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Installing Windows 98 on blank computer
Name: Destiny Date: August 3, 2002 at 12:36:12 Pacific
Comment:
How do I install windows 98 on a clean computer. All I can pull up is CMOS Setup Utility.
Name: stu Date: August 3, 2002 at 12:40:07 Pacific
Reply:
In the cmos you need to either put first boot device as the floppy that is if you have a boot floppy for windows or put first boot device from cdrom and run the install from there.You may need to fdisk and format before you install windows.
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Response Number 2
Name: Destiny Date: August 3, 2002 at 12:44:44 Pacific
Reply:
Stu,
Well this is going to be a silly question, but I have a CD burner and a DVD , which Drive do I put the Win 98 CD in?
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Response Number 3
Name: Bob Date: August 3, 2002 at 12:54:57 Pacific
Reply:
Either drive will work as long as it is the drive listed as first boot device in the BIOS
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Response Number 4
Name: stu Date: August 3, 2002 at 12:55:52 Pacific
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any i think try the burner if that fails try the dvd drive windows will load driver support for one of them.Put the disk in and boot the system making sure the cmos says boot from cdrom when you get the A: prompt change it to a D or an E by typing E:\ or D:\ then hit return and type SETUP it should run then.
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Response Number 5
Name: Destiny Date: August 3, 2002 at 13:28:24 Pacific
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Stu,
It has been on fomatting drive C: for a long time and it is still on 0%. I have restarted the process over but still its not doing anything
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Response Number 6
Name: Dan Penny Date: August 3, 2002 at 15:14:26 Pacific
Reply:
Is the drive set up in your bios? If it is, then I'd use fdisk to check the partitions. You may want to delete what's there and start fresh.
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