re: Installing Windows 98 SE On new hardrive..
Monday, January 2, 2006 at 6:06 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Donna Rose
(2 messages posted)
Thank you for your reply..how do I get DOS drivers?
On Monday, January 2, 2006 at 5:33 pm, gewg_ wrote:
>|I'am going to install Windows 98 SE on a new hardrive.
>|...I've read on some websites that the installation is "clean" on new hardrives;
>|does that mean it automatically installs itself?
>| Donna Rose
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>No. "Clean" means that whatever is on the HDD gets wiped off by you.
>http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1136150352
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>|I...only have an external CD drive
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>Installing an internal CD drive would make your life easier.
>http://froogle.google.com/froogle?scoring=p&price1=1&price=between&q=intitle:CD-ROM-Drive
>(I ASSuME your BIOS supports it.)
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>The 2nd easiest way is to mount your hard drive in someone elses's box as a "slave"
>and copy the Windows CD to a D: partition[1] and install Windows from there.
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>The 3rd way, which is what you were considering,
>is to get DOS drivers for your CD drive.
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>[1] Some folks will say copying to C:\CABS is OK; I disagree.
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