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Install Windows 98 on Compaq Laptop
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Original Message
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Name: spoonter
Date: March 3, 2003 at 01:56:20 Pacific
Subject: Install Windows 98 on Compaq Laptop
OS: Windows 98
CPU/Ram: 233 mhz 80 mb ram
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Comment: Can someone please tell me what i have to do step by step to re install windows 98 on my formatted hard drive. My Compaq 7770DMT has a removable cd and Folppt Disk Drive, so when I load the win 98 boot disc the process fails when i have to remove the floppy disk to install the cd rom
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Response Number 2
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Name: Spoonter
Date: March 3, 2003 at 02:14:17 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)sorry but i dont know hoe to do this
2. Copy these four files to the C: drive
a. mscdex.exe
b. atapicd.sys (or your own specific cdrom driver)
c. autoexec.bat
d. config.sys
what dos commands do i need to use?
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Response Number 3
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Name: mesich
Date: March 3, 2003 at 02:24:36 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Those files are on the bootdisk.
At the A:\>type copy autoexec.bat c:
Press Enter.
You should see a message one file copied.
Do the same for the other 3 files. Mesich
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Response Number 5
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Name: mesich
Date: March 3, 2003 at 02:55:26 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Ok. That is because they are compressed in the ebd.cab file on the floppy. The easiest way will be to get the Custom, No Ramdrive bootdisk from the link below.
It does not need to compress any of the files as it does not contain the ones necessary for creating the Ramdrive.
It will have all the files you need. Custom Bootdisk Mesich
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Response Number 6
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Name: Spoonter
Date: March 3, 2003 at 03:05:54 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Thankyou 1 million times, but its very late here so I will try your suggestion tomorrow night after work.
I greatly appreciate your efforts :-\
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Response Number 7
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Name: mesich
Date: March 3, 2003 at 03:21:42 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)You are very welcome. Credit goes to Krystyna who posted this quite sometime ago. It does work well as I used it just a couple of weeks ago on a laptop I purchased without any software as I had an extra copy of Win98SE. Post back if you have any further questions. Take care,
Mesich
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Response Number 8
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Name: Spoonter
Date: March 4, 2003 at 01:10:57 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Hello again I have installed the cd rom drivers etc But when i go to access the cd rom i get this error Cdr101: Not ready reading drive D Does this mean my cd rom is faulty? I have an Compaq Armada 7770DMT Although i get that error message when the cd rom is in that bay, when the floppy disk drive is in the same bay it works perfectly?
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Response Number 9
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Name: mesich
Date: March 4, 2003 at 04:22:31 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Did you change the autoexec.bat and config.sys files so that the Only lines in them are those listed in the link above? Mesich
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