Guest Henry Posted December 6, 2007 Posted December 6, 2007 I have a CTS computer that has WinXP on it. I want to wipe the hard drive clean and install Win98 and then Win98 SE. I know how to reformat it, but will someone please tell me how to get Win98 SE on the empty hard drive? Thanks Henry
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted December 6, 2007 Posted December 6, 2007 Re: Install Win98 SE Why are you going to load Win98 and then Win98SE? Are you going to be dual-booting or do you simply intend to upgrade to SE from the original flavor? If the latter, you don't need to load Win98 first. Just load Win98SE directly. You simply show Setup your original Win98 CD when prompted. Here's how I do clean installs. 1. Boot to floppy startup disk. 2. Use FDISK if necessary to destroy/create partitions as needed. Personally, if I'm going to dual-boot or create complicated partition structures, I use BootIt NG, instead. 3. Format the primary partition (the one that's going to be the system partition, C:\.) Use the following command: FORMAT C:\ /S (If not the /S switch, then run SYS C: command after formatting.) 4. Make a new directory to store the installation files: MD C:\WIN98 5. Copy the installation files to the hard drive (assumes your CD drive is E:\) COPY E:\WIN98\*.* C:\WIN98 (two spaces there, before E:\ and before C:\) 6. When the copying is finished, remove CD and floppy disks and then reboot. You should end up with a C:\> prompt. Run the following commands: CD WIN98 SETUP 7. When installation is finished, install antivirus immediately, then install all Windows Updates. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Henry" <wa0goz@arrl.net> wrote in message news:npGdnSUEGqwBwcXanZ2dnUVZ_j6dnZ2d@comcast.com... >I have a CTS computer that has WinXP on it. I want to wipe the hard drive >clean and install Win98 and then Win98 SE. I know how to reformat it, but >will someone please tell me how to get Win98 SE on the empty hard drive? > > Thanks > > Henry
Guest Henry Posted December 6, 2007 Posted December 6, 2007 Re: Install Win98 SE Thanks Gary. Yes I only have the Win98 and the Win98 SE disks so I thought I had to run the Win98 first. In you last item you said to install the Windows updates. Is there a place I can get them all please? I understand (perhaps wrongly) that you can no longer get them from Microsoft. Henry Gary S. Terhune wrote: > Why are you going to load Win98 and then Win98SE? Are you going to be > dual-booting or do you simply intend to upgrade to SE from the original > flavor? If the latter, you don't need to load Win98 first. Just load Win98SE > directly. You simply show Setup your original Win98 CD when prompted. > > Here's how I do clean installs. > > 1. Boot to floppy startup disk. > > 2. Use FDISK if necessary to destroy/create partitions as needed. > Personally, if I'm going to dual-boot or create complicated partition > structures, I use BootIt NG, instead. > > 3. Format the primary partition (the one that's going to be the system > partition, C:\.) Use the following command: > FORMAT C:\ /S > (If not the /S switch, then run SYS C: command after formatting.) > > 4. Make a new directory to store the installation files: > MD C:\WIN98 > > 5. Copy the installation files to the hard drive (assumes your CD drive is > E:\) > COPY E:\WIN98\*.* C:\WIN98 (two spaces there, before E:\ and before C:\) > > 6. When the copying is finished, remove CD and floppy disks and then reboot. > You should end up with a C:\> prompt. Run the following commands: > CD WIN98 > SETUP > > 7. When installation is finished, install antivirus immediately, then > install all Windows Updates. >
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted December 6, 2007 Posted December 6, 2007 Re: Install Win98 SE You can still get Windows Updates for Win98 online, but you need to install IE6, first. (IE5.5 may also work.) What I have is the Feb. 2004 Security Updates CD and another CD with all the rest of the updates. I give them to people for $3 to cover costs. Email me at updates_at_grystmill.com if you want a set. