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I have a older ibm 770 lap top and trying to install 98se on it and ran into a big problem
The laptop has swapable drives, floppy and cd.
I'm trying to install win 98 due to I need se to run a program for my motorcycle.
HERE IS MY PROBLEM. I was following the instructions below and I got as far as step 59 and it will not take E: it says invalid drive!
I don't know what to do now, everything was great till Ii had to swap drives from the floppy to cd to run and copy the se disk.
Anyone have any idea? please e-mail me at rpm90001@hotmail.com or I could call you if you can help. I have to leave the laptop on till I hear from someone.
How to install windows 98 or 98SE(Updated 10/24/2000)
What you will need:
Windows 98 serial # from your windows book
Windows 98 Recovery (FLOPPY) disk not CD {I need one}
Windows 98/98SE CD
Also Your Drivers on:
CD-ROM or Floppy’s for:
Motherboard
Video card
Sound card
Modem card
Network card
& other hardware devices you may have for your system.
Install Windows: {TXT File}
Part A – (Start FDISK Program)
1. Put into your floppy disk drive – Windows 98 Recovery 1.44 Floppy Boot Disk
2. Turn on – Your Computer
When asked “How do you want to start your system”
3. Pick – Start system without CD-ROM support
4. Press – Enter
5. Wait – System will set-up ram drive and boot
6. You should see – A:\>
7. Type – FDISK
8. PRESS – ENTER
Question - “ Do you wish to enable large disk support”?
9. Press – Y
10. Press – ENTER (wait for fdisk options)
Part B – (Remove Partitions)
(FDISK OPTIONS SCREEN)
11. Press – 3 (Remove partition from the hard drive)
12. Press – ENTER
(Remove Screen)
13. Press – 1 (remove primary partition)
14. Press – ENTER
15. Press – 1
16. Press – ENTER
(Look at top of the screen find - VOLUME LABEL)
If it is blank do line # 17
If you see words do line #
17. Press – ENTER (go to #20)
18. TYPE - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (what you see)
19. Press – ENTER
20. OK
Part C – (Make A Primary Partition) {Multiple Partitions)
(FDISK OPTION SCREEN)
21. Press – 1
22. Press – ENTER (verifying drive integrity 1-100%)
(If Multiple Drive or Partitions Skip 23 & CLICK HERE)
23. Press – Y (for maximum available size for primary dos partition)
24. Press – ENTER
(When Done)
25. Press – ESC (to let changes take affect)
26. Press – ESC (to exit fdisk)
(you should see A:\)
27. Press Reset – On The Case or try #28
28. Press and Hold Down Keys – [Ctrl] & [Alt] {then}
29. Press – [DEL] key {then let all 3 go}
{System will reboot}
Part D – {Formatting Your Hard Drive}(Boot to Floppy Without CD-ROM Support)
30. You should see on screen – A:\ {this is you’re a prompt}
31. Type – FORMAT C:/S
32. Press – ENTER {Key}
33. Press – Y {press enter if asked next}
34. Wait for format to get done
{If asked for volume label type in a name : Example : MainDrv}
35. If More partitions go to LINE #36 – If not LINE# 38
36. Type – FORMAT D:
37. Press – ENTER (replace D with E,F,G,H, Etc)
{DO NOT TYPE /S on any but C Partition}
38. When Done With All Formatting GOTO39
39. Turn Off System
{for ATX System Press and hold power button 10-20sec}
40. Remove Windows 98 Floppy Disk
Part E – {Setting Up Your Win98 Cab Directory}
41. Turn On Computer
42. You Should see C:\
43. Type – MD
44. Press – [SPACE]
45. Type – WIN98 {you should see > C:\MD WIN98}
46. Press – ENTER
47. You should see C:\
48. Turn Off Computer
Part F – {Copying Your Cab Files To You Hard Drive}
49. Put In – Floppy Disk back in drive A
Your Windows 98SE Recovery Boot Disk
50. Turn on Computer
51. Select - Start With CD-Rom Support
52. Wait for – A:
53. Type – C:
54. Press – ENTER
You should see C:
55. Type – CD\WIN98
56. Press – ENTER
57. You see – C:\WIN98
58. Open CD-ROM Door, and put in your Windows 98SE CD-Rom disk
Close the door.
59. Type – E:
{this is you CD-ROM drive letter}
{because D: is your {Temp. Ram Drive}
{when using setup Recovery Disk}
60. Press – ENTER
61. Type – CD\WIN98
62. Press – ENTER
63. Your now in E:\win98 of your CD-Rom drive
64. Type – COPY *.* C:\win98
{LINE#64 Notes: Make sure to type above information
correctly, Only press space where needed {SEE BELOW}
COPY[SPACEBAR]*.*[SPACEBAR]C:\WIN98
65. Press – ENTER
Line#65 Notes: Wait for files to be copy
Wait for Prompt to return on screen!
