re: OK, if I don't reinstall W98, what do I do?
Thursday, January 1, 2004 at 4:49 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Donald Cook
(48 messages posted)
Gerry,
Thanks for the help. I tried D/l'ing a bootdisk but when I run it, on another computer
(the one I D/l'ed it on) I get an error: boot9sc.exe has executed an illegal instruction
and will be terminated.
Tried D/l'ing it twice, same result, first to my desktop, then to my hard drive.
Not that that should make a difference.
Don.
On Tuesday, December 30, 2003 at 3:50 am, Gerry Kroll wrote:
>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
>
>
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