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akcasha
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« on: March 12, 2006, 11:57:16 AM »

Hope I can give all the right info :-/
HP Pavillion 4443,
Win 98 4.10.1998,
upgraded using oem cd,
authenticAMD AMD-K6(tm) 3D proccessor Intel MMX (TM),
60MB Ram,
Got the comp from a friend who didn't want to bother with it.  No CD, No bootdisk.  Just as is.  booted it up and this is what I got.
Got the HP screen, the win 98 screen and jump into DOS (C:\WINDOWS) and thats it.   I can start it in safe mode, cleaned out all the unneccessary stuff, old prgrams and such.  But I can't make a bootdisk in safe mode.  I do have a win 98 CD from an old HP Pavillion I had before.  I did install it.  Still the same results (jumps back into DOS).  
checked Bios , they look OK.  When I goto the sites for bootdisk I not sure which one to use.  I don't what to format without all my safety nets.  Any and all info you can give I would be very grateful.
Thank You

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« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2006, 12:04:19 PM »

Download [highlight]this archive[/highlight], extract it to a folder and run the resultant self extracting diskette image, bootdisk.exe, with a diskette in the floppy drive. It will create a Win98 type bootdisk with real mode CD and mouse divers plus a few other tools.
Your first CD drive will be loaded at v:.
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akcasha
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« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2006, 01:33:46 PM »

got to V:\>setup /ie /im /is /nr and enter.  It started OK then in win98 setup recieved error - MESSAGE SU995035 , AN INVALID COMMAND OPTION WAS SPECIFIED.  CHECK THE COMMAND LINE AND TRY AGAIN, OR TYPE SETUP/? FOR HELP ON THE SETUP COMMAND OPTIONS. (0X13ab).
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« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2006, 03:36:22 PM »

So  you don't have a Windows CD, just a restore disk for another model?

That will never work.  ::)
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akcasha
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« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2006, 08:04:21 PM »

Yes, I have a win98 CD from an old HP I had.  I needed the bootdisk.  Backdate gave me the right info.  Just when I got to the part at V:\ setup....... that was one command prompt that created a error, which i fixed by searching the CD and put in SETUP.EXE.  instead Allll fixed. windows up and running.  ;DThank YOU Backdate
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« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2006, 11:55:28 AM »

When installing Windows and many other programs etc, the focus must be set to the installer location (Or a path statement issued perhaps).
As you found out, the correct syntax is:
v:
setup /blah
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