booting win 98

blitz9 · 11-05-2003, 10:31 AM

I reformated my c & tried to restart w/a boot disk but it keeps booting to dos

**johnwill** · 11-05-2003, 11:16 AM

If you formatted your hard disk and boot from a floppy, what do you expect it to boot to?

**DumberDrummer** · 11-05-2003, 11:48 AM

Have you run F-disk off of the floppy and partitioned the hard drive and then installed windows yet?

blitz9 · 11-05-2003, 02:56 PM

actually i don't know how to do that

Javora · 11-05-2003, 03:11 PM

Have you tried putting in the Win98 CD in the CD drive to start the install yet? If so where there any errors?

blitz9 · 11-05-2003, 03:48 PM

i've got the windows 98 disk in the machine -I thought the boot disk would automatically start the win 98 disk

Javora · 11-05-2003, 03:53 PM

Take the floppy disk out of the system, leaving just the CD in the drive and then reboot the system. That should start the install process. If not can you give us the exact error message? Hope this helps.

blitz9 · 11-05-2003, 04:00 PM

invalid system disk replace replace disk and hit a key

11-05-2003, 06:01 PM

Get a windows 98 boot disk here. Put a new floppy disk into your floppy drive and double click the file that you downloaded and it will create a boot disk for you. Boot the machine to this new boot floppy and select start computer with CD-Rom support.

When it gets to the A:> prompt type in E:\ then hit enter.

With the Win.98 CD in the drive of course.

When it changes over to the E drive type in setup then enter.

If this is a Win.98 upgrade you will need a previous version of windows to show to the OS when prompted.

blitz9 · 11-05-2003, 08:03 PM

when i type e: it says invalid drive specification

11-06-2003, 04:51 AM

Well I assumed that you have a Hard Drive and a CD Drive in your computer...........

So what do you have for drives and how are they connected to your motherboard?

11-05-2003, 10:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
blitz9 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 5 OS: win98	booting win 98 I reformated my c & tried to restart w/a boot disk but it keeps booting to dos

11-05-2003, 11:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,654 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	If you formatted your hard disk and boot from a floppy, what do you expect it to boot to? __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

11-05-2003, 11:48 AM	#3 (permalink)
DumberDrummer Cymru am byth Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 5,385 OS: Windows XP Pro SP2 My System	Have you run F-disk off of the floppy and partitioned the hard drive and then installed windows yet?

11-05-2003, 02:56 PM	#4 (permalink)
blitz9 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 5 OS: win98	actually i don't know how to do that

11-05-2003, 03:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
Javora Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 182 OS: Win2000/XP	Have you tried putting in the Win98 CD in the CD drive to start the install yet? If so where there any errors?

11-05-2003, 03:48 PM	#6 (permalink)
blitz9 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 5 OS: win98	i've got the windows 98 disk in the machine -I thought the boot disk would automatically start the win 98 disk

11-05-2003, 03:53 PM	#7 (permalink)
Javora Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 182 OS: Win2000/XP	Take the floppy disk out of the system, leaving just the CD in the drive and then reboot the system. That should start the install process. If not can you give us the exact error message? Hope this helps.

11-05-2003, 04:00 PM	#8 (permalink)
blitz9 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 5 OS: win98	invalid system disk replace replace disk and hit a key

11-05-2003, 06:01 PM	#9 (permalink)
SPEEDO Guest Posts: n/a OS:	Get a windows 98 boot disk here. Put a new floppy disk into your floppy drive and double click the file that you downloaded and it will create a boot disk for you. Boot the machine to this new boot floppy and select start computer with CD-Rom support. When it gets to the A:> prompt type in E:\ then hit enter. With the Win.98 CD in the drive of course. When it changes over to the E drive type in setup then enter. If this is a Win.98 upgrade you will need a previous version of windows to show to the OS when prompted.

11-05-2003, 08:03 PM	#10 (permalink)
blitz9 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 5 OS: win98	when i type e: it says invalid drive specification

11-06-2003, 04:51 AM	#11 (permalink)
SPEEDO Guest Posts: n/a OS:	Well I assumed that you have a Hard Drive and a CD Drive in your computer........... So what do you have for drives and how are they connected to your motherboard?