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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows 3.x/9x/ME => Topic started by: andyoliver on February 07, 2009, 05:39:38 AM

Title: installing windows 98-
Post by: andyoliver on February 07, 2009, 05:39:38 AM

hi all, had a good search , but am going around in circles ,

d ban - nuked my old p3 750 nec versa apitude,

lost my boot disk so went to nec site and down loaded there one win 98se

ran through the fdisk then formatted c now

with the bootdisk in when i start computer it

microsoft windows 98 startup menu

runs through process then says

A:/> 

what do i type?

thanks -  great site could not have got this far without it though well out of depth, 

Title: Re: installing windows 98-
Post by: Dias de verano on February 07, 2009, 06:34:01 AM

You booted from a floppy disk?

If this...

Quote

lost my boot disk

 ...means you have lost the Windows 98 install CD then there is nothing that you can type that will reinstall Windows.

Title: Re: installing windows 98-
Post by: patio on February 07, 2009, 06:38:59 AM

From there you need to log the CDROM drive...type D: and hit Enter.
Then at the D: prompt type setup and hit Enter.

NOTE: Some bootdisks make the CDROM R: by default so it would be R: Enter then setup Enter.
To find which drive it is if it's not D or R use the dir command for each letter of the alphabet starting with D: