re: Installing Windows 98 SE On new hardrive..
Wednesday, January 4, 2006 at 5:33 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Richard Harris
(270 messages posted)
You are attempting to do some things in ways that are probably very hard, if not
impossible. Perhaps you ought to try an easier path, with a nearly 100% chance of
success?
Specifically, get an internal CD reader. They are very cheap. Getting any external
(USB) device to work under DOS can be very frustrating.
Once you get that, change the BIOS to boot first from floppy, then next CD, then
last internal hard drive.
Power off, insert the win98 CD, power on, and the CD should take over begin the installation.
Alternatively, get a DOS floppy with generic (internal) CDROM support and boot from
that, then manually start the win98 install form the DOS prompt. DOS (i.e., win98SE)
bootable floppy images are available free at www.bootdisk.com.
On Monday, January 2, 2006 at 5:04 pm, Donna Rose wrote:
>I'am going to install Windows 98 SE on a new hardrive.
>First, I'am not sure how to install it. I've read on some websites that the installation
>is "clean" on new hardrives; does that mean it automatically installs itself? If
>not, what all will I have to type in or do for the installation to complete?
>
>Secondly..
>
>I use and only have an external CD drive, if the software for my cd drive won't
be
>on the new hardrive, how will I be able to install Windows 98 SE without the driver
>for the cd drive?
>
>help would be greatly appreciated..
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