66. Open – CD-Rom Door
67. Remove Windows 98 CD
68. Close CD-Rom Door
69. Remove - Windows Floppy Disk
70. Turn Off – Computer
Part G – {Installing From Cab Directory}71. Turn on – Your Computer
Line#71 Notes: Wait for C: Prompt
72. Type – CD\WIN98
73. Press – ENTER
74. You see – C:\WIN98
75. Type – SETUP
76. Press – Enter
77. {Windows will now check your hard drive}
78. {You will need your Windows book with the serial # on it!
79. When Asked What Type of Install
80. Pick – CUSTOM
81. Press – ENTER
Part H – {SELECT WINDOWS 98COMPONENTS}82. UNCHECK - Accessibility Options
83. RE CHECK - Accessibility Options
84. UNCHECK - Accessories.
{Box will be gray before you uncheck it}
85. Re Check – Accessories
{Box is now white if all components are Selected}
86. Un Check - COMMUNICATIONS
87. Re Check – COMMUNICATIONS
88. Un Check - DESKTOP THEMES
89. Re Check - DESKTOP THEMES
90. Un Check - INTERNET TOOLS
91. Double Click - INTERNET TOOLS
Line#91 Notes: Click On the Words to open
92. Click - ALL BOXES BUT
WEB-BASED ENTERPRISE MGMT &
WEB PLUBLISHING WIZARD.
93. Click – OK
94. Un Check - MICROSOFT OUTLOOK EXPRESS
95. Re Check - MICROSOFT OUTLOOK EXPRESS
96. Un Check - MULTILANGAUGE
97. Un Check - MULTIMEDIA
98. Re Check – MULTIMEDIA
99. Un Check - ONLINE SERVICES
100. Re Check - ONLINE SERVICES
101. Double Click - SYSTEM TOOLS
Line#101 Notes: Click On the words to open
102. Click ON - THE TOP 4 BOXES SHOULD BE CHECKED
ALL OTHERS SHOULD NOT BE
103. CLICK ON – OK
104. WEB – TV SHOULD BE UN-CHECKED
105. YOU ARE NOW DONE PICKING COMPONENTS
106. CLICK ON – APPLY
107. CLICK ON – OK
Part I - {LET SYSTEM SETUP PLUG & PLAY DEVICES}
Line#107 Notes: IF YOU HAVE AN AGP VIDEO CARD YOU MUST
HAVE DIRECT X 6 or 7 INSTALLED BEFORE YOU INSTALL YOUR
VIDEO DRIVER OR WHEN YOU DISPLAY IS STILL SET TO VGA OR
MOST CARDS WILL GO BLACK. AND YOU WILL HAVE TO START OVER
AT THIS POINT WINDOWS MAY ASK FOR DRIVERS FOR YOUR DEVICE'S
THAT IS NOT LOCATED IN THE WINDOWS 98 DRIVER FILES. AND
MUST PUT IN YOUR CD or FLOPPY THAT YOU RECVIED FOR YOUR
(MODEM),(VIDEO CARD), (SOUND CARD), (NETWORK CARD), YOU
MAY BE ASKED FOR ONE or ALL OF THESE DEVICESOR NONE.
YOU CAN FIND DRIVERS ON THE INTERNET AT THE HOME
PAGE OF THE PART YOU ARE SETTING UP© 1996-2000 .
Line#107 Notes: Most agp video cards require you to install DRX Before
Installing. the cards video drivers and in most case's will cause system
too go black if not installed correctly.
YOU CAN FIND DRIVER PAGE LINKS ON
A2Z COMPUTERS. TECH DRIVER LINK PAGE ))
WINDOWS WILL NOW SETUP YOUR NEW PLUG & PLAY
HARDWARE DEVICE – WAIT TILL WINDOWS
SETS-UP AND REBOOTS ( WAIT ) © 1996-2000 A2Z
Got to line 10 and got fed up reading, therefore sent you a ZIP file, your method seems over complicated......
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I'm stuck on line 59. My lap top does not have a drive E I believe is is because I swapped out the floppy frive to use the cd rom drive. I need to figure out how to make it see the cd rom drive to copy the 98se disk. my lap top floppy and cd swap in and out with just a flip of a lever, but now I have no idea why it does not see the drive.
As I said I'm stuck on step 59
I will post when it is fixed, I will be watch this post all night.
Geo
Geo
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Maybe I have missed something. But can't you just insert the win98SE cd in the cdrom drive and then double click on the setup program in the drive?
Do yourself a favor BACKUP!
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I wanted to clean everything out of the laptop and start fresh. Thans why I did the fdisk.
