How to Install win 98 from setup CD ???????????

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I Have a Pentium 4 PC 128 Mb Ram and Hard Disk of 40 Gb into three partitions C,D,E. and F drive is CD-Rom Recently i formatted my c: drive to reinstall Windows 98. first i inserted win 98 bootable floppy then started comp with cd rom support now F: was created as Ram drive so G: should be the CD rom drive but the hell gave me error Invalid drive specification.
Now what to do can someone help me out there!!!!!!!!! How to install the operating system>>>>>>>> :cry:

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ok simple keep of that boot disk first.. go to bios and change boot sequence to CD.. then load in the WIN 98 Setup CD into the tray.. ull land up in the screen asking two options

1)boot from Harddisk
2)boot from Cd-Rom

select boot from cd-rom..

then ull get this menu

1)start win98 setup from cd
2)start computer with CD-rom Support
3)start computer without cd-Rom support

now select the second option.. then ull land up in this path

A:\> type fdisk and press enter
now in fdisk jus check if the partitions are properly created and formatted and set active.. then restart the computer. now in the second screen select start win 98 setup from cd

now the setup will guide u thro the rest of the process

I have 2 drives C & D , when I format the disk and reinstall it, the CD drive is F with the CD Rom support , while E is a temporary drive just for the installation. Is the CDROM plugged in properly?

I have no problems, I did it last week.

if you had downloaded the bootimage from the internet, the drive character may vary. just check if there are any readme files, or check out all the remaining of the characters.

achacko@dataone.in said:
I have 2 drives C & D , when I format the disk and reinstall it, the CD drive is F with the CD Rom support , while E is a temporary drive just for the installation. Is the CDROM plugged in properly?

I have no problems, I did it last week.

yes, the drive is plugged in properly.
the boot disk of windows creates a virtual drive just after your hard-drive and loads all the important dos commands there, for repair n recovery.

simply go to F: drive and type "setup" to Start Windows 98 setup.

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Thanks to Bharatbala2003 sloved my problem

Install Win '98 After Win XP is Installed
First:

This procedure assumes that Windows XP is installed on drive C: No support is offered for other drive letters.
Drive C: must be FAT16 or FAT32 to be able to install Windows 98/Me after XP is already installed. The 98/Me installation routine cannot write to an NTFS partition.
If your C: drive is not FAT or FAT32, you CANNOT complete this procedure. You will need a 3rd party boot manager. BootIt Next Generation is a good tool for this.
You must have a second hard disk or partition formatted for FAT16/32 in order to be able to install Windows 98/Me. Installing 98/Me to the same partition as Windows XP is NOT RECOMMENDED!
It's recommended that you use a Windows 98/Me Startup disk for this procedure. If you don't have one, you can download the necessary files from here. You should ensure that DEBUG.EXE is on your Startup disk. If it isn't, it can be copied from the Windows\Command folder. On a 98/Me Startup disk, created from Add/Remove Programs, its in the EBD.CAB file on the Startup disk. For a 98 Startup disk created from FAT32EBD.EXE its on the floppy

Installing Windows 98

1) Use a Win98/Me Startup disk (with CD support) to boot your computer.
2) Insert your Win98/Me CD into the CD Rom drive.
3) At the A: prompt type X:\Win98\Setup.exe (for Win98) or X:\Win9x\Setup.exe (for Win Me) where X: is your CD-ROM drive.
4) Proceed with the install. When prompted for the install location, you'll see C:\Windows.000. Choose Other directory and change this to the drive you wish to install 98/Me to and name the folder Windows (or something else if you prefer).
5) Complete the Win98/Me install. Allow the computer to boot into Win98/Me.

Repairing the Windows XP Boot Loader

1) Create a Win98/Me Startup Disk
2) Create a Notepad file with the following entries, exactly as shown:

L 100 2 0 1
N C:\BOOTSECT.DOS
R BX
0
R CX
200
W
Q

3) Save the file to the Win98/Me Startup Disk as READ.SCR
4) Boot the computer with the Win98/Me Startup Disk and at the A: prompt type

DEBUG <READ.SCR

Steps 1 - 4 create the BOOTSECT.DOS file needed to boot Win98/Me. For your convenience, you can download READ.SCR here. I suggest you use right click and Save As. You may need to use the ATTRIB C:\BOOTSECT.DOS -S -H -R command if BOOTSECT.DOS already exists and you get an error when trying to recreate it.

5) Configure your computer to boot from the CD drive. This is done in the BIOS, or your computer may offer the option at startup if it detects a bootable CD. Consult your computer's manual for more information. If your computer does not support booting from CD-Rom, you should also be able to boot with a 98/Me Startup disk, and run WINNT.EXE from the I386 folder of your XP CD.
6) Insert your XP CD and boot from it.
7) You'll see some files being copied, then you'll be presented with a choice of installing or repairing an existing installation. Choose Repair.
8) You'll be asked which XP installation you want to log into. Enter 1. There is usually only one installation.
9) You'll be prompted for the Administrator password. For Home, the default password is blank, so just hit Enter. For Pro, enter the same password you did during setup for the Administrator account (this is not the same as the password for an Admin level account. It must be the Administrator account password).
10) At the C:\Windows prompt, type FIXBOOT. You'll be prompted to confirm. Do so.
11) When FIXBOOT is finished, remove the XP CD and type EXIT and the machine will reboot.

Reconfigure your computer to boot from the hard drive if necessary.

You will now get the XP Boot loader with your choice of operating systems.