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hi I'm trying to install win 98 on a new PC, the boot menu loads from the CD inside the DVD Drive but when I choose to install 98 with CD-rom support, it couldn't recognize the drive,is it the problem with DVD? what should I do? (except downloading drivers :( ) ... and I can't open the Box, it's in warranty
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Uhh, without drivers, you can't use the DVD. So guess what....
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It might have something to do with the fact that the OS is 10 years out of date..? Regards, --Perspx
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It might have something to do with the fact that the OS is 10 years out of date..?
Geeze, wouldn't that be it? :laugh:
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hi I'm trying to install win 98 on a new PC, the boot menu loads from the CD inside the DVD Drive but when I choose to install 98 with CD-rom support, it couldn't recognize the drive,is it the problem with DVD? what should I do? (except downloading drivers :( ) ... and I can't open the Box, it's in warranty
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subai wrote:
I'm trying to install win 98 on a new PC
Why? Windows 98 is soooooo old and out of date.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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subai wrote:
I'm trying to install win 98 on a new PC
Why? Windows 98 is soooooo old and out of date.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
one of our clients uses an old ms-dos program, he wanted to replace his Win XP with Win 98 you can consider my problem as installing win 98 on a machine without cd-drive I'm trying to find something about installing from network and for the last way I will use my ubunto live cd to copy installation files on hard disk
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one of our clients uses an old ms-dos program, he wanted to replace his Win XP with Win 98 you can consider my problem as installing win 98 on a machine without cd-drive I'm trying to find something about installing from network and for the last way I will use my ubunto live cd to copy installation files on hard disk
I Wish the Life Had CTRL-Z Wizard's First Rule : People are fool,they believe what they want to believe or what they afraid to believe www.subaitech.blogspot.com
I would highly recommend installing Windows XP and using Microsoft Virtual PC[^] for the old MS-DOS applications. It is completely free and very easy to setup. Windows 98 is no longer supported and will no longer recieve security updates. It reached the end of life back in 2006[^] and is now a retired product. Anyone using Windows 98 will be subject to unpatched vulnerabilities, some of which may occur simply by surfing the internet. You should inform your boss of this and then show him how easy it is to use Virtual PC 2007[^] Best Wishes, -David Delaune
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one of our clients uses an old ms-dos program, he wanted to replace his Win XP with Win 98 you can consider my problem as installing win 98 on a machine without cd-drive I'm trying to find something about installing from network and for the last way I will use my ubunto live cd to copy installation files on hard disk
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subai wrote:
uses an old ms-dos program, he wanted to replace his Win XP with Win 98
Is the client unable to use the msdos program under XP? Shouldn't be any problem doing so.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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one of our clients uses an old ms-dos program, he wanted to replace his Win XP with Win 98 you can consider my problem as installing win 98 on a machine without cd-drive I'm trying to find something about installing from network and for the last way I will use my ubunto live cd to copy installation files on hard disk
I Wish the Life Had CTRL-Z Wizard's First Rule : People are fool,they believe what they want to believe or what they afraid to believe www.subaitech.blogspot.com
If you have a floppydrive you can always install from that. If you check the files on the cd you'll notice that they are divided into a load of similar sized cabfiles (about 1.68 MB). They'll all fit on floppies if you have the right formatting program, winimage or dcf should do fine. And then you have to spend some hours on swapping floppies, just like in the good old days. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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subai wrote:
uses an old ms-dos program, he wanted to replace his Win XP with Win 98
Is the client unable to use the msdos program under XP? Shouldn't be any problem doing so.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
Thx for replying. I don't know which program he uses but I asked him the same question and he said nope, it only can work in MS-Dos or at least 98,it seems that it's a very old program !
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I would highly recommend installing Windows XP and using Microsoft Virtual PC[^] for the old MS-DOS applications. It is completely free and very easy to setup. Windows 98 is no longer supported and will no longer recieve security updates. It reached the end of life back in 2006[^] and is now a retired product. Anyone using Windows 98 will be subject to unpatched vulnerabilities, some of which may occur simply by surfing the internet. You should inform your boss of this and then show him how easy it is to use Virtual PC 2007[^] Best Wishes, -David Delaune
completely agree, but situation here is somehow different.
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If you have a floppydrive you can always install from that. If you check the files on the cd you'll notice that they are divided into a load of similar sized cabfiles (about 1.68 MB). They'll all fit on floppies if you have the right formatting program, winimage or dcf should do fine. And then you have to spend some hours on swapping floppies, just like in the good old days. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
:-D :laugh: ;)
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hi I'm trying to install win 98 on a new PC, the boot menu loads from the CD inside the DVD Drive but when I choose to install 98 with CD-rom support, it couldn't recognize the drive,is it the problem with DVD? what should I do? (except downloading drivers :( ) ... and I can't open the Box, it's in warranty
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for anyone who wants to use optical drive in Dos : ODD DOS driver ver.2.4[^]
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