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re: Re-install 98se
Monday, April 17, 2006 at 4:08 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by James
(757 messages posted)
Vish............
I need to make a note:
You may need to change this part:
R:
COPY *.* C:\WIN98
to read
R:\win98\*.* C:\WIN98
I suggest going ahead and change
it to:
R:\win98\*.* C:\WIN98
On Monday, April 17, 2006 at 2:29 pm, James wrote:
>
>Vish...
>It sounds as if the Win98 Boot Floppy is missing a File or part of a File Command
>Go to another computer and Bootdisk.com and create a new Win98 Boot Floppy.
>After the Win98 Boot Floppy has been created, click on the desktop My Computer Icon.
>When the My Computer Folder opens, click on Drive A:\. {this will show the Files
>that are in the Win98 Boot Floppy. }
>Right click on the Autoexec.bat file and choose EDIT.
>add /L:R to the end of LH %ramd%:\MSCDEX.EXE /D:mscd001 /L:%CDROM%
>make sure it looks like this:
>LH %ramd%:\MSCDEX.EXE /D:mscd001 /L:%CDROM% /L:R
>During install the Cd-rom Drive Letter will be R:\
>Next scroll down towards the bottom of the Autoexec.bat file and find :
>set CDROM=
>set LglDrv=
>next add the following text just below..........set LglDrv=
>..............copy text below but do not copy this line......
>
>echo Making new directory WIN98 on C:
>md c:\win98
>copy a:\msbatch.inf c:\win98
>echo.
>echo copying CABS from CD-ROM DRIVE
>R:
>COPY *.* C:\WIN98
>echo.
>echo All files are now copied to C:\WIN98
>echo.
>echo Getting ready to install Win98 on Drive C:\
>C:\WIN98\SETUP.EXE /ie /im /is /v /nr
>
>..................do not copy this line........................
>
>now close out the autoexec.bat and save the change.
>
>.................
>NEXT ...................open Notpad then copy and paste the text below into it:
>............start copy and paste below this line..............do not copy this line
>of text
>
>
>; MSBATCH.INF
>; Windows 98
>
>[BatchSetup]
>Version=3.0 (32-bit)
>SaveDate=04/17/06
>
>[Version]
>Signature = "$CHICAGO$"
>AdvancedINF=2.5
>LayoutFile=layout.inf
>
>[Setup]
>Express=1
>InstallDir="c:\windows"
>InstallType=3
>ProductKey="XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX"
>EBD=0
>ShowEula=0
>ChangeDir=0
>OptionalComponents=1
>Network=1
>System=0
>CCP=0
>CleanBoot=0
>Display=0
>DevicePath=0
>NoDirWarn=1
>TimeZone="ENGLAND"
>Uninstall=0
>NoPrompt2Boot=1
>
>[System]
>Locale=L0C09
>SelectedKeyboard=KEYBOARD_00000409
>DisplChar=16,800,600
>
>[NameAndOrg]
>Name="User"
>Org="none"
>Display=0
>
>[Network]
>ComputerName="Win98"
>Workgroup="Work"
>Description="Windows 98se"
>Display=0
>PrimaryLogon=Windows
>
>....................END OF COPY AND PASTE ....DO NOT COPY THIS LINE.........
>
>Find the text that reads TimeZone="ENGLAND" and change it to your timezone:
>Find the text that reads ProductKey="XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX"
>remove the XXXX etc and add the Productkey code for the Win98 Cd that you are using
>for install.
>....Next...
>Close out the notepad file you just created and save it to the Newly Created WIN98
>BOOT FLOPPY.
>Save as "MSBATCH.INF"
>make sure you have the quote marks just like above. If you do not have the "
> marks just like above it mayl be saved as a text file instead of an .INF
>FILE.
>
>Next find the CONFIG.SYS within the WIN98 BOOT FLOPPY.
>Click on the CONFIG.SYS and open it.
>Next find the lines that look like this:
>
>[menu]
>menuitem=CD, Start computer with CD-ROM support.
>menuitem=NOCD, Start computer without CD-ROM support.
>menuitem=HELP, View the Help file.
>menudefault=CD,30
>menucolor=7,0
>..................I placed the dotted line here ..........
>
>
>..........Edit the config.sys to look as example below..............
>
>[menu]
>menuitem=CD, Start computer with CD-ROM support.
>menuitem=HELP, View the Help file.
>menudefault=CD,01
>menucolor=7,0
>
>.............do not copy the dotted line...............................
>when finished with the edit of the config.sys, close it out and choose to save the
>change. You may want to click on the config.sys once again to make sure the change
>and saved.
>
>THIS WILL EXPLAIN THE EDITS THAT YOU HAVE MADE AND WILL EXPLAIN THE INSTRUCTIONS
>FOR USING THE NEWLY CREATED WIN98 BOOT FLOPPY:
>
> The edit of the config.sys causes the Computer to auto add the cd-romm drivers
>to the OS during install. {not tech correct but is ease to understand}. The auto
>choice will occur within one second after menu is displayed on the computer screen.
>
> The edit to the autoexec.bat creates the WIN98 FOLDER and auto copies the MSBATCH.INF
>into it. It also copies all of the .CAB FILES from the WIN98 INSTALL CD and places
>them into the WIN98 FOLDER.
>
> The msbatch.inf file will help with an unattended install of Win98.
>
> The rest of the text will stat the Install Process of Win98
>
> WHEN YOU ARE READY TO INSTALL WIN98
>Place the Win98 Boot Floppy into Drive A:\
>Boot the computer.
>During bootup ....Place the Win98 Install Cd into the Cd-rom Drive.
>That is all you need to do. The Commands on the Win98 Boot Floppy will start the
>Unattended install of Win98.
>NOTE: When you see that Win98 is in the process of Installing
>Remove the Win98 Boot Floppy and the Win98 Install Cd. The install will start after
>a message has been displayed that 102 FILES HAVE BEEN COPIED.
>AND AFTER you see this message:
>Getting ready to install Win98 on Drive C:\
>
>{note: there are several more items that can be added to the MSBATCH.INF that will
>setup Windows as you want it setup. If you need to make any changes, I suggest doing
> so after the install.
>
>
>
>
>
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