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Henry" <wa0goz@arrl.net> wrote in message news:TPGdnSde5aRm9sXanZ2dnUVZ_i2dnZ2d@comcast.com... > Thanks Gary. Yes I only have the Win98 and the Win98 SE disks so I > thought I had to run the Win98 first. > > In you last item you said to install the Windows updates. Is there a > place I can get them all please? I understand (perhaps wrongly) that you > can no longer get them from Microsoft. > > Henry > > Gary S. Terhune wrote: >> Why are you going to load Win98 and then Win98SE? Are you going to be >> dual-booting or do you simply intend to upgrade to SE from the original >> flavor? If the latter, you don't need to load Win98 first. Just load >> Win98SE directly. You simply show Setup your original Win98 CD when >> prompted. >> >> Here's how I do clean installs. >> >> 1. Boot to floppy startup disk. >> >> 2. Use FDISK if necessary to destroy/create partitions as needed. >> Personally, if I'm going to dual-boot or create complicated partition >> structures, I use BootIt NG, instead. >> >> 3. Format the primary partition (the one that's going to be the system >> partition, C:\.) Use the following command: >> FORMAT C:\ /S >> (If not the /S switch, then run SYS C: command after formatting.) >> >> 4. Make a new directory to store the installation files: >> MD C:\WIN98 >> >> 5. Copy the installation files to the hard drive (assumes your CD drive >> is E:\) >> COPY E:\WIN98\*.* C:\WIN98 (two spaces there, before E:\ and before C:\) >> >> 6. When the copying is finished, remove CD and floppy disks and then >> reboot. You should end up with a C:\> prompt. Run the following commands: >> CD WIN98 >> SETUP >> >> 7. When installation is finished, install antivirus immediately, then >> install all Windows Updates. >>
Guest Henry Posted December 7, 2007 Posted December 7, 2007 Re: Install Win98 SE Gary S. Terhune wrote: > You can still get Windows Updates for Win98 online, but you need to install > IE6, first. (IE5.5 may also work.) What I have is the Feb. 2004 Security > Updates CD and another CD with all the rest of the updates. I give them to > people for $3 to cover costs. Email me at updates_at_grystmill.com if you > want a set. > Gary I have the Feb. 2004 Security Updates CD from Microwave. Are any of the updates on your other CD critical? When I reformat the drive, since it will be for Win98, I believe I should format it in FAT 32. Is that correct please? Henry
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted December 7, 2007 Posted December 7, 2007 Re: Install Win98 SE "Henry" <wa0goz@arrl.net> wrote in message news:SeydnR8DEY4H68TanZ2dnUVZ_v6rnZ2d@comcast.com... > Gary S. Terhune wrote: >> You can still get Windows Updates for Win98 online, but you need to >> install IE6, first. (IE5.5 may also work.) What I have is the Feb. 2004 >> Security Updates CD and another CD with all the rest of the updates. I >> give them to people for $3 to cover costs. Email me at >> updates_at_grystmill.com if you want a set. >> > Gary > > I have the Feb. 2004 Security Updates CD from Microwave. Are any of the > updates on your other CD critical? Yes, *most* of them are critical -- *most* of them are patches to IE6. Note that the Security CD includes IE6. Once you install that CD, you can then go to Windows Updates to get the rest. I created the additional CD for people who can't get to the internet easily (or are on dial-up, et.) and against the eventuality that Windows Updates stops offering Win9x updates. > When I reformat the drive, since it will be for Win98, I believe I should > format it in FAT 32. Is that correct please? Win98 can run on FAT and FAT32 formatted partitions. FAT32 is the one usually used. Note that you aren't asked what structures to use when you format the partition. The structures, whether FAT, FAT32, NTFS or other, is determined when the partition is created, before it's formatted. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com
Guest 98 Guy Posted December 8, 2007 Posted December 8, 2007 Re: Install Win98 SE (not necessary to install IE6) Re: Install Win98 SE (not necessary to install IE6) "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: > >> You can still get Windows Updates for Win98 online, but you > >> need to install IE6, first. (IE5.5 may also work.) I was recently performing some maintainence on an old win-98se system (it never had a network card or had never been connected to the net). Once I had a working ethernet connection I fired up IE (5.00) and went to WindowsUpdates. It actually worked - I was shown the list of the several dozen updates, patches, etc. But the first item that it wanted to download and install - before anything else - was IE 6. After that was downloaded and installed, all the other downloads followed.
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