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Windows, Networking and Software

FAQ, Tips, Hints, and Wisdom for Windows 98x/XP

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Information Site – Windows OS

http://www.winoscentral.com/

Install Windows98 OS

(Note: if you already have Win98 and wanted to upgrade, but you bought a non-upgrade Win98SE, just do

the following. Find and rename all files with the name win.com and then run the setup.exe from your CD.)

For information (it's zipped and can be downloaded) on installing W98, go to:

http://badour.freewebsites.com/html/w98_restore.html

This web site describes a re-install of Windows 98: http://www.d-sheppard.f2s.com/clean.htm

Here is another web site describing an install of Windows 98: http://www.aumha.org/a/clean.htm

You can get a SE update disk for $20: https://order4.microsoft.upgrade.com/scripts/startwin98se1.asp

See also “Wipe Hard Drive – debug.exe” down below.

The process itself is not difficult if you know what you are doing and have both the Win98 CD and an

appropriate boot disk that contains CDROM support and ramdrive.sys in the config.sys file (available at

www.bootdisk.com). It would also be good to have any driver CDs or disks that may be needed for your

hardware as some will not be in the Windows database. Win98 is certainly OK for your motherboard.

Once your boot disk is ready:

Boot with it.

Make sure that you can see your CD drive (probably E: by typing: dir e:)

>From the A: prompt:

format c:

Reboot with the boot disk

>From the A: prompt:

md win98 (create a folder on the C drive)

copy e:\win98\*.* c:\win98 (copy the files needed for Win98 install to

your C drive)

Remove the CD

Reboot with ctrl-alt-delete

cd win98

setup (and off you go....)

Remember: remove the boot disk when instructed to. It is also a good idea before all of this to go into the

BIOS (setup program for the computer which can be entered as you turn on the computer) and be sure that

any virus checking is turned off as that can kill a Windows installation.

Here is an alternative view (clean reinstall on the system and need to know what is how to delete the

old install completely.):

I assume you are doing it this way as not to lose any personal data. In this case go to Settings/Control

Panel/Add Remove Programs.

Select the Start up disk tab and follow the instructions for making a start up disk.

When the disk is made, do a search for the file smartdrv.exe in the Windows directory and copy it to the

floppy disk, reboot the PC with that disk in the drive.

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