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hey all.
i am doing a clean install for a mate of mine and i have a problem.
i will be installing windows 98.
i have formatted the computer in ms dos mode but when i restart the computer it tells me 'insert system disk and try again'.
it seems to be searching for the floopy however i am wanting to install off a cd
could i have some help? thanks in advance
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01-15-2004, 07:19 PM
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set the motherboard to boot from CD
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01-15-2004, 07:20 PM
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In fdisk did you make the disk active menu #2 and how did you formaat it with a floppy.
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01-15-2004, 07:24 PM
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its only a 10 gig hdd.
i went to start the shut down in ms-dos mode and then when the dos came up i type format c:
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01-15-2004, 07:30 PM
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Originally posted by chinook_apache@15 January 2004 - 19:24
its only a 10 gig hdd.
i went to start the shut down in ms-dos mode and then when the dos came up i type format c:
Set the bios to boot from cd and the win98 setup will start
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01-15-2004, 07:31 PM
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Right try the bios thing but if I recall this Windows version wasn't bootable from the cd rom oh as the machine got a floppy drive.
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01-15-2004, 08:25 PM
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Originally posted by cwctv@15 January 2004 - 13:31
Right try the bios thing but if I recall this Windows version wasn't bootable from the cd rom oh as the machine got a floppy drive.
I think it was a bootable cd version for that. I had 98 se a long time ago back in the ice age and I still have the 98 se disk.
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01-15-2004, 10:16 PM
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hey all.
thanks for the feedback.
the thing is i downloaded a boot disk for windows 98 se...and i inserted that in the floppy from then on i booted from the cd.
the thing is my windows 98 se was not a normal one....it has windows 98 se on it and also windows me
so thanks for the feedback and i have managed to install windows 98 se...just getting some updates and installing some apps for it.
thanks again
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01-15-2004, 10:40 PM
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I think it was a bootable cd version for that. I had 98 se a long time ago back in the ice age and I still have the 98 se disk.
i will be installing windows 98.
I DON'T see "se" mentioned anywhere here glad you got they anyway.
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01-16-2004, 02:04 AM
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Originally posted by cwctv@15 January 2004 - 23:40
I think it was a bootable cd version for that. I had 98 se a long time ago back in the ice age and I still have the 98 se disk.
i will be installing windows 98.
I DON'T see "se" mentioned anywhere here glad you got they anyway.
se can be very important
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