Installation

[Martha]

I have Microsoft Office Standard for Students and
Teachers. I now want to install Windows 98 on my
computer. It says I can't install it with the current
version of Windows and go to ms-dos.

Sounds nuts - but I can't find dos on this computer. It
is a Compaq Presario.

Because I have the limited edition of Office, do I need
to remove it and then install 98?

Thanks for any help.

 

[Chris Lanier]

Windows XP doesnt include DOS. if you wish to downgrade you will need to
format your hard drive. you can download a Windows 98 boot disk and do
this.

http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

 

[Ken Blake]

In

I have Microsoft Office Standard for Students and
Teachers. I now want to install Windows 98 on my
computer. It says I can't install it with the current
version of Windows and go to ms-dos.

Sounds nuts - but I can't find dos on this computer. It
is a Compaq Presario.

What kind of computer it is isn't relevant. If you're running
Windows XP, the reason you can't find DOS is that Windows XP
doesn't include DOS.

Because I have the limited edition of Office, do I need
to remove it and then install 98?

No, what version of Office you have, or whether you have it at
all, has nothing to do with it.

Unless you upgraded to XP from Windows 98, took the option to
save the previous version, and didn't convert your drive to NTFS,
there's no way to uninstall XP and revert to DOS. Your only
choice is to reformat the drive and start all over again with a
clean installation of 98. That will remove Office, and all other
applications as well as all your data, so back up whatever you
need first.

To do that clean installation, yes, you need to do it from DOS.
Get there by booting from a DOS diskette.

 

[James Harris]

The limited edition of office should not be a problem.
You did not say whether or not you were runing a higher
version of the OS i.e.: windows XP. They can be installed
side by side, but you'll need to boot to a version of DOS
that Windows 98 understands. Go to www.bootdisk.com and
download Win98boot. It's a self-extracting file. You can
extract it to a floppy disk and boot from that floppy.
When it boots, it gives you two choices: 1) boot with CD
support or 2)boot without CD support. Choose the first
one. You will then be able to install Windows 98 from
there, but you'll need to create a fresh folder for it. I
would call the folder Windows98 to distinguish it from the
other one. Now I do not believe that Windows 98 supports
boot manager so you'll need something that will reconize
both of your OSes like system commander. Installing that
will find all operating systems you have installed and
create a menu for you.

 

[Alex Nichol]

I have Microsoft Office Standard for Students and
Teachers. I now want to install Windows 98 on my
computer. It says I can't install it with the current
version of Windows and go to ms-dos.

Sounds nuts - but I can't find dos on this computer. It
is a Compaq Presario.

Because I have the limited edition of Office, do I need
to remove it and then install 98?

Installation of Office - which is a suite of applications, and
installation of Windows - an operating system, needed to run
applications, are quite separate. You would need to install the Windows
98 first - presuming your machine is currently using Windows XP that
would mean formatting the disk first. Backup *all* data, because it
will be lost. Boot the Win98 startup floppy and use its FDISK to remove
the present partition and make a new one, reboot to FORMAT C: and run
the Setup from the Win98 CD.

But I suspect that all you want to do is install the Office on the
present Windows XP system and it says it is for Windows 98 so you are
somehow trying to install that first. Don't. Your Office will run
perfectly well on windows XP - run its CD from the XP and carrying on to
install it.