Hello, I am trying to install Win98se onto an IBM thinkpad 760 w/a new unformatted hd. I used the boot disk, & when i swap the floppy for the cd rom drive, windows will not install. I get a no operating system message. Any ideas? Thanks

does the bootdisk you are using create a RAM drive? and do you have format.exe on the disk?

You have to partition (fdisk) and format the drive before it can be used.

Thanks for your reply! The floppy disk is the standard Boot Disk supplied by MS with Win98. I have used fdisk, created a primary DOS partition, but when I put in the win98 cd, still get no operating system. I have tried starting up with f1 key & that got me to bios config, but it wouldnt let me config. Still confused, but thanks

G, after you use fdisk,you must format the drive before you try to use the cd to install,otherwise it won't recognize the HDD, and are you sure the CD drive is in working order?

Kevin, I am still stumped. Yes, the cd drive works fine. My question is what do I use to format the drive? All I have are the MS Boot floppy & the win98 install disk. I used the floppy to fdisk, is there an option to format from it? If so, how do I do it? I get to A:\\> then blinking cursor. Maybe there's something wrong internally. Ill keep trying & Thanks again.

G, send me your email address,,I have done the same thing to my thinkpad760 about a month ago. what worked for me is I copied format.exe from my pc,to my bootdisk,that way it is on the bootdisk,,format from a: after fdisk,,that way the HDD is formated and recognized,,then go to the CDrom,,,,,I also have the original manual for it,,like my father used to say,,"when all else fails,,read the directions" format should be in your windows\command directory,,copy it to your bootdisk and let me know how that works.