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re: upgrading to windows 98 error
Friday, December 29, 2006 at 11:33 am
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Posted by carthinain (10 messages posted)

here's the thing i don't have any 95 boot disks or the windows 95 disk. how do i put the win 98 files that are on the disk to the windows file. i can only use commands and file names to start windows, so what command could i use to start the windows 98 setup program in dos mode?

On Friday, December 29, 2006 at 2:29 am, Jacob6601 wrote:
>You might also just try replacing the boot sector with 98 files.
>
>BACK UP everything in c: first, except maybe the swap file. Make a 95 boot disk with
>95's Sys.com (c:\windows\command), just in case.
>
>Boot with a 98 disk, type "SYS c:" ( you may need to copy Sys.com from the 98 cd
>to your floppy) then try your full install.

Written in response to:: re: upgrading to windows 98 error (Jacob6601: Friday, December 29, 2006 at 2:29 am)

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re: upgrading to windows 98 error (Jerry: Friday, December 29, 2006 at 7:24 pm)

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upgrading to windows 98 error (carthinain: Thu, Dec 28, 2006, 5:42 pm)

re: upgrading to windows 98 error (Jerry: Thu, Dec 28, 2006, 8:57 pm)

re: upgrading to windows 98 error (Jacob6601: Fri, Dec 29, 2006, 2:29 am)

re: upgrading to windows 98 error (carthinain: Fri, Dec 29, 2006, 11:33 am)

re: upgrading to windows 98 error (Jerry: Fri, Dec 29, 2006, 7:24 pm)

re: upgrading to windows 98 error (carthinain: Fri, Dec 29, 2006, 8:17 pm)

re: upgrading to windows 98 error (carthinain: Fri, Dec 29, 2006, 8:26 pm)

re: upgrading to windows 98 error (Jerry: Fri, Dec 29, 2006, 9:02 pm)

Go to 2nd thred (carthinain: Sat, Dec 30, 2006, 3:50 pm)

re: upgrading to windows 98 error (Jacob6601: Sat, Dec 30, 2006, 1:39 am)

message wrong, one problem solved another arises. (carthinain: Sat, Dec 30, 2006, 3:42 pm)

re: message wrong, one problem solved another arises. (Jerry: Sat, Dec 30, 2006, 8:31 pm)

re: message wrong, one problem solved another arises. (Keith Stanier: Sun, Dec 31, 2006, 8:19 pm)

re: message wrong, one problem solved another arises. (Jerry: Sun, Dec 31, 2006, 11:29 pm)

re: message wrong, one problem solved another arises. (carthinain: Sun, Mar 11, 2007, 11:08 am)

re: message wrong, one problem solved another arises. (Jerry: Sun, Mar 11, 2007, 10:10 pm)

re: message wrong, one problem solved another arises. (carthinain: Mon, Mar 12, 2007, 2:45 pm)

re: message wrong, one problem solved another arises. (Jerry: Mon, Mar 12, 2007, 10:49 pm)

re: message wrong, one problem solved another arises. (carthinain: Wed, Jan 17, 2007, 3:22 pm)

re: message wrong, one problem solved another arises. (Jerry: Wed, Jan 17, 2007, 5:41 pm)

re: upgrading to windows 98 error (dhm: Mon, Jan 1, 2007, 7:44 pm)

re: upgrading to windows 98 error (dhm: Mon, Jan 1, 2007, 7:51 pm)

re: upgrading to windows 98 error (carthinain: Tue, Jan 9, 2007, 5:52 pm)

re: upgrading to windows 98 error (Jim O'Calaghan: Thu, Jan 11, 2007, 6:31 pm)

re: upgrading to windows 98 error (dhm: Mon, Jan 15, 2007, 3:18 pm)

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