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Creating a windows 98 start up disk
Name: Kamal Siddiqi Date: August 8, 1999 at 06:31:48 Pacific
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I am installing windows 98 on a new computer. Apparently I need a win98 start up disk to begin. Are there any places I can download these files from or buy them. All the websites I can find just say create it using the operating system!
Name: e-man Date: August 8, 1999 at 06:59:59 Pacific
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you shouldnt need a startup disk unless you plan on formating your hardrive, what operating system does your computer have on it right now as long as you can access your cd rom you can install win 98
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Response Number 2
Name: Ste -Bo Date: August 8, 1999 at 07:08:51 Pacific
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You will need a start up disc if you originally upgraded from win95 to win98 and are now going to install win98 from scratch ie. format/reinstall. The startup disc carries over your win95 licience for the scratch install.Otherwise you will be prompted for a win98 licience which you may or may not have.
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Response Number 3
Name: Don Date: August 8, 1999 at 10:14:01 Pacific
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This site has been recommended before, maybe its what you need...
Name: bone Date: August 8, 1999 at 17:25:18 Pacific
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if the drive is already formatted, see if your BIOS can be set to boot from the CD-ROM drive. if you have a full version of Win98, you should be fine. if it's an upgrade CD, setup will prompt you to insert your Win95 disk as proof of your eligibility for the upgrade. you do not need the startup disk as proof.
Name: Jedi Knight Date: August 9, 1999 at 14:29:53 Pacific
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I'm surprised no one mentioned the following method:
1) Under control panel, go to Add/Remove Programs
2) Click the Startup tab
3) Create Disk
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Response Number 7
Name: Jimmy Hill Date: February 28, 2000 at 19:05:28 Pacific
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My add/remove programs for windows 98 does not have create disk as a tab. How do I go about getting the tab to be in the add/remove programs file. I can not seem to find it any where on my computer.
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Response Number 8
Name: debbie Date: March 20, 2000 at 19:48:11 Pacific
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ok i have the full version of win 98 i formatted my hard drive but it says when i try to reinstall the win 98 that my version on my puter has some updates of win 98 and i cant reinstall win 98 that i need to install the upgrade version of 98 how do i get a boot up disk for that
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Response Number 9
Name: geo Date: April 25, 2000 at 10:31:30 Pacific
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A pre-install would help but how do you create one
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Response Number 10
Name: hamdy Date: July 3, 2000 at 07:22:08 Pacific
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disk startup ?
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Response Number 11
Name: kristin baker Date: July 16, 2000 at 12:02:56 Pacific
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hey man i need a win 98 boot disk. for a compaq computer. to reinstall my cd rom and printer. does anyone have a suggestion ?
thankx
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Response Number 12
Name: Terry Lee Date: January 10, 2001 at 02:08:19 Pacific
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can you tell me the 5 most important files on a startup disk?
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