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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows 3.x/9x/ME => Topic started by: 69Z28 on April 05, 2010, 07:14:34 PM

Title: Installing W98
Post by: 69Z28 on April 05, 2010, 07:14:34 PM

I was fooling around with my old Dell laptop today and decided to re-install W98 to freshing it up. I downloaded the procedure from Microsoft to do a full delete and reformat and now I'm ready to install 98.  The diagnostic tools were successfully loaded to drive D, however, the device driver not found:'MSCD001' No valid CDROM device drivers selected.

Currently computer is sitting at the A prompt waiting for my next step and I'm not too sure what to do next.

Can someone help please?

Thanks

Title: Re: Installing W98
Post by: BC_Programmer on April 05, 2010, 07:18:32 PM

Are you booting from the windows 98 CD?

Title: Re: Installing W98
Post by: 69Z28 on April 05, 2010, 07:33:54 PM

No sir. Following the procedure from Microsoft it says to insert startup disc in floppy disk drive and restart. How do I boot from the CD? I think I tried this once before and I couldn't do it then.

Title: Re: Installing W98
Post by: 69Z28 on April 05, 2010, 10:49:23 PM

The computer was giving me all kinds of signs there was something wrong with the hard drive, I just didn't see them.


Hard drive has to be bad. I left the room, came back and my laptop was screaming. Hard drive lost a bearing. I have a 20gig coming soon anyway.