HELP!!: How can i load win 98 on this laptop......UPDATE!! [giving up]

[MainFramed]

EDIT: i have given the laptop back to my friend, i have had it now for two weeks and not one of the options listed below (yes i did them correctly) worked. I feel bad for having the laptop this long and not much progress to brag about other than what options failed (still nothing to brag about) thanks for the help guys, i appricaite it.



ok i have re-formated a old dell latitude laptop (used to have 98 on it) how the heck can i load 98 on it??? it only has one drive slot (i have both a floppy and a cd-rom for it) my version of win 98 is OEM

help guys!!

 

[Zim Hosein]

Make sure the CD-Rom drive is bootable via the BIOS, insert OEM Win 98 and reboot

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Make sure the CD-Rom drive is bootable via the BIOS, insert OEM Win 98 and reboot

I forget, is Win98 first edition bootable? I'm pretty sure 98SE is.

- M4H

 

[MainFramed]

this is dumb, but how do i acces the BIOS on this thing? i tried 'delete,F1,F2,'

 

[godmare]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Make sure the CD-Rom drive is bootable via the BIOS, insert OEM Win 98 and reboot

I forget, is Win98 first edition bootable? I'm pretty sure 98SE is.

- M4H

First edition iis not, no.
Try Bootdisk.com for a boot disk if necessary.

 

[yoda291]

Originally posted by: MainFramed
this is dumb, but how do i acces the BIOS on this thing? i tried 'delete,F1,F2,'

f2 should do it. try f12 or f11 I guess.

win98 First Edition IS bootable IIRC

Else, you can always try a network install

 

[godmare]

Originally posted by: MainFramed
this is dumb, but how do i acces the BIOS on this thing? i tried 'delete,F1,F2,'

Uhh.. it should say at the BIOS screen, at the bottom.

 

[MainFramed]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Make sure the CD-Rom drive is bootable via the BIOS, insert OEM Win 98 and reboot

I forget, is Win98 first edition bootable? I'm pretty sure 98SE is.

- M4H

Is it bootable?

I hope so =\

 

[MainFramed]

Originally posted by: godmare

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Make sure the CD-Rom drive is bootable via the BIOS, insert OEM Win 98 and reboot

I forget, is Win98 first edition bootable? I'm pretty sure 98SE is.

- M4H

First edition iis not, no.
Try Bootdisk.com for a boot disk if necessary.

ok so when i use the "boot disk" to load the cd....how the hell do i get the cd in there!? :Q i can only have one drive in at a time....

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: MainFramed

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Make sure the CD-Rom drive is bootable via the BIOS, insert OEM Win 98 and reboot

I forget, is Win98 first edition bootable? I'm pretty sure 98SE is.

- M4H

Is it bootable?

I hope so =\

I fail to see how that proves it's bootable. Legit, yes. Autorun-capable, yes. But bootable? I honestly don't know.

- M4H

 

[MainFramed]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: MainFramed

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Make sure the CD-Rom drive is bootable via the BIOS, insert OEM Win 98 and reboot

I forget, is Win98 first edition bootable? I'm pretty sure 98SE is.

- M4H

Is it bootable?

I hope so =\

I fail to see how that proves it's bootable. Legit, yes. Autorun-capable, yes. But bootable? I honestly don't know.

- M4H

yeah i know, sorry. just thougth that might help well i will give it a try....

 

[godmare]

Originally posted by: MainFramed

Originally posted by: godmare

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Make sure the CD-Rom drive is bootable via the BIOS, insert OEM Win 98 and reboot

I forget, is Win98 first edition bootable? I'm pretty sure 98SE is.

- M4H

First edition iis not, no.
Try Bootdisk.com for a boot disk if necessary.

ok so when i use the "boot disk" to load the cd....how the hell do i get the cd in there!? :Q i can only have one drive in at a time....

When you boot with the flopp disk, it loads all the utilities onto a ramdrive, so you should be able to take the disk out. I've never had to take a boot disk out, so I can't say 100%... but that should work.
Try the CD first, though, you're not sure what Win98 edition you have (though I'm guessing it's the first, given the copyright on the CD).

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: MainFramed

Originally posted by: godmare

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Make sure the CD-Rom drive is bootable via the BIOS, insert OEM Win 98 and reboot

I forget, is Win98 first edition bootable? I'm pretty sure 98SE is.

- M4H

First edition iis not, no.
Try Bootdisk.com for a boot disk if necessary.

ok so when i use the "boot disk" to load the cd....how the hell do i get the cd in there!? :Q i can only have one drive in at a time....

Burn a bootable CD-ROM with the 98 boot image on it. Once it boots to a C: prompt, insert the 98 CD and run setup.

 

[MainFramed]

WTF, i cant get it to go into the BIOS, and when i put the CD-in there i get " invaild system disk,replace the disk, and then press any key :|

 

[MainFramed]

Originally posted by: mpitts

Originally posted by: MainFramed

Originally posted by: godmare

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Make sure the CD-Rom drive is bootable via the BIOS, insert OEM Win 98 and reboot

I forget, is Win98 first edition bootable? I'm pretty sure 98SE is.

- M4H

First edition iis not, no.
Try Bootdisk.com for a boot disk if necessary.

ok so when i use the "boot disk" to load the cd....how the hell do i get the cd in there!? :Q i can only have one drive in at a time....

Burn a bootable CD-ROM with the 98 boot image on it. Once it boots to a C: prompt, insert the 98 CD and run setup.

wait, so copy all the files of the boot disk, and burn onto a cd? that should work.....?

 

[PrincessGuard]

If you can't boot from the CD because the BIOS doesn't support it, you could boot from a DOS floppy, copy the system files and CD-ROM drivers to the hard drive, then boot from there.

 

[ElFenix]

dell bios is sometimes F8

 

[GonzoDaGr8]

On my crusty old Toshiba lappy, I hooked the hdd into my main PC with an adapter that lets you hook a 2.5 inch hdd into a normal PC IDE cable. Booted to floppy, fdisked, formatted drive, then started the Win98 install. When I got to the point where Win98 was done copying files and wants to restart, I shut it down and then transfered the drive back to the lappy and let the install finish.

 

[MainFramed]

Originally posted by: GonzoDaGr8
On my crusty old Toshiba lappy, I hooked the hdd into my main PC with an adapter that lets you hook a 2.5 inch hdd into a normal PC IDE cable. Booted to floppy, fdisked, formatted drive, then started the Win98 install. When I got to the point where Win98 was done copying files and wants to restart, I shut it down and then transfered the drive back to the lappy and let the install finish.

i was thinking about doing that last night, but i have no clue how to open this thing or anything....

 

[AtomicDude512]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
dell bios is sometimes F8

On some of my older ones at work you have to press Delete twice, once to access the system specs screen, twice to see open the BIOS.

Newer ones are F2 if memory serves.

 

[MainFramed]

does anyone have ideas of how i could do this!?

PLEaSE HELP!!!

 

[PrincessGuard]

Since you seem to have overlooked my first message...

Get a bootdisk from bootdisk.com.
Boot up using your floppy drive.
FDISK and format your drive if you haven't already.
Do a SYS C:
Copy over all the files on the floppy to the hard drive.
Put in your CD-ROM drive (with no CD inside).
Your system should now boot up from the hard drive. If not, you did something wrong above.
You should now be able to access your CD-ROM from DOS. If not, your drive may require special drivers.
Install Windows.
Delete all the files you copied from the bootdisk except IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS, and COMMAND.COM.

 

[yoda291]

what model is it?

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: MainFramed
does anyone have ideas of how i could do this!?

PLEaSE HELP!!!

look that machine up on dells website by it's service take. i am sure u can get a pdf manual or something that will have some info about how to access the bios. at the dell splash screen (assuming there is one, or else the POST screen will tell u which button to hit for setup), maybe u can hit escape or tab. also... windows98 first edition is bootable.

 

[godmare]

Originally posted by: PrincessGuard
Since you seem to have overlooked my first message...

Get a bootdisk from bootdisk.com.
Boot up using your floppy drive.
FDISK and format your drive if you haven't already.
Do a SYS C:
Copy over all the files on the floppy to the hard drive.
Put in your CD-ROM drive (with no CD inside).
Your system should now boot up from the hard drive. If not, you did something wrong above.
You should now be able to access your CD-ROM from DOS. If not, your drive may require special drivers.
Install Windows.
Delete all the files you copied from the bootdisk except IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS, and COMMAND.COM.

Seems like he ignored several users' messages.

Hard to get help that way.