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Windows Forum / Windows 98 / Setup / August 2005reinstalling windows 98
i wonder if anyone can help me- i have a computer with windows 98, and i would like to re-install it (im selling the computer) but i would like to wipe all of my information from it, so that its just plain, '98, with none of my files or changes, just as it would have been when i bought it. someone told me i need to format my hard drive to do this- id also like to know how to do that is anyone can explain it to me! if anyone has any ideas how i could do this i'd be really grateful, thank you! The Windows setup disk made during install will do this. If not you can get a windows setup disk from www.bootdisk.com Make sure that bios is set to boot from A: (floppy ) first. You can enter bios by using ctrl -del during the initial boot process on most computers. Some uses F1 or F10 keys. Typically there will be a note saying what to do during initial boot to get to bios. Insert the floppy in drive a: Restart the computer. At the A:> prompt type format C: This will format the C drive. Insert the Win98 CD in the CD drive and type at the a:> prompt CD <drive letter for CD drive) \Win98\setup. Note: The drive letter for the CD will appear during boot up process. WARNING: Make sure you have the Retail full version of win98 or an OEM version before doing this. You cannot make a clean install from the Retail upgrade version without a qualifying product (Win 3.1 diskset or a win95 CD). You also need the product code. It can easily be obtained prior to formatting the drive. It cannot be obtained after doing this.  SignatureJon Hildrum DTS MVP Jon_Hildrum@msn.com www.hildrum.com >i wonder if anyone can help me- i have a computer with windows 98, and i > would like to re-install it (im selling the computer) but i would like to [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > if anyone has any ideas how i could do this i'd be really grateful, thank > you! Hello, I too have reformatted my hard drive and I am now trying to get my windows 98 reinstalled. I have tried your suggestions and I am still getting the same results. Every time I try to reinstall Windows I get the same message,Bad command or file name.Any help or suggestions will be appreciated. > The Windows setup disk made during install will do this. > [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > if anyone has any ideas how i could do this i'd be really grateful, thank > > you! I already gave you a link to specific instructions on installing W98--if you missed it: I have complete installation instructions here: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html Once you get all the drivers installed and the system is running as you want it, do a defrag. Once that is done, get a program that will overwrite all the "blank" area on your hard drive so that data cannot be easily retrieved. Eraser: http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/ Freeware that overwrites the "blank" data on a hard drive. 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 > Hello, I too have reformatted my hard drive and I am now trying to get my > windows 98 reinstalled. I have tried your suggestions and I am still [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] >> > thank >> > you! Thanks Ron for your quick respose.No I didn't miss it, in fact I thought it was very informative. I tried your instructions also but still came up with the same results. You were talking about modifying the startup disk but I don't know how to access those drivers to add to my startup disk. > I already gave you a link to specific instructions on installing W98--if you > missed it: [quoted text clipped - 57 lines] > >> > thank > >> > you! >Hello, I too have reformatted my hard drive and I am now trying to get my >windows 98 reinstalled. I have tried your suggestions and I am still getting >the same results. Every time I try to reinstall Windows I get the same >message,Bad command or file name.Any help or suggestions will be appreciated. William, please, step by step: What you are doing, and what you are typing (verbatim) while installation. Something like: ===== 1. Boot from the diskette. 2. Type: format C: 3. After format is finished, type: E: setup 4. At this moment I get a message "Bad command or file name" ===== -- Mikhail Zhilin MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) http://www.aha.ru/~mwz Sorry, no technical support by e-mail. Please reply to the newsgroups only. ====== >> The Windows setup disk made during install will do this. >> [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] >> > if anyone has any ideas how i could do this i'd be really grateful, thank >> > you! Yes that is pretty much what I am doing.After I reformat, I reboot so I can load the temp drivers for CD ROM support. When this is done I get the drive letter A:\>.I change this to E:\> and after this I have typed in E:\>Setup and also E:\>Win98\setup and also tried E:\>CD Win98 also E:\>Setup.exe and I always get Bad command or file name. > >Hello, I too have reformatted my hard drive and I am now trying to get my > >windows 98 reinstalled. I have tried your suggestions and I am still getting [quoted text clipped - 59 lines] > >> > if anyone has any ideas how i could do this i'd be really grateful, thank > >> > you! Is the drive letter for the CD E: ?? Is the CD in the drive and is it a retail or OEM CD ?? If above is yes then this should start setup E:\Win98\setup Note: No > after E: This is assuming your at and A:> prompt. SignatureJon Hildrum DTS MVP Jon_Hildrum@msn.com www.hildrum.com > Yes that is pretty much what I am doing.After I reformat, I reboot so I > can [quoted text clipped - 82 lines] >> >> > thank >> >> > you! Thanks. I think it is a OEM CD.I tried your suggestion and still no luck. > Is the drive letter for the CD E: ?? > [quoted text clipped - 91 lines] > >> >> > thank > >> >> > you! William, to add to Jon: After you boot from the diskette -- you'll see two messages; one of them says what is the Ramdrive letter (it is the drive with the diagnostic tools), and the other one -- what is CDROM letter. If the standard Startup Disk (diskette) is using, then CDROM drive letter is always one letter higher than Ramdrive letter, and (because of the same reason) -- one letter higher than CDROM letter in the working system. So probably you use the wrong CDROM letter, and it has to be F: but not E: I assume you see E:\> prompt, and type yourself only: setup in this line, so the whole line you see is "E:\>setup". Then type not E: command at mine step 3, but F: instead. -- Mikhail Zhilin MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) http://www.aha.ru/~mwz Sorry, no technical support by e-mail. Please reply to the newsgroups only. ====== >Yes that is pretty much what I am doing.After I reformat, I reboot so I can >load the temp drivers for CD ROM support. When this is done I get the drive [quoted text clipped - 65 lines] >> >> > if anyone has any ideas how i could do this i'd be really grateful, thank >> >> > you! Thanks guys,I really appreciate your patience and understanding. This is what I am seeing after I reboot and load the temp drivers, Drive E=Driver MSCDOO1 unit 0. Now under this I am still seeing drive A:\> and this is where I am changing the letter to E. This is why I have been using E as my CD ROM letter. I tried to use F as the drive letter as you suggested and got the message Invalid drive specification. > William, to add to Jon: > [quoted text clipped - 94 lines] > >> >> > if anyone has any ideas how i could do this i'd be really grateful, thank > >> >> > you! Try the following: at the A:> prompt type CD E: Then use explorer and see what is on the E:drive If you see a folder called Win98 then at the E:> prompt type cd\win98 Now at the E:\win98 prompt type setup. SignatureJon Hildrum DTS MVP Jon_Hildrum@msn.com www.hildrum.com > Thanks guys,I really appreciate your patience and understanding. This is > what [quoted text clipped - 128 lines] >> >> >> > grateful, thank >> >> >> > you! Thanks for your suggestion. I tried it and got invalid directory.I also checked the ram drive,it is virtual drive D.From everything I have found and with the suggestions that have been offered, everything sounds like it should have worked. Is it possible that I am doing something wrong or maybe missing something. I have used this disk to reinstall windows 98 before and it seems as well as I can remember that after formatting i just typed in E:\ and changed the drive and then typed in setup and it started, but for some reason it is not working this time. > Try the following: > at the A:> prompt type CD E: [quoted text clipped - 136 lines] > >> >> >> > grateful, thank > >> >> >> > you! Please follow the directions I gave and if necessary, print them out. I would make a new floppy boot disk as described (it doesn't create a ram drive which often confuses people). Once you get to the end of the boot, look at the screen and see what letter was assigned to the CDRom drive. At the A: prompt, type that letter--for example, D: and hit enter. To see what is on the D: drive, type: Dir and hit enter. If you see a directory you want to change to, type: CD setup and hit enter. You can always tell what directories and files are available by using the Dir command--great when you get lost. 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 > Thanks for your suggestion. I tried it and got invalid directory.I also > checked the ram drive,it is virtual drive D.From everything I have found [quoted text clipped - 172 lines] >> >> >> >> > grateful, thank >> >> >> >> > you! That is a bad command Jon. To change partitions, one types: E: (or whatever) and hits enter. Once in the partition, one changes directories by typing: CD Windows (or whatever) and hitting enter. Been a while since you loaded 98, right :-) 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 > Try the following: > at the A:> prompt type CD E: [quoted text clipped - 138 lines] >>> >> >> > grateful, thank >>> >> >> > you! Thanks you are correct Ron. Been awhile since I have used Dos. SignatureJon Hildrum DTS MVP Jon_Hildrum@msn.com www.hildrum.com > That is a bad command Jon. To change partitions, one types: E: (or > whatever) and hits enter. Once in the partition, one changes [quoted text clipped - 145 lines] >>>> >> >> > grateful, thank >>>> >> >> > you! Thanks guys. I do appreciate all of your suggestions. I think I have found my problem. I beleive my Windows 98 CD is bad. Could someone tell me where I can purchase a new one? > Thanks you are correct Ron. Been awhile since I have used Dos. > [quoted text clipped - 147 lines] > >>>> >> >> > grateful, thank > >>>> >> >> > you! EBay, or any number of online vendors like Amazon http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/103-4977521-9935823. If you live in or near a large population center, you might find local shops that still have a few copies. SignatureGary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User > Thanks guys. I do appreciate all of your suggestions. I think I have found > my [quoted text clipped - 173 lines] >> >>>> >> >> > grateful, thank >> >>>> >> >> > you! Hi Jon, You may be a victum of not putting spaces where they are needed. When they say type in "cd\win98" they really mean type in the cd and then a space and then type in \win98 and then hit the return key. If you are tryping to run the setup command you should be in the directory on the cd that is the WIN98 directory off the root. If you are in the correct place and you do a "dir" command, you should see lots of files including the "cab" files. If you do not, you are not in the correct location. charles..... > Try the following: > at the A:> prompt type CD E: [quoted text clipped - 136 lines] > >> >> >> > grateful, thank > >> >> >> > you! Go to http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm and create a Windows 95 version B boot floppy. This uses DOS version 7, which is sufficient for installing Windows 98. Use it to start the computer in question, insert your Windows 98 CD, then type "R:\win98\setup" and press "Enter". Ben > Hello, I too have reformatted my hard drive and I am now trying to get my > windows 98 reinstalled. I have tried your suggestions and I am still getting [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > > if anyone has any ideas how i could do this i'd be really grateful, thank > > > you! I have complete installation instructions here: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html Once you get all the drivers installed and the system is running as you want it, do a defrag. Once that is done, get a program that will overwrite all the "blank" area on your hard drive so that data cannot be easily retrieved. Eraser: http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/ Freeware that overwrites the "blank" data on a hard drive. 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 >i wonder if anyone can help me- i have a computer with windows 98, and i > would like to re-install it (im selling the computer) but i would like to [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > if anyone has any ideas how i could do this i'd be really grateful, thank > you! |
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