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**blah789** · 06-12-2009, 08:21 PM

One slight correction to Jlp's post.
When you boot into the floppy, you'll probably end up in A: and yes it'll also tell you the letter of the CD-ROM drive (usually E:). To get to the E: drive, type
E:
(as mentioned above). Usually the setup program is in the WIN98 folder. If you're unsure, type
dir /p
If you see setup.exe amongst the files (unlikely), then type
setup
If not, then type
cd win98
(or whatever you see - it might be win98se for second edition, not sure)
THEN type
setup /p j
I like to add the /p j (forward slash /, not backslash \) because it detects ACPI systems and you don't get the dumb "it is now safe to turn off your computer" when shutting down.

All the above assumes the C: drive is already partitioned and formatted. If not, you'll have to run fdisk and format c: before you can install anything.

06-12-2009, 08:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
blah789 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,304 OS: Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows XP SP3	Re: Starting Windows from DOS prompt One slight correction to Jlp's post. When you boot into the floppy, you'll probably end up in A: and yes it'll also tell you the letter of the CD-ROM drive (usually E:). To get to the E: drive, type E: (as mentioned above). Usually the setup program is in the WIN98 folder. If you're unsure, type dir /p If you see setup.exe amongst the files (unlikely), then type setup If not, then type cd win98 (or whatever you see - it might be win98se for second edition, not sure) THEN type setup /p j I like to add the /p j (forward slash /, not backslash \) because it detects ACPI systems and you don't get the dumb "it is now safe to turn off your computer" when shutting down. All the above assumes the C: drive is already partitioned and formatted. If not, you'll have to run fdisk and format c: before you can install anything.