes it all most all ways crashes the windows partition.


Hope this helps.
Cya

It’s worth is in the long run, especially if u format ever 3 months like I do.
I don’t even get out a single CD, everything I need is saved on my D: partition.
With the new hard drives out there it’s not like your short on space.
Well I’m off to format my windows, dam thing is giving me registry errors.

Good luck

 

[jchappj]

Thanks A lot for the help guys, I'm back in biddness! More to follow I'm sure...
Jack