win 98 question - thought someome here would know

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Andrew

ok now that I've dusted off my dos user manual you have to type dir/p/w
that will let you see what is on the rout dir of the cd.
you have to type setup.exe
ps you can get all the dos commands by typing help ;)
 
please help. i know this is a vista newgroup but i could not find a win 98
group.

i am installing win 98 se for a friend of mine. hard drive is fully
formatted. i put the start up disk and the dos promt comes on. i use cd
support and then i get to the d drive for the cd rom.

so I am at the d prompt, the cd drivers are installed and seing my cd rom.

now for the life of me, i cannot remember what dos command to type in here
to get the cd to kick in.

i tried several

cdwin 98

cdwin_98

setup

I am lost.

TIA
 
Kevin Oye said:
please help. i know this is a vista newgroup but i could not find a win
98 group.
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And how hard did you try?

microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
 
Kevin said:
please help. i know this is a vista newgroup but i could not find a win
98 group.

i am installing win 98 se for a friend of mine. hard drive is fully
formatted. i put the start up disk and the dos promt comes on. i use
cd support and then i get to the d drive for the cd rom.

so I am at the d prompt, the cd drivers are installed and seing my cd rom.

now for the life of me, i cannot remember what dos command to type in
here to get the cd to kick in.

i tried several

cdwin 98

cdwin_98

setup

I am lost.

TIA
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Isn't it setup.exe?
Frank
 
How to Install Windows 98 on a Computer with No Operating System
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/221829/en-us

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please help. i know this is a vista newgroup but i could not find a win 98
group.

i am installing win 98 se for a friend of mine. hard drive is fully
formatted. i put the start up disk and the dos promt comes on. i use cd
support and then i get to the d drive for the cd rom.

so I am at the d prompt, the cd drivers are installed and seing my cd rom.

now for the life of me, i cannot remember what dos command to type in here
to get the cd to kick in.

i tried several

cdwin 98

cdwin_98

setup

I am lost.

TIA
 
didn't work out

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please help. i know this is a vista newgroup but i could not find a win 98
group.

i am installing win 98 se for a friend of mine. hard drive is fully
formatted. i put the start up disk and the dos promt comes on. i use cd
support and then i get to the d drive for the cd rom.

so I am at the d prompt, the cd drivers are installed and seing my cd rom.

now for the life of me, i cannot remember what dos command to type in here
to get the cd to kick in.

i tried several

cdwin 98

cdwin_98

setup

I am lost.

TIA
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Sounds like you didn't change the BIOS to BOOT from the CD. Try this:

a. Go to your BIOS and change so the CD drive is the FIRST boot
device.

b. Shut Down system.

c. Place the Windows 98 CD in the CD drive, close door.

d. Restart. If things go correctly you should be on your way.

If all else fails and assuming your still running some version of
Winnows on this box try copying the entire contents of the Windows 98
CD to a new folder on the root drive. Once done, go to this folder and
there should be some obvious file setup.exe or something, so long I
forget and click on that and that may do it.

Once working ok with the new OS installed go back to BIOS and change
back to boot from the hard drive or the system will waste time trying
to start from the CD drive.
 
The name of the executable is setup.

From the command prompt, type SETUP and press Enter ...
 
Frank said:
You need to be at the 'a" prompt.
Frank
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If he is booting from a floppy that is true, else he needs to be at the
command prompt of the drive that is the CD ROM drive. Typically, the CD is
drive D or E.
 
Kevin Oye said:
didn't work out

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T: (416) 247-2953
C: (647) 235-5056
F: (905) 206-0690
(e-mail address removed)
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Boot from the Win 98 startup diskette.

Make a note of the CD drive letter allocation..

When you get to the A prompt, type the allocated letter of the CD drive,
followed by a colon..

Press <ENTER>

Now type <dir>

You should see the list of files contained on the Win 98 CD..

Type SETUP, then press <ENTER>

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Jeff said:
If he is booting from a floppy that is true, else he needs to be at the
command prompt of the drive that is the CD ROM drive. Typically, the CD
is drive D or E.
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Yeah, he said 'start up disk", which I missed first read and then caught
on second read.
I'm only assuming he's referring to a floppy.
Frank
 
Frank said:
Yeah, he said 'start up disk", which I missed first read and then caught
on second read.
I'm only assuming he's referring to a floppy.
Frank
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Good call, I assumed he was booting from the CD, but on second thought it
occurs to me that 98 will not boot from a CD.

If this is true, then he has to enter <drive>:\setup from the boot location
command prompt.
 
Jeff said:
Good call, I assumed he was booting from the CD, but on second thought
it occurs to me that 98 will not boot from a CD.

If this is true, then he has to enter <drive>:\setup from the boot
location command prompt.
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He needs to go to the a prompt with cd enabled and inserted and type in
setup.exe and hit enter.
Frank
 
Kevin Oye said:
please help. i know this is a vista newgroup but i could not find a win
98 group.

i am installing win 98 se for a friend of mine. hard drive is fully
formatted. i put the start up disk and the dos promt comes on. i use cd
support and then i get to the d drive for the cd rom.

so I am at the d prompt, the cd drivers are installed and seing my cd rom.

now for the life of me, i cannot remember what dos command to type in here
to get the cd to kick in.
Click to expand...


Tutn the machine on. Insert the CD then hold the power button until it shuts
down. Now start the machine. It should run automatically.
 
Kevin Oye said:
please help. i know this is a vista newgroup but i could not find a win
98 group.

alt.windows98




i am installing win 98 se for a friend of mine. hard drive is fully
formatted. i put the start up disk and the dos promt comes on. i use cd
support and then i get to the d drive for the cd rom.

so I am at the d prompt, the cd drivers are installed and seing my cd rom.

now for the life of me, i cannot remember what dos command to type in here
to get the cd to kick in.

i tried several

cdwin 98

cdwin_98

setup

I am lost.

TIA
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Kevin,

Sounds like you are correctly at the CD-ROM drive letter, but it all depends
on what CD you have as to where the Setup.exe file is located.
If it's a Retail CD then Setup.exe is in the Root of the drive and that
should have worked, but obviously not per your answer.
Do you know what version CD you have?
On some of the MSDN CD's there were several versions of Windows and you
have to type the path to the folder where their located.

Example for Win98
Type: CD\Win98 Press Enter
Type: Setup Press Enter
Type: Setup Press Enter

Example for Win98-SE
Type: CD\Win98_SE Press Enter
Type: Setup Press Enter
Type: Setup Press Enter

Try booting again from your floppy disk and this time type the following
after you switch over to your CD-ROM drive letter.

dir /w /p Press Enter
Note the spaces between "dir" "/w" and "/p"

The "w" is the Wide switch
The "p" is the pause switch
If there's a lot on the screen just press Enter to move down.

This should show you what's on the disk and the path where the Setup.exe is
located.

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All the best,
SG

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