building for gram

[bjc112]

hi all, im going to be building a computer for my gram in about a month.. and i have all parts ordered except windows 98.. i have been asking around and everyone has been telling me to buy the full version becasue i will need the boot disk to format my harddrive.. could someone give me a little instruction on that.. and all at Mwave.. i can get 98 SE 97.00 if ordered with hardware.. could seom may-b in there free time check that out and tell me if thats how much a full version cost.

THanks a million

 

[mastaki11a]

You can download Win98 Boot disks off the net. Not sure where right now, but i'm sure if you search for "boot disk" you might find something.

 

[bjc112]

ok but.. the full version cost???????? any ideas?

 

[bacillus]

boot disk from here!

 

[Joemonkey]

depending on how new the components are for the computer you are building, you may not need the boot disk. prolly can just boot from the CD... my win98se disc does anyway.

 

[MichaelD]

My Maxtor HD came with a floppy with it's own formatting utility. It asks you if you're going to load your operating system from a CDR. If you say yes, it loads the CDR driver, then tells you to put your CDR in the drive and reboot. Windoze installs from there.

Or you could just get the boot disk from the link above that Bacillius was nice enough to post and take it from there. Good luck.

 

[bjc112]

this is what i will be building..

SONY 48X INTERNAL EIDE CD ROM #CDU4811 (Bare drive)

MWAVE CI-6306 MINI-MID TOWER W/250W ATX POWER SUPPLY 3x5.25" 2x3.5" 1x3.5"(hidden)Detail Spec SONY 1.44MB FLOPPY DRIVE (Bare Drive)

MAXTOR 30.0GB 5T030H3/EIDE ULTRA-ATA/66-100 8.7MS 720RPM 2MB BUFFER (Bare drive w/3yr warranty)

MS INTELLIMOUSE 2-BTTN SCROLL FOR WIN95/NT SERIAL/PS2 (Retail) Detail Specs

LOGITECH INTERNET KEYBOARDAT PS2 (White box) (*While Supplies Last!) Detail Specs

DIAMOND SUPRAMAX V.90 56K PCI W/VOICE INTERNAL (OEM) Detail Specs

KDS 17"/16V VS-7I .27 1280X1024 60HZ DIGITAL OSD EPA (*Limit 5pcs/customer) Detail Specs

AMD DURON (OEM) BUNDLES
(ABIT KT7A-Specs; AMD DURON 800(200MHZ); 32X64 256MB PC100)

CREATIVE LABS SOUNDBLASTER 128 PCI 128VOICE (OEM) Detail Specs

ALTEC LANSING ACS33 POWERCUBE SPEAKERS W/SUBWOOFER Detail Specs

MWAVE 10' PARALLEL PINTER CABLE ( DB25 TO CENTRONIC36 )

ATI XPERT 98 8MB AGP 2D/3D/DVD WIN98 (White box)

Microsoft Windows 98 2nd Edition Plus (DSP) *Must be Purchased w/Hardware!!*

CYBER ACOUSTICS HS-14 STEREO HEADSET W/BOOM MICROPHONE Detail Specs

HP DESKJET 840C 2MB 8PPM BLACK/5PPM COLOR 600DPI PAR/USB Detail Specs
tell me what you think.. and if this will work ok.. thanks .. (still wondering on the price of full windows version.

 

[bjc112]

BUMP!!!!!!

 

[slpaulson]

If you are going to college or happen to know somebody who is you should be able to get windows98 for cheap. At least I know that Wisconsin has a program like this and I am sure that other states do too.

With that computer you can just set the boot order to boot from a cd before the harddrive and it should install off the cd without needing a boot disk.