windows 98 install on new hard drive

[Guest gizmoandback]

I am purchasing a used 10gb hard and will need to put win 98 on the drive I

was wondering if i have to format it or just use the install disks and that

will do it for me.

[Guest 98 Guy]

Re: windows 98 install on new hard drive

 

gizmoandback wrote:

> I am purchasing a used 10gb hard drive

 

I hope you're not paying more than $10 for it.

> and will need to put win 98 on the drive I was wondering

> if i have to format it or just use the install disks and

> that will do it for me.

 

I would fdisk and format it because any bad sectors will be marked and

taken care of during the format.

 

The drive might also have problems with the MBR, boot sectors or FAT

tables and it just makes sense to wipe that clean and start fresh.

[Guest gizmoandback]

Re: windows 98 install on new hard drive

 

Thanks; thats what i thought i should do but wanted to make sure.

 

"98 Guy" wrote:

> gizmoandback wrote:

>

> > I am purchasing a used 10gb hard drive

>

> I hope you're not paying more than $10 for it.

>

> > and will need to put win 98 on the drive I was wondering

> > if i have to format it or just use the install disks and

> > that will do it for me.

>

> I would fdisk and format it because any bad sectors will be marked and

> taken care of during the format.

>

> The drive might also have problems with the MBR, boot sectors or FAT

> tables and it just makes sense to wipe that clean and start fresh.

>

[Guest Robert Baer]

Re: windows 98 install on new hard drive

 

98 Guy wrote:

> gizmoandback wrote:

>

>

>>I am purchasing a used 10gb hard drive

>

>

> I hope you're not paying more than $10 for it.

>

>

>>and will need to put win 98 on the drive I was wondering

>>if i have to format it or just use the install disks and

>>that will do it for me.

>

>

> I would fdisk and format it because any bad sectors will be marked and

> taken care of during the format.

>

> The drive might also have problems with the MBR, boot sectors or FAT

> tables and it just makes sense to wipe that clean and start fresh.

And it would be a good idea to run SpinRite, at least level 4!

[Guest Don Phillipson]

Re: windows 98 install on new hard drive

 

"gizmoandback" <gizmoandback@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:3BA87F93-BC94-4B14-ABE5-38ADAC503B88@microsoft.com...

> I am purchasing a used 10gb hard and will need to put win 98 on the drive

I

> was wondering if i have to format it or just use the install disks and

that

> will do it for me.

 

1. Do your homework first at

http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html

with special attention to checklists of what you may

need to write down (e.g. Product ID or Key Number)

before you wipe the old installation.

 

2. Your plan works OK only if the 10 Gb HDD is

installed as drive C: (i.e. not if some other drive is

already FDISKed as the Primary DOS partition.)

 

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Don Phillipson

Carlsbad Springs

(Ottawa, Canada)