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eiocan

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win 98
« on: April 05, 2006, 11:00:24 AM »
hi,trying to install win 98,after erasing hard drive,went into bios to change bootup sequence to cdrom but option not there,was wondering if i could copy 98 cd to floppy and install from there.thanks
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    Re: win 98
    « Reply #1 on: April 05, 2006, 02:06:23 PM »
    No.
    I don't think 98 is bootable anyway so you will need a 98 bootdisk and a working cdrom.
    http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000186.htm
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    GX1_Man

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    Re: win 98
    « Reply #2 on: April 05, 2006, 04:19:30 PM »
    Some 98 versions are bootable, but some are not. In any case they can ALL be booted with a boot disk, available for free at www.bootdisk.com.  ;)
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    eiocan

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    Re: win 98
    « Reply #3 on: April 05, 2006, 04:35:19 PM »
    i can get as far as win 98 starting,win 98 screen flashes for a second then i get c: prompt
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    dl65

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      Re: win 98
      « Reply #4 on: April 05, 2006, 04:48:56 PM »
      eiocan ...... Could you detail exacxtly what you have done .......be as specific as possible.

      Did you get a bootdisk that is for win 98 ?
      Does it include the generic drivers as well as the F disk function ?

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      « Last Edit: April 05, 2006, 04:49:45 PM by dl65 »
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      eiocan

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      Re: win 98
      « Reply #5 on: April 05, 2006, 06:36:31 PM »
      i got a program called pc beginner,which cleared the hard drive,had another computer with win 98,made a boot disk,ran it ,now when i boot ,i get win 98 starting,win 98 screen flashes,then goes off,then i get c:.
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      GX1_Man

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      Re: win 98
      « Reply #6 on: April 05, 2006, 07:55:40 PM »
      Put in the CD ROM and type setup and press Enter. Does that get it going? If not type in d:setup and press Enter
      If that doesn't work, keep increasing the letters.
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      eiocan

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      Re: win 98
      « Reply #7 on: April 06, 2006, 10:20:52 AM »
      put in xp cd,kept adding letters the way to z,keep getting invalid drive specification.
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        Re: win 98
        « Reply #8 on: April 06, 2006, 11:25:21 AM »
        Make sure you have a boot disk with CDROM support
        Put it in the floppy drive and boot the PC
        When the boot up is complete you should be at the A:\ prompt
        Put your windows CD in the CDROM drive
        Type E:\setup
        When the setup program offers to make a boot disk, click cancel
        Remove the floppy and continue setup
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        Re: win 98
        « Reply #9 on: April 06, 2006, 11:58:28 AM »
        when i do what you say,boot up with floopy in ,i get remove disk and other media and press any key,then it goes back to c: prompt,and invalid drive,when i try to setup
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          Re: win 98
          « Reply #10 on: April 06, 2006, 12:11:01 PM »
          Download a proper boot disk from www.bootdisk.com then follow the directions.
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          Re: win 98
          « Reply #11 on: April 06, 2006, 01:06:12 PM »
          You mention XP now, but we started out the discussion with Win98. If it really is XP we have to start ALL over! Please clarify.
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          eiocan

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          Re: win 98
          « Reply #12 on: April 06, 2006, 01:32:27 PM »
          sorry,there was 98 on it before i erased the hard drive,but i have a windows 95 and a window xp home cd,i dont have a 98 cd .
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            Re: win 98
            « Reply #13 on: April 06, 2006, 02:43:45 PM »
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            went into bios to change bootup sequence to cdrom but option not there
            Look again, if you change it then boot to the XP disk and your good to go.
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            eiocan

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            Re: win 98
            « Reply #14 on: April 06, 2006, 06:18:27 PM »
            no,all that is there is boot sequence a,c
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            GX1_Man

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            Re: win 98
            « Reply #15 on: April 06, 2006, 07:44:11 PM »
            The XP CD can make all the boot disks you need (It is a set, not just one!), or you can get the set at www.bootdisk.com
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            eiocan

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            Re: win 98
            « Reply #16 on: April 07, 2006, 04:08:23 PM »
            got my hands on a 98 cd,put in drive,no matter what letter i use i get invalid drive message.
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            GX1_Man

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            Re: win 98
            « Reply #17 on: April 07, 2006, 07:45:36 PM »
            Are we sure that the CDROM is good?
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              Re: win 98
              « Reply #18 on: April 07, 2006, 09:47:56 PM »
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              all that is there is boot sequence a,c
              I'd be looking in bios to find out why the cdrom isn't detected.
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              eiocan

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              Re: win 98
              « Reply #19 on: April 08, 2006, 06:53:59 AM »
              i tried another cdrom thats ok,still no go,when it boots up ,it says cdrom found.bios has a,c boot sequence,this is an old machine,when it boots it says ,bios 1996.
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              GX1_Man

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              Re: win 98
              « Reply #20 on: April 08, 2006, 09:11:18 AM »
              Since that is so (and nice to know that now!) it will not ever boot from CD, so you will have to go the boot disk route.

              Since you never said, what are the specifics on the machine. (We should have been given that long before as well.)
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              eiocan

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              Re: win 98
              « Reply #21 on: April 08, 2006, 09:36:06 AM »
              forget it
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              GX1_Man

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              Re: win 98
              « Reply #22 on: April 08, 2006, 10:27:43 AM »
              You may want to be in touch with the PC Beginner program you paid $29.95 for. It sounds like it should do everything except brew coffee.

              http://www.pcbeginner.com/tools/pcdoctor.htm

              Good luck!
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              Re: win 98
              « Reply #23 on: April 10, 2006, 11:16:27 AM »
              Most 98 cds wasnt bootable anyway so youll need to boot from the floppy drive with a bootdisk floppy thats got generic dos cd drivers. A mouse driver will be handy too.
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