Problem

[leemaree]

I was given an old dell with win2000 on it, I want 98. I formatted win2000 in order to put 98 on it. I formatted it alright with a startup disk when it finised it went back to A:> I typed D: at the A: prompt, it went to D:\> I typed setup to setup win 98 an it went back to D:\>

Any ideas?

 

[Inaris]

why go back to 98? win2k will keep you running a lot longer, and as far as i can tell, there is no reason to go that way...

as to your problem... you didnt' get any prompts? did you try typing setup.exe and see if it made a difference?

Cant think of anything else...

 

[leemaree]

problem

I typed in setup.exe at the D: propmt and it went back to D:/>

 

[Hefemeister]

type "dir" to see what files are on the disk. should be able to set up cd as first boot device and boot and install off the cd.

 

[leemaree]

I typed in dir. These what files on the win 98 CD :

ATTRIB EXE
CHKDSK EXE
COMMAND COM
DEBUG EXE
EDIT COM
EXT EXE
EXTRACT EXE
FORMAT COM
HELP BAT
MSCDEX EXE
README TXT
RESTART COM
SCANDISK EXE
SCANDISK INI
SYS COM

 

[Hefemeister]

that looks like the win98 boot disk to me. Did you try to install right from the cd?

 

[Amd2800]

Yep thats the 98 boot disc

 

[leemaree]

I did, when I typed in "setup" at the D:\> , it went back to D:\>

 

[Hefemeister]

should not have to type setup. just put the cd in take out the 3 1/2" floppy and let it auto run from the cd.

 

[Amd2800]

You should have to type setup.exe to get into setup