What am I doing wrong

[sweeth20]

I downloaded a file to make a boot floppy for windows 98. I had to make the floppy on my other machine that is running windows XP home. Is there a reason that the floppy would not work in the computer that I want to install windows 98? The website also told me to make a floppy of WD hard drive utility and boot from it to prepare the drive and then use the windows 98 floppy.

 

[montag451]

The floppy is probably formatted using the ntfs(??!!??), where win98 can't see ntfs (or at least the file system that xp would use to format a floppy) natively, and neither can DOS.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: montag451
The floppy is probably formatted using the ntfs(??!!??), where win98 can't see ntfs (or at least the file system that xp would use to format a floppy) natively, and neither can DOS.

AFAIK the only option for formatting a floppy, even with 2k and XP, is to use FAT.

This file that you downloaded, was it a zip containing all of the other files? Make sure you can view Hidden and Systems file by opening a folder and going to Tools / Folder Options / View and choose "show hidden files and folders" and uncheck "Hide protected operating system files" - before copying the files to the floppy.

 

[montag451]

yes you are right sagalore

 

[GAZZA]

www.bootdisk.com is your best place for bootable disks whether it be dos or ntfs.