re: win 98 re-install Wednesday, December 31, 2003 at 5:23 am Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Gerry Kroll (1986 messages posted) The two lines in that instruction won't work if the files mentioned aren't there. That's normal, because all we're trying to do is to save those files and also get rid of them as far as booting is concerned. When you boot with that W98SE "custom" boot disk, the CD drive is r:. The CD drive will only be accessible if it's a standard IDE drive. If you have a weird drive that's connected to the parallel port or by means of USB, forget it. You need to use the manufacturer's DOS boot disk. Here's a procedure for doing a completely "clean" install: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win95/r1071319853 On Tuesday, December 30, 2003 at 5:36 pm, dan wrote: >Thanks for the reply. I tried this and the last 2 items didn't work. So I re-installed >the win98 on CDrom and its the same thing. Did I format my pc wrong? The bootdisk >I downloaded from the site you suggested will not work on my a: drive. Kept on telling >me that it is an invalid drive. Anymore suggestion? Will greatly appreciated. > > Written in response to: re: win 98 re-install (dan: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 at 5:36 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] win 98 re-install (dan: Tue, Dec 30, 2003, 2:22 pm) re: win 98 re-install (Gerry Kroll: Tue, Dec 30, 2003, 3:27 pm) re: win 98 re-install (dan: Tue, Dec 30, 2003, 5:36 pm) re: win 98 re-install (Gerry Kroll: Wed, Dec 31, 2003, 5:23 am) re: win 98 re-install (JmC: Tue, Dec 30, 2003, 7:04 pm) re: win 98 re-install (dan: Wed, Dec 31, 2003, 12:16 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum