Re: install win98 HOW

Meg cogitated deeply and scribbled thusly:

> I am trying to install Win98 2nd ed, but don't know how. I
> don't have any OS on my computer, and the 98 disk doesn't
> have any instructions. What do I type at the DOS prompt?
This is actually a newsgroup for Windows XP not Windows 98, but here
goes anyway..... Presumably when you switch on your PC you get a command
prompt like this? C:> Can you then put in your CD and type (without the
quotes) "cd D:/" If that works, you shouild then see D:> then type setup.

If none of that works, you need to get a Win 98 Boot floppy. You can
download one at http://www.bootdisk.com/

HTH

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>-----Original Message-----
>Meg cogitated deeply and scribbled thusly:
>
>> I am trying to install Win98 2nd ed, but don't know how. I
>> don't have any OS on my computer, and the 98 disk doesn't
>> have any instructions. What do I type at the DOS prompt?
>This is actually a newsgroup for Windows XP not Windows
98, but here
>goes anyway..... Presumably when you switch on your PC you
get a command
>prompt like this? C:> Can you then put in your CD and type
(without the
>quotes) "cd D:/" If that works, you shouild then see D:>
then type setup.
>
>If none of that works, you need to get a Win 98 Boot
floppy. You can
>download one at http://www.bootdisk.com/

Yeah, I tried to find a more appropriate place to post my
question, but the MS site is so durn big!
I tried all the DOS prompts I remembered from the bad old
days (setup, run, list, tree...), but NOTHING works. So do
I have to download this boot floppy, install it, then
install from the cd?
Thanks very very much - I've been frustrated with this.
>HTH
>
>--
>(I may be wrong...I usually am....)
>Google is your Friend
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>www.gbpcomputing.co.uk
>
>.
>

Meg cogitated deeply and scribbled thusly:

>>-----Original Message-----
>>Meg cogitated deeply and scribbled thusly:
>>
>>
>>>I am trying to install Win98 2nd ed, but don't know how. I
>>>don't have any OS on my computer, and the 98 disk doesn't
>>>have any instructions. What do I type at the DOS prompt?
>>
>>This is actually a newsgroup for Windows XP not Windows
>
> 98, but here
>
>>goes anyway..... Presumably when you switch on your PC you
>
> get a command
>
>>prompt like this? C:> Can you then put in your CD and type
>
> (without the
>
>>quotes) "cd D:/" If that works, you shouild then see D:>
>
> then type setup.
>
>>If none of that works, you need to get a Win 98 Boot
>
> floppy. You can
>
>>download one at http://www.bootdisk.com/
>
>
> Yeah, I tried to find a more appropriate place to post my
> question, but the MS site is so durn big!
> I tried all the DOS prompts I remembered from the bad old
> days (setup, run, list, tree...), but NOTHING works. So do
> I have to download this boot floppy, install it, then
> install from the cd?
> Thanks very very much - I've been frustrated with this.
>
>>HTH
>>
>>--
>>(I may be wrong...I usually am....)
>>Google is your Friend
>>Email address deliberately false to avoid spam:
>>www.gbpcomputing.co.uk
>>
>>.
>>
yes, just download the files, put them onto a floppy and boot up with that.

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