Solve : QUERY: install boot disk/cd into C:\?

1.	Solve : QUERY: install boot disk/cd into C:\?
Answer» Am wondering, you know those MS-DOS or Windows 98 boot disk/cd, can they copied/installed into C:\ and make C:\ bootable?Make C:\ Drive bootable? That's what happens when you turn on your computer. It uses the files in your hard drive to boot from. Are you trying to install Win98 instead of another OS?Lets say one got a blank hard disk (partitioned & formated but blank). If you just copy MS-DOS files (from any boot disk, eg. Win98), then that is not enough to make C:\ bootable. The files IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS (which are hidden and system attribute set) needs to be in the 1st sector of the harddrive (basically the very first files written). Am not sure whether they are the MBR but the MBR needs to be set. Ofcourse in Windows XP there's MBR FIX tools, but I do not know any in MS-DOS or Windows 98. I guess format /s makes a drive bootable... have you tried this? http://www.bootdisk.com/ It has a a download section as well as how to guides for vista/xp and 9x FBYep I can make the boot disk/cd. But they just boot the pc. Just wondering about INSTALLING it to C:\ You have to have a genuine Microsoft install CD to install windows. That should have instructions on it on how to do that. FB Quote from: fireballs on August 24, 2008, 11:19:20 AM You have to have a genuine Microsoft install CD to install windows. That should have instructions on it on how to do that. FB: He/she wants to install Win98 instead of the current OS, correct?that's the way I see it. FBThe answer to the OP's question is "yes". 1. Set the computer to boot from CD 2. Boot up. 3. Using the DOS format command, format the C: drive 4 Copy the folder structure including all files and folder to the C drive 5. Using the DOS sys command, make the c: drive bootable with sys c: 6. Change boot order in BIOS to boot from hard drive. Thanks guys for your replies. Yes I totally FORGOTTEN about "sys c:" back from the oldskool DOS days. I believe sys command places io.sys & msdos.sys files in the first sector of the partition so that they get bootstrap LOADED on hard disk startup ... hence bootable. I think I now know how to create my own bootable CD from scratch... building the 1.44MB boot image and using a good cd builder app to load the boot image (MagicISO, Nero, etc.)

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Am wondering, you know those MS-DOS or Windows 98 boot disk/cd, can they copied/installed into C:\ and make C:\ bootable?Make C:\ Drive bootable? That's what happens when you turn on your computer. It uses the files in your hard drive to boot from.

Are you trying to install Win98 instead of another OS?Lets say one got a blank hard disk (partitioned & formated but blank). If you just copy MS-DOS files (from any boot disk, eg. Win98), then that is not enough to make C:\ bootable.

The files IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS (which are hidden and system attribute set) needs to be in the 1st sector of the harddrive (basically the very first files written). Am not sure whether they are the MBR but the MBR needs to be set.

Ofcourse in Windows XP there's MBR FIX tools, but I do not know any in MS-DOS or Windows 98.

I guess format /s makes a drive bootable... have you tried this?

http://www.bootdisk.com/

It has a a download section as well as how to guides for vista/xp and 9x

FBYep I can make the boot disk/cd. But they just boot the pc. Just wondering about INSTALLING it to C:\

You have to have a genuine Microsoft install CD to install windows. That should have instructions on it on how to do that.

FB Quote from: fireballs on August 24, 2008, 11:19:20 AM

You have to have a genuine Microsoft install CD to install windows. That should have instructions on it on how to do that.

FB: He/she wants to install Win98 instead of the current OS, correct?that's the way I see it.

FBThe answer to the OP's question is "yes".

1. Set the computer to boot from CD
2. Boot up.
3. Using the DOS format command, format the C: drive
4 Copy the folder structure including all files and folder to the C drive
5. Using the DOS sys command, make the c: drive bootable with sys c:
6. Change boot order in BIOS to boot from hard drive.

Thanks guys for your replies. Yes I totally FORGOTTEN about "sys c:" back from the oldskool DOS days. I believe sys command places io.sys & msdos.sys files in the first sector of the partition so that they get bootstrap LOADED on hard disk startup ... hence bootable.

I think I now know how to create my own bootable CD from scratch... building the 1.44MB boot image and using a good cd builder app to load the boot image (MagicISO, Nero, etc.)

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