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Answer» Hi, I got an old laptop,which can use only cd-room or only floppy-drive. It has to be changed. I wanna install win98 OS on it. if I use windows startup floppy,then I cant use cd-room, if I change it, it will not detect it. I have to restart, but then I cant use floppy. I used sys c: command and now the computer can boot from hardrive, but cd-room cant be seen on dos prompt. Well, I hope I made this problem clear to understand, can somebody help me, pls?[/email]1st you gotta check the boot sequence in the CMOS. MAKE sure CDRom is the 1st in the sequence. While using win98 CD, it should prompt you 3 options to startup. choose the one run with CDRomQuote from: lisatka on June 23, 2007, 02:24:01 AM ... I used sys c: command and now the computer can boot from hardrive, but cd-room cant be seen on dos prompt. Well, I hope I made this problem clear to understand, can somebody help me, pls? So if you could boot DOS from the hard drive with CDRom support, then you'd be able to proceed - correct? If so, you need to install CD drivers while booting. Even THOUGH this references XP/2000, the principle is the same. >Click Here< Read it all, of course. But I think you've done everything down through section 2, step I. Examine the steps carefully, beginning with J. Basically, you need to locate the CD driver file on your bootable floppy, and COPY it to your hard drive. Then you need to edit config.sys and autoexec.bat on your hard drive - so that the driver is loaded during boot up. This is what the above linked page is stepping you through. You can get more info, SYNTAX, examples: >Click here< I hope this helps. Which version of Win98 ? ? If the CD is from MS it should be bootable...Quote from: patio on June 23, 2007, 09:39:41 AM Which version of Win98 ? ? The OP may be like me - my original is on a shelf somewhere for safe keeping. I use a copy I burned, that I keep handy. If it gets scratched, it is not the end of the world. It won't boot. I never really spent any time to figure it out. You need to burn an iso copy of the windows 98 bootdisk and an iso copy of windows 98 to a cd then use it bootable.hi all, thank you for your help! especially to willy, because I used his tip and it worked. I had known about this method, but I didnt remember exactly, so his commands were very helpful!now I am running installation of windows 98 and it saved me some money, because I was running out of ideas.Quote from: lisatka on June 25, 2007, 06:43:04 AM hi all, thank you for your help! especially to willy, because I used his tip and it worked. Excellent! It is always nice to hear success stories. Thanks for the follow up post. Quote ..., but I didnt remember exactly, It is also nice to know that I am not the only one that does this. Quote so his commands were very helpful!now I am running installation of windows 98 and it saved me some money, because I was running out of ideas. You came to the right place for ideas. Join us here whenever you like. |
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