Scarecrow Man Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 Alright, so I've got a... old.... laptop. It has the ability of a CD-ROM drive, OR a floppy drive. Now, from past experience, you need to boot from a floppy disk with CD-ROM drivers to have the CD-ROM work, but how do I do it, when I can only have one at a time!!!!I know I cannot boot from the windows98 disk, because it's not, and never was bootable, with any computer.I assume I would have to install some version of dos with CD-ROM support, and then install from there?????????? :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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madboy33 Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 1 After you decide which file system you want to use, run the Fdisk tool: Insert the Windows 98 Startup disk in the floppy disk drive, and then restart your computer.2When the Microsoft Windows 98 Startup menu is displayed, choose the Start computer without CD-ROM support option, and then press ENTER.3At a command prompt, type fdisk, and then press ENTER.If the hard disk is larger than 512 MB, you receive the following prompt:Your computer has a disk larger than 512 MB. This version of Windows includes improved support for large disks, resulting in more efficient use of disk space on large drives, and allowing disks over 2 GB to be formatted as a single drive.IMPORTANT: If you enable large disk support and create any new drives on this disk, you will not be able to access the new drive(s) using other operating systems, including some versions of Windows 95 and Windows NT, as well as earlier versions of Windows and MS-DOS. In addition, disk utilities that were not designated explicitly for the FAT32 file system will not be able to work with this disk. If you need to access this disk with other operating systems or older disk utilities, do no enable large drive support.4 Do you wish to enable large disk support (Y/N)? If you want to use the FAT32 file system, press Y, and then press ENTER. If you want to use the FAT16 file system, press N, and then press ENTER. After you press ENTER, the Fdisk Options menu is displayed. Press 1 to select the Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive option, and then press ENTER.Press 1 to select the Create Primary DOS Partition option, and then press ENTER.After you press ENTER, you receive the following prompt:Do you wish to use the maximum available size for primary DOS partition?FAT32 File System:If you chose the FAT32 file system in step 4 and you want all of the space on the hard disk to be assigned to drive C, press Y, and then press ENTER.Press ESC, and then press ESC to quit the Fdisk tool and return to a command prompt.Skip to step 10.FAT16 File System:If you chose the FAT16 file system in step 4, and you want the first 2 GB on the hard disk to be assigned to drive C, press Y, and then press ENTER.Press ESC to return to the Options menu, and then skip to step i.If you want to customize the size of the partitions (the logical drives) on the hard disk, press N, and then press ENTER.A prompt is displayed for you to type the size that you want for the primary partition in megabytes or percent of disk space. Note that for a Windows 98-based computer, Microsoft recommends that you make the primary partition at least 500 MB. Type the size of the partition that you want to create, and then press ENTER.Press ESC to return to the Options menu.Press 2 to select the Set active partition option, and then press ENTER.When you are prompted to type the number of the partition that you want to make the active partition, press 1, and then press ENTER.Press ESC to return to the Options menu.To assign drive letters to the additional space on the hard disk:Press 1, and then press ENTER.Press 2 to select the Create Extended DOS Partition option, and then press ENTER.The option that appears displays the maximum space that is available for the extended partition. You can adjust the size of the partition or you can use the default size. Note that the default maximum space is recommended, but the space can be divided between multiple drive letters. Type the amount of space that you want, press ENTER, and then press ESC.The Create Logical DOS Drive(s) in the Extended DOS Partition menu is displayed. This is the menu that you use to assign the remaining hard disk space to the additional drive letters. Type the amount of space that you want to assign to the next drive letter at the Enter logical drive size in Mbytes or percent of disk space (%) prompt, and then press ENTER.A table that lists the drive letter that you created and the amount of space that is on that drive is displayed. If there is still free space on the hard disk, it is displayed near the bottom of the table. Repeat steps 1 through 4 until you receive the following message:All available space in the Extended DOS Partition is assigned to local drivesAfter you receive this message, press ESC, and then press ESC to quit the Fdisk tool and return to a command prompt.After you create the partitions, restart you computer with the Windows 98 Startup disk in the floppy disk drive.When the Windows 98 Startup menu is displayed, choose the Start computer without CD-ROM support option, and then press ENTER.When a command prompt is displayed, type format c:, and then press ENTER.NOTE: If you receive a "Bad command or file name" message, you may need to extract the Format.com utility to your Startup disk. To do this, type the following command at a command prompt, and then press ENTER:extract ebd.cab format.comAfter the Format.com utility is extracted to your Startup disk and a command prompt is displayed, type format c:. When you successfully run the Format.com utility, you receive the following prompt:WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK DRIVE C: WILL BE LOST!Proceed with Format (Y/N)? Press Y, and then press ENTER to format drive C.After the format procedure is finished, you receive the following prompt:Volume label (11 characters, ENTER for none)? This is an optional feature that you can use to type a name for the hard disk. Type an 11-character name for the drive, or leave it blank, and then press ENTER.Repeat steps 10 through 13 for any additional drive letters that you created in step i.How to Install Windows 98After you partition and format your hard disk, you can install Windows 98: Insert the Windows 98 Startup disk in the floppy disk drive, and then restart your computer.When the Windows 98 Startup menu is displayed, choose the Start computer with CD-ROM support option, and then press ENTER.If CD-ROM support is provided by the generic drivers on the Startup disk, you receive one of the following messages, where X is the drive letter that is assigned to your CD-ROM drive:Drive X: = Driver MSCD001Drive X: = Driver OEMCD001 NOTE: If your CD-ROM drive is not available after you boot from the Windows 98 Startup disk, install the CD-ROM drivers that are included with your CD-ROM drive. For information about how to obtain and install the most current driver for your CD-ROM drive, view the documentation that is included with your device, or contact your hardware manufacturer. Insert the Windows 98 CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive, type the following command at a command prompt, and then press ENTERX:\setupwhere X is the drive letter that is assigned to your CD-ROM drive.When you receive the following message, press ENTER, and then follow the instructions on the screen to complete the Setup procedure:Please wait while the Setup initializes. Setup is now going to perform a routine check on your system. To continue press Enter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 http://www.windowsforum.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=11007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 powerlessforgot about that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 How-to install windows 98, with no floppy drive?Didn't see that bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Smith Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 Are you sure that the 98 CD is not bootable? I always thought it was. I will check shortly and confirm.Anyway, failing that, you have two other options. First, use the 98 boot floppy to create the partition and format the hard drive, then sys the hard drive so it is bootable ( at the A prompt, type sys c: ). You may also need to copy the cd drivers over. Anyway, swap the drives and boot the laptop, and when at the c: prompt, run setup from the cd.Second option, would be to make your own new copy of the 98 cd, but this time make sure it is bootable.I am just going to check my 98 disc to see if it boots or not.Mr. M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Smith Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 Hmmm,I cannot find my 98 disc at the moment. Sorry. Thinking about it though, perhaps you are right. Hence the ever present boot floppy.Mr. M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted September 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 I got it sorted during the downtime. Thanks though. It needed a special bootdisk in which I booted from floppy, put computer into standby, remove the floppy, insert the CD-ROM and bring it out of standby. Worked fine. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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