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paigeoliver:

A restore CD probably won't do it (depends on the exact restore CD, but most won't do it). NT 4 won't do it either. A real win 98 cd will do it though. If that restore CD happens to have a folder called "cabs" and a setup.exe file for windows 98 then yes it can be useful. (Also note that many windows 98 machines have these files on the hard drive under C:/windows/options/cabs

Easiest method, this requires the least actual dos action.

Put the hard drive into another system already running windows 98. We will assume it will be drive E: (although it might come up as D: or something else). Format it under windows first. Then open a DOS prompt (under the start menu select run and type command).

Once that is up type format E: /sys
If the drive isn't E then use what ever letter the drive is.

Then go ahead and close that DOS window. With windows create a folder on your drive called "cabs", don't bury it in multiple folders, just stick it right in there.

Inside the cabs folder copy over the complete contents of the "cabs" folder from the win98 cd (or from the windows/options/cabs folder). Then check and see if it has a setup.exe, if it doesn't then find that and copy it in there as well.

Then stick the drive back in the computer you want to use it on. It will then boot to a dos prompt. At the dos prompt you will type the following

cd cabs
setup.exe

And then windows 98 setup will begin.

If you don't have a win 98 CD or system to work with then get on the phone right now and call all your friends and nearby relatives until you can produce one. They are not hard to find at all.

If you are working from a NON-Win98 system then do the following.

Put the hard drive in the system first and figure out which drive letter it is (I will still use E: as the example), format it from the operating system as Fat32. Then create and copy over those cab files and setup.exe like I told you.

Then boot the computer from the Win98 CD to dos (all of them can do it).

At the DOS prompt type the following

Format E: /sys

Then move the hard drive back over to the other computer and follow the instructions above to get the windows install going.

urbecrisch:

Just found a CD with WIN 2K on it.  I'll give that a try before trying the 98 CD.  Just follow the NON-WIN 98 instructions first, right?  Thanks again for the tutorial. 

paigeoliver:

I am not sure if you can actually install windows 2000 from dos.


--- Quote from: urbecrisch on April 18, 2008, 07:26:18 am ---Just found a CD with WIN 2K on it.  I'll give that a try before trying the 98 CD.  Just follow the NON-WIN 98 instructions first, right?  Thanks again for the tutorial. 

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david656:

windows 2000 is like XP its NTFS based and will not install from dos you are correct.

if you need anything like that ISA   IDE controller i have never personally used it got given a box of them but would be happy to post it off if your in the UK

(sorry if im digging up a old thread)

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