It's been so long since I have installed Win 98 I don't remember. I have an older laptop that I have formatted and attempting to install Win 98. I have made boot disks but can't seem to get past all the error messages. I am at a C: prompt but nothing seems to be working, keep getting invalid system disk etc. Please advise a site with detailed instructions and or offer help. Thank you.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/221829 when you think that you know it all! you know nothing

I've tried all kinds of "boot disks" and cannot make any headway. This machine is a Compaq Presario 1600 series if that is any clue. Getting desperate!

Describe each step you are doing up until the first error message. Let us know the error message and what bootdisk you are using. DerekW

goto bootdisk.com and download their win 98 bootdisk.once you got it downloaded click on the file and have a floppy disk in your floppy drive and let it make the bootdisk for you when you think that you know it all! you know nothing

OK, will follow the instructions and get back to you. I have to take a break and go out, as soon as I return I'll post. Thanks for your interest.

Bringing you up to date. I downloaded Win98se boot disk and had success with that, to a point. I deleted Primary Dos Partition and formatted the drive. (format C: /S). I created a Primary Dos drive and after again formatted drive. I thought all was well and on track untill Win98se started to load, which it did until I got the following error message: Message SU0013 Cannot create files on start up drive. If you have HPFS or NTFS you must create a MS DOS boot partition. If you have LANtastic server or superStor compression disable it before running setup. Thanks, confused/lost.