My problem started because I can only use 1 drive at a time. when I was done with the boof disk and was ready to put the 98se disk in the drive I had to swap the floppy drive with the cd drive. When I tried to enter e:/ it does not reconize the drive, so It can not access the 98 se cd.
Ham30 your way would probably be better, but this is not something Ii have done befor, so I followed what ever I could find, but ran into problems due to the swapable drives.Geo
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Go to www.mesich.com > How to's > installing with swappable drives.
Note that if you have an 'Upgrade' win98SE CD, you will need proof of prior ownership of windows. That means a win98FE CD or win3 floppies.
If you have an 'Update' CD, it will not do the job, becuse it has to be run from windows.
Do yourself a favor BACKUP!
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I will check this monday afternoon. I cant get the laptop to reconize the drive after I swap drives so I can copy the 98se files to the hard drive.
Thanks everyone for the help.
GEO
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Do you not have the cable that activates the floppy externally during all of this? If not, try here:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...
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Set the BIOS to boot from the CD drive, insert the genuine Win98SE CD, power it up and follow the prompts. It is really quite simple that way. Takes about 49 minutes. (closer to 30 really)
Bryan
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JimPIM
Poster says so at line 31 of original post.
He got stuck at line 59 according to post #2.
DerekW
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Can I change the BIOS to boot from the cd drive? will this help me as stated a few post ago?
I can not get it see the cd drive (the win98se disk) If I cant access the drive I can not copy the files from the 98se disk to my hars drive.
Every drive I try says invalid drive. I made a boot disk on cd and it started up with c:\ but I could not get it to chang from c:\Sorry if this does not make sense....I don't do much of this.
Geo
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I've not been following this post but yes, you can go into BIOS then change the settings so that your CD drive is first.
Then see #14. Make sure you have the Product Key available for the W98SE CD.
You pop the CD in the drive and leave it in place. Power-off then power-on again.
If this works out then reset back to your old BIOS settings after you've got Windows running.
I'm none to familiar with shared drive machines but what I've said sounds about right.
DerekW
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Ok,
I was able to run set up and it went through all the checks, but got a error
"error loading progman.exe"Any one know what to do next?
Thanks
Geo
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Might just be a dodgy CD.
You can try cleaning it carefully with washing up liquid and warm water (using your thumb to work from center to outside). Dry it thorougly with kitchen roll and blow any fibers off it.
Otherwise, progman.exe is probably not too important provided you can OK it and continue to load Windows. Progman.exe is an unused hang-over from the W31 days.
DerekW
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thank you,
Going to try to clean it. There is no option to ok the errorBelow is what is on the screen.
error loading PROGMAN.exe
D:\
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I cleaned the disk, It did not help. I still get the same error.
This is how I got to this point.For those of you not familiar with copying files in DOS or editing the config.sys and autoexec.bat files I have added the information below to further assist you.
1. Download boot.zip
2. Unzip the files to a blank floppy.
3. Restart the computer using the bootdisk.You will get the following error messages:
The following file is missing or corrupted C:\Cd1.sys There is an error in your config.sys file on line 1 A:\>C:\mscdex.exe /D:Mscd001 Bad command or file name
Do not be concerned with the above errors and continue to step 4.4. At the A:\type sys c: Press Enter
You should see the following message:
System Transferred5. At the A:\>type install Press Enter
You should see the following:
1 file(s) copied
1 file(s) copied
1 file(s) copied
1 file(s) copied6. Shutdown the computer and swap out the floppy with the cdrom.
7. Restart the computer without the bootdisk.
8. Insert the Win98 CD.
9. At the C:\>type D: Press Enter
10. At D:\>type setup Press Enter
This is as far as I got. then the error
Again, Credit to goes to Krystyna.
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Sometimes you can copy your faulty install
cd and the copy will install when the original would not.
Do you have access to another computer?
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#24 is worth a go. It seems like you might have a problem with either the CD or the CD drive.
DerekW
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Update,
I got through the set up and windows had be make a boot disk...things were rolling... then when it is installing 98se it just stops at 6% installed and the cd drive sounds like it is searching. I thinks the disk is bad, surface has some small scratches, but not bad. Now I have to find another disk.It also gives me a error message that interupted the install.
Just my luck!!
Anyone know what a 98 se disk cost new? Still easy to get? I dont think I can run xp.
Thanks for everyone's help.
G
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You sometimes see them on eBay.
Did you try suggestion #24. It might sound odd but Street1 is right, sometimes when you copy a disk it seems to manage it (despite scratches) and then the copy runs fine.
If you do this use a CD-R (not CD-RW) and try to "finalise" it or "Close Session" (depending on the terminology the burner software uses). When they are left open for further burning they can be less reliable.
DerekW
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