Format Hard Drive Problem! Please Help!

Question

I'd really appreciate if someone could help me. You see, I'm formating a hard drive for my Win98. My comp was attcked by a virus and I needed to start my comp fresh, ya know? I made the bootdisk, I have the WIN98 CD. I'm right in the middle of the process. I was able to copy the Win98 files and now all I need to do is set up Windows 98! I type

F: CD WIN98

That works, so now it says...

F:\WIN98>

I should be able to type in SETUP after F:\WIN98> and setup shoul begin. Well, it doesn't. I get a message saying...quote, "This program requires Microsoft Windows."

I've been up all night and realy need help. Where did I go wrong? Please help! I'm on my laptop right now.

-oddguy

bill macdonald · Answer

oddguy,
What is the F drive? You said you copied the Win98 files-to where? Normally, the operatig system is installed on C: where the boot partition resides.

My win 98 CD is bootable, ie, I put it in the Cd drive and turn on the computer and the win CD starts. Try that first and worry about copying the O/S files after the install.

Did you try install or run as an alternative to "setup"?

Bill-

Denny Denham · Answer

oddguy,

I assume that F:\ is a partition on your hard disk. If so, your problem is the location of setup.exe. It is located at F:\setup.exe, not F:\win98\setup.exe, so simply change drives in DOS by entering F:. At the F:\> prompt type setup and the installation should begin.

This assumes you are using a retail Windows 98 CD. I've never had a Dell Recovery CD for Windows 98 and don't know where setup.exe is located on one, or even if it has one, since installing Windows 98 using that CD requires the procedure here.

Message Edited by Denny Denham on 02-20-2004 08:39 AM

oddguy · Answer

Thanks for the help. My computer is up and running again thanks to the advice you guys gave. Have a cookie! *gives everybody a cookie* -oddguy

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