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by snyde1

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I put a different hardrive in my computer and it has no op sys on it yet, how do i install an op on it, i was just going to use my xp but no internet, just to see if the computer will run anything, sort of a rebuild...i will put 98 on it as soon as i find the disk

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by Former member

On it to find out OR a Linux disk if you need to test it out.

Please post back if you have more problems or questions.

by snyde1

there are no cd drivers installed, I have a boot 98 floppy,so no recog of cd rom....

by ic-it

If your CD-ROM is new enough and the BIOS allows it, set the first boot device to CD and XP is self-booting.

Go to www.bootdisk.com and download a Win9X boot exe with the CD drivers on it.

by snyde1

no sign of life from the cdrom, and bootdisk.com i get msg unable to open site not available from around 4 different load sites

by snyde1

can't install an op sys because 98 boot is hooped, can't download a boot from boot anything, because other computer ie won't download the graphics of the site pages, put new cd/dvd player in comp i'm working on, and a fully washed harddrive, so won't detect a cd player,not to worry...i'm learnig to build, so this is just a lesson in time....ok changed something in ie and prompt now is allowing to download whole pages..,.so here comes a new boot disk, floppy...thaks

diane

by snyde1

I am now able to use cd-rom...it was set to slave....i learned something new....yay...........now installing xp proffessional, but will change to 98...............probably no room for xp...we'll see...i wish i had a bunch of old 98 op sys...cause i am trying to rebuild a bunch of old computers, don't know what i'll do with them yet, but know lots of low income people with no computer,,,so maybe give them away...for now it is a learning experience for me.............
thanks peeps......

diane

by cale

If there is nothing in the bios for the cdrom drive, I would check the power/ide cables for the drive.. (you might have knocked it out switching the hard drive)

by snyde1

i can reboot now but the comp tells me the partition is only 1035mb....it is a 20 g hardrive, and there are not other partitions that i can see...

by dumphrey

for the HD settings? Or is there a manual setting over riding?
Also, you may want to try using a tool from the HD makers web site to "reset" it to default. This will be called zeroing or low-level formatting. Also, clearing the MBR could be useful as well.
It also may be the case that the OS is having trouble seeing more. Pre-format the disk into 2 10GB partitions and see if 98 can see the disk correctly then.

by dumphrey

Ubuntu Linux. It will run fine on older hardware, the learning curve for wordprocessing (Openoffice.org) and web browsing is about zero. It has a beautiful desktop, and little need for commercial software. Also, its free to download and use, OR browse to their web site and they will mail you a disk free.
http://www.ubuntu.com/
Desktop editions is what you want. They have 2 versions, the newest and an LTS version (LTS stands for long term support). I would choose the LTS version. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions.

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