Win 98 will not load

Change to win98 directory on CD and then type setup. In your case:

E:>cd win98
E:\WIN98>setup

Dalton

Thank you very much - when I entered setup the following response came - This program requires Microsoft Windows. Can you help me please. thank you

In order to run setup from a floppy boot, you must use a W98 startup floppy, not a DOS boot floppy.

You can create a W98 startup disk from any PC running W98.

Open Add/Remove programs and click on the startup disk tab. Follow the prompts to create a startup floppy.

Alternately, you may be able to set your BIOS to boot from your CD and then boot directly into Windows setup.

Chas

If you are using a Win98 boot disk, watch the screen as it boots up. It will ask if you want to boot with cdrom, hit the enter key. It will install the drivers for the cdrom, if it has them. Watch the screen and look for the drive letter it gives to the cdrom. Use that drive letter to start setup. It will give a drive to the install stuff and a drive to the cdrom. Try switching between the drives for setup.

Comment from rb-jb@prodigy.net on 12/10/04 :
Thank you very much - when I entered setup the following response came - This program requires Microsoft Windows. Can you help me please. thank you

You must be using a 98 (regular or SE) upgrade CD. If it is the Upgrade CD, it will require another version of Windows. If you were install from a Full version CD, it would work.
You option is to grab a 98 (again, reg or SE, I suggest SE) FULL version install and use that. Or, when it prompts you for proof of Windows, pop in a 95 CD if you have one.
That I hope helps.

It is best for you to boot from WINDOWS 98 Bootable CD and start setip from there choosing option 1 when asked

The disk u r using is a upgrade disk which cannot be used to install a operating system. it is only for upgrade i.e from win95 or win 98 first edition to win98 se

of you have the diskette of windows 3.11 or offce 97
pop them in and it will continue

Leopold

You need drivers for your cd rom on the boot disk.

You can download a win98 boot disk from bootdisk.com

Lee

You need drivers for your cd rom on the boot disk.

You can download a win98 boot disk from bootdisk.com

Lee

If you are trying to install Win98 and you don't have a previous version, or are using an upgrade CD, try booting to a commmand prompt and try to copy the Precopy1.CAB and Precopy2.CAB files to the hard drive by typing: copy *.* precopy1.cab c:
copy*.* precopy2.cab c: . What this does is make windows think there is a previous version when there really isn't. I had the same problem years back and it wasn't until a real Geek showed me a workaround to it.