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re: win98 will not install Monday, December 31, 2007 at 7:03 pm Posted by gewg_ (4444 messages posted) Tom wrote: |when i put in win 98 se and try to install[...] Describe what you did BEFORE this. cache of http://www.windowsreinstall.com/win98/install98cd/indexfullpage.htm [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: win98 will not install Monday, December 31, 2007 at 7:08 pm Posted by Keith Stanier (1655 messages posted) Hi Tom. Well as a general rule before you install any operating system you wipe the drive clean with Format. You need Format.com on your boot disk along with the newer version of Fdisk if you need to partition the drive. You need to boot disk with CD Rom drivers so you can access the CD drive to install Win98. You can get these from Boot Disk. You set the BIOS so it boots up from the floppy disk first with the boot disk inserted and at the A: you just type D: or what ever you CD Rom dive letter is then enter. Then type Dir to see all the files on the root of the Win98 CD in the drive. If thats ok then go back to A:, type A: then enter and type Format C: and that will format the drive clean. Once formated you type D: and enter then Setup to start the install of Win98. Everytime it installs it checks the drive for errors. If it still throughs up a Scandisk error and you want to do a full Scandisk of you drive for damaged sectors. You need to run Scandisk of the Win98 CD. Type in D: and enter. Type Cd Win98 and enter then just type Scandisk and follow the instructions. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: win98 will not install Tuesday, January 1, 2008 at 7:04 am Posted by Bruce Munck (2 messages posted) There are two flavors of windows 98 install cd's: one is an upgrade and the other is a full install. If you are using the upgrade cd then you must have an older OS running on your computer (or else a genuine Microsoft cd with the older OS on it for validation) in order to install. With a full install cd these things don't matter. From your description it's impossible to give a meaningful answer to your problem, but there is one thing to keep in mind: if you are using a pirated cd it may never install. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum