New NIC no win 98 disk to install it

[clocks]

I installed a new NIC in my laptop. The 3com drivers installed just fine. The install then asked for the win 98 disk to grab a bunch of DLL files. I no longer have the orig disk nor are there any .cab files on the drive. What can I do to install this NIC?

 

[ktwebb]

Find somebody with a Win98 disk and then copy the cabinet files to your HDD. Your hosed unless you can find a disk or someone willing to send you the cab files or the individual files windows is looking for.

 

[nightowl]

Sometimes you can point to the System directory in the Windows folder and Windows can find the needed DLLs there. It will not necessairly work, but usually it will.

 

[ktwebb]

Thats true. Sometime the files you need are in other directories. The system directory for dll's or the windows directory itself for other file extensions. I would disagree with it usually working however. Depends on what your installing. I would say usually you need the cabs but its worth a try if you havent tried looking for the files already.

 

[nealr]

See what file it needs, then search the web for it... I had the same problem, and was able to do that.

 

[Tallgeese]

If the OS was pre-installed by an OEM, then you can always try looking in path
C:\Windows\Options\Cabs

Handy Tip:
Whenever I setup a W9x system, I make sure and stash a copy of the installation files from the CD somewhere on the drive. Super-handy for just such an occasion, and well worth the use of 300-400MB.

 

[ktwebb]

True, though usually its cached and finds the cabs on its own. I have seen C:\win98 as a cabinet repository as well.