helpdesk98 Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 I just found my win98 SE cd but I cant get it to install I have only installed 1st edtion I put the cd it but when i boot it dose not give me install options in bios. I tried running it has an update on my 98FE but it wont. Any ideas (i dont have floppies) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp193 Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 You need to start your computer from a DOS (win9x boot disk, preferably from win98) with CD-ROM support selected, then type SETUP at the command prompt, after you CD'ed to your CD-ROM drive. You may also need the installation disks/CD-ROM of your old version of Windows if you had deleted it/formatted your hard drive, and your 98SE CD-ROM is the "upgrade" version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpdesk98 Posted September 22, 2008 Author Share Posted September 22, 2008 ill give it a try thanx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpdesk98 Posted September 22, 2008 Author Share Posted September 22, 2008 (edited) I tried but i dident get far. I used my 98FE to get into dos it wanted the Floppy Drive A:> but i dont have a floppy drive then i booted f8 with the 98SE in and whent into command prompt it gave me C:> my cd drive only comes up has E:> currently I am running 98 FE any ideas? Edited September 22, 2008 by helpdesk98 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannie Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 (edited) my cd drive only comes up has E:> currently I am running 98 FE any ideas?The install program is named install.exe and normally resides in the install CD into a folder called Win98. Check your CD and find it (maybe it is called setup.exe or any similar name depending on the language). If autostart doesn't work for any reason, type from DOS:E:cd win98install (or similar)HTH Edited September 23, 2008 by cannie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 It would be like so:cd e:then you get the cmd prompt changed to your cd dir then input thise:\win98\setup.exeAnd pfwoom you should be off and running... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp193 Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 (edited) Actually, it should be like this:1. At the prompt, typeE:where E is your CD-ROM drive2. then you should see:E:\>if you do not, type cd E:\3. Then type SETUPNote that it's not case sensitive, and you MUST have a DOS CD-ROM driver loaded at start up (like oakcdrom.sys + MSCDEX.EXE).If you get any messages like "Invalid drive specification" when you access your CD-ROM drive, either you're not using the right drive letter or the DOS CD-ROM driver didn't load properly. Edited September 23, 2008 by sp193 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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