Guest neicia Posted January 14, 2008 Posted January 14, 2008 My son got a computer with windows uninstalled It is windows 98 I can only get on in safe mode,how do I re install windows so they can get on line?
Guest Don Phillipson Posted January 14, 2008 Posted January 14, 2008 Re: re installing windows 98 "neicia" <neicia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:50DDC597-0356-411A-B225-20BEAF297283@microsoft.com... > My son got a computer with windows uninstalled It is windows 98 I can > only > get on in safe mode,how do I re install windows so they can get on line? Good instructions at http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html We assume your son has the install CD and a boot floppy (free from http://www.bootdisk.com if needed.) -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted January 14, 2008 Posted January 14, 2008 Re: re installing windows 98 Do you have a Windows 98 CD? If not, use Find>Files & Folders to look for files named WIN98*.CAB (WIN98, asterisk, period, CAB). If you find a few dozen in a folder, that's the installation files. If you have those files, or the original CD, that's great. You'll also need the Product Key, however, so don't go reformatting or anything just yet. What make & model computer is it? Do you see any error messages before the machine boots into Safe Mode? Restart the system and while it's cranking up, repeatedly press the F8 key until a menu comes up that let's you choose Normal Mode. What happens if you do that? Please report any error messages exactly as they appear. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "neicia" <neicia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:50DDC597-0356-411A-B225-20BEAF297283@microsoft.com... > My son got a computer with windows uninstalled It is windows 98 I can > only > get on in safe mode,how do I re install windows so they can get on line?
Guest Ron Badour Posted January 14, 2008 Posted January 14, 2008 Re: re installing windows 98 Your post is not clear. You say there is no system installed but then say you can get on via safe mode which indicates there is a system. Please clarify. Besides Gary's advice, see here: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html -- Regards Ron Badour MS MVP 1997 - 2008 "neicia" <neicia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:50DDC597-0356-411A-B225-20BEAF297283@microsoft.com... > My son got a computer with windows uninstalled It is windows 98 I can > only > get on in safe mode,how do I re install windows so they can get on line?
Guest philo Posted January 14, 2008 Posted January 14, 2008 Re: re installing windows 98 "Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAddress.com> wrote in message news:u$P25xqVIHA.4808@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Your post is not clear. You say there is no system installed but then say > you can get on via safe mode which indicates there is a system. Please > clarify. > > Besides Gary's advice, see here: > http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html > My guess is that it was a typo ...but unless one has a win98 cd...the only way to otherwise re-install windows would be if the setup files exist on the drive. They'd typically be in C:\windows\options\cabs Then all one would need to to is find the product # here is a thread on that http://en.allexperts.com/q/Windows-95-98-1061/Windows-98-Product-key.htm That can be done from safe mode.
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