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Title: WINDOWS 98 INSTALL PROBLEM (HELP)
Post by: TRACE1350 on August 05, 2009, 03:30:07 PM

Formatted c: drive used start up disk and when I type SETUP at e: drive it tells me "This program cannot run in DOS mode". tried everything PLEASE HELP!!!!!   :-[ ???

Title: Re: WINDOWS 98 INSTALL PROBLEM (HELP)
Post by: fgdn17 on August 05, 2009, 05:49:46 PM

did you format your disk using FORMAT C: /U /S

if not....

try using a W98 install CD instead of a startup disk...!!!

Title: Re: WINDOWS 98 INSTALL PROBLEM (HELP)
Post by: Broni on August 05, 2009, 06:24:22 PM

Windows 98 CD should be bootable.

Title: Re: WINDOWS 98 INSTALL PROBLEM (HELP)
Post by: Quantos on August 07, 2009, 10:25:15 PM

There are a few pirated versions that aren't bootable.  Is your version genuine?

Title: Re: WINDOWS 98 INSTALL PROBLEM (HELP)
Post by: BC_Programmer on August 07, 2009, 10:29:33 PM

Upgrade CDs aren't  bootable either. and setup.exe is a windows application in those versions, too.

Title: Re: WINDOWS 98 INSTALL PROBLEM (HELP)
Post by: patio on August 08, 2009, 06:49:32 AM

Are you sure E: is your optical drive ? ?
At the E: prompt type in dir /p and hit Enter.....
Spacebar moves the directory down one line at a time.
If it looks like the contents of the Windows CD then try again.

If not it's either not your optical drive or you have more than one...