I have built my first computer and now want to load the OS...which at this point will be win 95. I have downloaded the the boot disk from bootdisk.com and made some of the changes in BIOS to recognize floppy at startup. BIOS knows that floppy is installed. I did see that on the bootdisk.com there was mention of enabling "Onboard FDC Controller"...can't find it. Also, set the "onboard FDC swap A&B" to "no swap"..can't find it either. Just how do I load the boot disk so I can then use the CD to load win 95? I will be upgrading to win 98 later from upgrade CD. I have never done this before so explain it all including the elementary assumptions. Many Thanks. Tybee
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loading OS from Boot Disk..How?
- Thread starter Tybee
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It depends on the bios, but under Advanced settings (or something like that) in the bios setup, there will be a boot sequence setting with several options such as floppy, cdrom, ide0 or hard disk, probably plus some others. Set device one or primary boot device to floppy, with the hard disk or ide0 as a second option if possible, then make sure the floppy drive seek at bootup is enabled, save to cmos and then exit. The system should then try to boot from the floppy before the hard disk, so if you have a boot disk, it will load at startup.
Hope this makes sense, post back if not entirely clear.
Hope this makes sense, post back if not entirely clear.
Mosaic1
Technical User
- Sep 6, 2001
- 162
It would be better if you clean loaded Windows. Upgrades are full of problems. An Upgrade Install CD is a full version of Windows. Microsoft decided to give Windows users a break if they already owned legal copy of the software. The upgrade merely looks for a qualifying previous product and when it finds it, installs the newer version. Install Windows98. Download a 98 Bootdisk and use that. Accept CDROM support and then switch to the CD Drive. If it would normally be D: it will now be E: for the install due to a temporary RAM drive created for the Windows install. During the install using the upgrade disk, Windows will ask for proof of previous version. Put the 95 install in the CD as proof and then put the 98 CD back in the Drive again to install.
first, i agree with mosaic on the best strategy, you might as well go straight to 98 if you have the CD.
Either way, a boot disk will need to include the DOS CD drivers to allow you to run setup.exe from the Windows CD.
If you have access to any Win98 computer, you can create a "Start-up Disk" (Boot Disk) from the Add/Remove Programs control panel. This Boot Disk includes CD Drive support.
Either way, a boot disk will need to include the DOS CD drivers to allow you to run setup.exe from the Windows CD.
If you have access to any Win98 computer, you can create a "Start-up Disk" (Boot Disk) from the Add/Remove Programs control panel. This Boot Disk includes CD Drive support.
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I did all the things mentioned by u paulwood but I got only message saying that it was "searching for boot record". Nothing found though. Could it be that the win98 boot disk was unreadable? I did get it from bootdisk.com.
mosaic, i will load the 98 when i can and not the 95. I'll keep the 95 nearby for the proof as required. What did you mean by "Accept CDROM support and then switch to the CD drive?" you lost me on the changing of the drives...explain.
Vcs50, I'll add the DOS-CD driver onto the boot disk. it will now by win98 from the getgo. thanks all, Tybee
p.s. I'm getting there slow but sure
mosaic, i will load the 98 when i can and not the 95. I'll keep the 95 nearby for the proof as required. What did you mean by "Accept CDROM support and then switch to the CD drive?" you lost me on the changing of the drives...explain.
Vcs50, I'll add the DOS-CD driver onto the boot disk. it will now by win98 from the getgo. thanks all, Tybee
p.s. I'm getting there slow but sure
Mosaic1
Technical User
- Sep 6, 2001
- 162
You use a Windows 98 bootdisk to start the computer. It asks you if you want CD support. You answer yes.
That loads the generic CD driver and mscdex. Put the install CD in the drive. (no need to add a CD driver unless you use a special one. test the bootdisk before you start the install to see if the generic driver works on your machine)
You are at the A:\> you need to switch over to the CD drive and then start setup from there.
Now, if your CD Drive would normally be D you are going to now use E.
What you do after accepting CD support is this.
At the A prompt you type
D: and press enter
or E: and pres enter
etc. that will bring you to the D prompt or E prompt....
At that prompt, type setup and press enter.
Windows 98 setup should start.
That loads the generic CD driver and mscdex. Put the install CD in the drive. (no need to add a CD driver unless you use a special one. test the bootdisk before you start the install to see if the generic driver works on your machine)
You are at the A:\> you need to switch over to the CD drive and then start setup from there.
Now, if your CD Drive would normally be D you are going to now use E.
What you do after accepting CD support is this.
At the A prompt you type
D: and press enter
or E: and pres enter
etc. that will bring you to the D prompt or E prompt....
At that prompt, type setup and press enter.
Windows 98 setup should start.
If it was trying to boot from the floppy at the time (the floppy drive light came on or there was a message to say it was trying to boot from floppy) then, yes that error message suggests a non-bootable floppy. This is either because it has not had system files added during the format, or the disk itself is damaged or worn.
If you can get access to another computer running Win98, then do what a previous post suggested, and create a bootdisk on that machine to use on yours.
If you can get access to another computer running Win98, then do what a previous post suggested, and create a bootdisk on that machine to use on yours.
Mosaic1
Technical User
- Sep 6, 2001
- 162
Or you can Download a bootdisk from
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