Step 1. Run FDisk and partition the hardisk.

Step 2. Format the harddisk as a bootable DOS disk.

Step 3. If installing from a CD-ROM, install software to enable the
computer to read the Windows CD-ROM.

Step 4. Run Windows' Setup program.

You can get a bootableYou can obtain a Windows Startup Disk at:

http://www.bootdisk.com/

This disk should have on it an appropriate version of FDisk and
Format. Boot the computer with the bootable disk in drive A: and enter
the command "fdisk". Specify that you want a primary DOS partition.
Exit from FDisk and shut down the computer. Again, boot the computer
with the bootable disk in drive A: and enter the command "format c:
/s". This will format the harddisk and install the files needed to
make the harddisk bootable.

Add your CD-ROM driver to the boot disk. The boot disk might be drive
C: or it might be a Windows Startup Disk that you can insert into
drive A:.

The CD-ROM driver will normally have a name with the letters CD in it
and it will have the extension .SYS. One way to get a CD-ROM driver is
to run the installation program that came with the CD-ROM. Also, you
can usually get a driver from the web site of the companmy that made
the CD-ROM. Or you can search your C: drive for *CD*.SYS.

Using Notepad or any word processor, make a text file, name it
CONFIG.SYS and add it to the boot disk.  This file should look like
this, but with the name of your CD-ROM driver in place of
CDDRIVER.SYS:
DEVICE=CDDRIVER.SYS /D:MSCD000
DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS

Add a copy of MSCDEX.EXE to the boot disk. You can get MSCDEX from the
folder C:\Windows/Command.

Using Notepad or any word processor, make a text file, name it
AUTOEXEC.BAT and add it to the bootdisk.  It should look like this:
MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD000

Bill Starbuck (MVP)