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Author Topic: win98se on floppy  (Read 4179 times)

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etphn23

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win98se on floppy
« on: October 19, 2005, 12:59:55 PM »
is it possible to put win98se on a laptop that only has a floppy drive?

Mac

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Win98se on floppy
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2005, 01:54:31 PM »
You can partition and format the drive using a '98 bootdisk and then use another computer to copy all of the files from a '98 CD to the hard drive after which you can start the installation going from the floppy again.

merlin_2

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Re: win98se on floppy
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2005, 02:53:13 PM »
 A better option is......remove the hard drive from the laptop>>>>>providing it has the space.....2/3 gigs......and use a ide adapter......connect it to a pc ide cable.....as a slave a boot the laptop drive withe the win98se install disk......done....

GX1_Man

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Re: win98se on floppy
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2005, 03:37:09 PM »
If it only has a floppy drive, then it probably has other limitations - like <64 meg RAM which will make it an un-fun experience.

What are system specs? It might not be worth the hassle.

Mac

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ctive Desktop and so on.
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2005, 03:39:34 AM »
64 MB is workable with '98se though.

Need to turn things off like Active Desktop and so on, don't use Norton or any other resource hogging software, use AVG instead.