re: OK, if I don't reinstall W98, what do I do?
Tuesday, December 30, 2003 at 3:50 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Gerry Kroll
(1986 messages posted)
If your W98SE install files are on the hard drive (they're usually in c:\windows\options\cabs),
you start your computer in Command Prompt mode, navigate to that folder using the
command cd c:\windows\options\cabs (hit Enter to complete it),
and then you launch Setup by typing setup and pressing Enter. Be sure to
have your Certificate of Authenticity handy: you're going to need it. Setup may
suggest a different install directory. Don't let it do that: you need to install
to c:\windows
If your W98SE install files aren't on the hard drive, things are only slightly more
complicated:
You need to start your computer from a W98SE "custom" boot disk. You can download
a program to create this boot disk from www.bootdisk.com. You run this program
on the computer used for downloading (its OS doesn't matter). The program will ask
for a floppy, and will then create the desired boot disk.
When that W98SE "custom" boot disk is in control, the CD drive will be r:.
Insert the W98SE CD into the drive, and then type these commands. The xcopy
command will copy the install files to the hard drive (highly recommended). You can
remove the CD when this command is finished.
xcopy /y r:\win98\*.* c:\windows\options\cabs\
c:
cd \windows\options\cabs
setup
Setup may suggest a different install directory. Don't let it do that: you need
to install to c:\windows
On Monday, December 29, 2003 at 9:23 pm, Donald Cook wrote:
>Twanda,
>
>Sounds good, and thanks for the reply. But when I inserted my Win98SE disk, that
>wasn't an option. Probably something I missed or should have explored further, but
>. . . ?
>
>Don.
>
>
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