Quick Question on installing Win98 on new HDD

[zobbo]

Have Win98 on disk with loads of other programs.

Disk has just been formatted ...how do I get the copy of
Win98 off the disk with just using DOS ?

 

[TekTippy4U]

Firstly - is this related to your Scanreg /restore problems from the otherr thread??
are you trying to install Win98 from CDROM?

could use a Win98 Boot floppy (bootdisk.com and others have them for D/l) to boot to A:\> (choose start WITH CDROM Support).. press ENTER after each command
from A:\>
E:\>
(this 'should' be your CDROM letter, but it may be other - even R:\> depending - swith to CDROM Drive letter)
CD WIN98
(this will confirm you have the win98 cdrom in drive, it'll say <drive>:\WIN98> now ...get back to Root C: - make a DIR and copy contents of WIN98 dir into it)
C:\
MD Win98
COPY E:\WIN98\*.* C:\Win98 /s
(Let it finish copying - remove the 98CD from drive now...)
CD\
CD WIN98 (should be in C:\win98> now)
SETUP

there are some FDISK usage you may want to use before running Setup - outlined a bit here --> faq615-5157 - this faq also shows you how to do it using an OEM cd

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[zobbo]

tektippy, I followed your tips but still could not get the
backslash character. I gave up the ghost and did an install using an original win98 disk. I appreaciate your help.

 

[TekTippy4U]

Ok....as long as you got a working box again - it's all JOY!


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