re: Clean install dilema
Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 11:11 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by bob wells
(1636 messages posted)
Helen,
Have you tried Format C: /S with Boot Floppy
Or Sys C: from boot floppy.
Probably too simple, Just a thought.
BW
There's nothing to learn from someone who already agrees with you.
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On Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 7:25 am, Helen~ wrote:
>I'm stuck.
>
>I have an old WIN98 IBM laptop that I'm going to dispose of so I used a Kill Disk
>floppy to write zeros over everything.
>
>
>Then I decided to re-install just for fun. I did fdisk to create the primary DOS
>partition then formatted it. Now I can't manage to install WIn98 from the disk.
>
>
>I went into BIOS to change the boot to CD ROM, but it didn't stick....I think.
>
>Could it possibly be due to the original Win98 being an OEM version and I have a
>regular Win98 disk? I bought it used so I don't have the original disk, but do
have
>the key code.
>
>Any ideas out there in guru land?
>
>http://www.killdisk.com/
>
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