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Windows Forum / Windows 98 / Performance / February 2006Re-installing
Please help me....I just formatted my laptop so I could re-install the 98 SE, as there was too much garbage in my system. When I got to the D: and entered Setup....it told setup cannnot be run in DOS mode??? Can someone please tell me how to get it so I can install the system again? I have never saw that before so I am at a lose. Thank you very much. Lizzie > Please help me....I just formatted my laptop so I could re-install the 98 SE, > as there was too much garbage in my system. When I got to the D: and entered > Setup....it told setup cannnot be run in DOS mode??? Can someone please tell > me how to get it so I can install the system again? I have never saw that > before so I am at a lose. Thank you very much. Lizzie First, take a deep breath. Now for some questions: 1. What brand/model is the laptop? 2. Do you have the oem cd? 3. When you went to the d: drive, what directory were you in? 4. What other files showed up when you do the DIR command? 5. Are you positive you are trying to install W98SE? 6. What mode were you in when you did the formating process? 7. What program did you you for the formating process FORMAT.COM? 8. Does the laptop still boot at all? 9. Do you have a boot floppy? 10. Can you boot to your oem cd? 11. When you do boot, can you "see" your cdrom and its contents? Will be back this afternoon to continue, the above should give us a good start. charles..... Please describe your procedures a bit more. You're using a floppy startup disk, correct? You boot to it... Then what? Provide each command you perform.  SignatureGary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User > Please help me....I just formatted my laptop so I could re-install the 98 SE, > as there was too much garbage in my system. When I got to the D: and entered > Setup....it told setup cannnot be run in DOS mode??? Can someone please tell > me how to get it so I can install the system again? I have never saw that > before so I am at a lose. Thank you very much. Lizzie > Please describe your procedures a bit more. You're using a floppy startup > disk, correct? You boot to it... Then what? Provide each command you > perform. I PUT THE START UP DISK IN...THEN IT ALL GOES GOOD, EVERYTHING LOADS =UNTIL I GO TO D: AND ENTER SETUP.... > MS MVP Shell/User > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > me how to get it so I can install the system again? I have never saw that > > before so I am at a lose. Thank you very much. Lizzie Please do not use all caps. It denotes shouting and is difficult to read. At the C:\> prompt, try: E:\Setup When you use a Windows Startup floppy disk, it creates a RAM Drive on D:\ and the CD drive letter is shifted to E:\ (assuming you have no other drives than C:\ hard drive and (usually) D:\ CD drive. SignatureGary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User > > Please describe your procedures a bit more. You're using a floppy startup > > disk, correct? You boot to it... Then what? Provide each command you [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > > me how to get it so I can install the system again? I have never saw that > > > before so I am at a lose. Thank you very much. Lizzie Most laptops come with a bootable CD--if this is what you have, you do not need to use a floppy disk to install the system. Boot the computer with your W98 CD in and see what happens. If it boots without starting an installation, reboot and watch the screen to see what key to push to enter setup (the BIOS). Once in the BIOS, navigation instructions are provided on the screen. Look for a section where the Boot Devices are listed. If the CDRom is not the first boot device, change it so it is and then exit saving the change. Reboot with the W98CD in the drive again. If the installation still doesn't start, either there is a problem with your laptop or the CD is not bootable. SignatureRegards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo >> Please describe your procedures a bit more. You're using a floppy startup >> disk, correct? You boot to it... Then what? Provide each command you [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >> > that >> > before so I am at a lose. Thank you very much. Lizzie |
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