First check that the first boot device in your system bios is set to the cdrom drive. Select to start computer with cdrom support choice at next startup menu. The first step involves booting your system with the windows 98 startup disk. Take out ur harddisk go to another system install win98 min. Install windows 98 from usb flash drive with easy2boot youtube. Youll then run a special windows 98 minimal installation procedure. Windows 98 was a closed source 16 bit32bit hybrid operating system released 15th may 1998. A windows 98 startup disk is a considerable improvement on that produced by earlier versions of windows, not least because it contains a number of generic, realmode atapi cd rom and scsi drivers that allow cd rom devices to become available when running windows 98 from the startup disk.
Found a compaq lte 5300 cheap on a flea market and i want to do a clean install of windows 98 on it. Use the system recovery utility to restore windows 98. As soon as the correct cd rom driver is located, the windows 98 startup disk will automatically reboot the. Install windows 2000 or xp perhaps from dos without a. I need to install windows 98se onto the drive without trying to find a floppy.
How to install windows without cd, dvd or usb flash drive step by step instructions adams tech guide. Upgrades were available with the release of windows 98 second. The windows 98 startup disk contains generic cdrom drivers that work with most. How do you install windows 98 on a computer without cdrom and usb. Solved windows 98 installation from cd and from usb.
Install windows without a cdrom or floppy drive defective. Use the system recovery utility to restore windows 98 after a hard disk meltdown. Using the windows 98 cd, you need to extract some files from the cabinet files on the cd. But when the computer does not have a cd rom i am at a loss as i dont find any ins. Another approach is connect ur computer to lan with another computer. Then, after selection of start from cd rom, a number of drivers seem to be started. Another one is use floppies to copy that 120 setup files from another machine or use internet.
How to install windows 98se on a modern pc \ vogons. Then there is a nice microsoft windows 98 startup menu which asks me whether i want to start from cd rom, or whether i want to start the computer with or without cd support. Installing windows 98 getting your cd drive to work for. How to install windows without cd, dvd or usb flash drive. Installing win98 on old pc wo cd drive windows 9598me. It preceded windows 95 but was succeeded by windows me. How to install windows 95 from scratch without a floppy drive. Windows 98 msdos install, without floppy disk, step by step. Is it possible to install windows 98 without a cdrom drive. You can install windows from a hard drive or perhaps a cf with adaptor effectively a hard drive i havent used it but i guess its effectively a. Assuming cd driver letter is d default, start setup without acpi.
In this video i show you how to do just that on the dell inspiron. How do you install windows 98 on a computer without cd rom and usb. You may need drivers for usb, easier would be to just hook it to some old machine physically. Obtain a windows 98se startup emergency boot diskette. In this video, i create a main partition on the hard disk, format it and install windows 95.
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