I'm trying to install Windows 98 on a computer (an older laptop )that has no
bootable CD-Rom. What to do?

"bigshot42" <bigshot42@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Alt. A:
when X:=CD drive
1. Boot DOS from the floppy (customized for your particular laptop)
2. X:SETUP.EXE

Alt B:
if you can first copy X:/Win98/*.* to the hard drive
(to its own directory made in DOS by
C> MD SETUP
C> COPY X:/SETUP.EXE C:/SETUP
C> COPY X:/WIN98/*.* C:/SETUP
then run C:/SETUP/SETUP.EXE

Good guidance is available at
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html

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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Is your W98 CD one that came with the laptop? If so, it should be bootable
and you just have to make sure the CDRom is listed as the first boot device
in the BIOS. If not, you should first check to see if the laptop will even
run with W98 and if the appropriate drivers exist for its hardware.

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Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"bigshot42" <bigshot42@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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No Bootable CD ROM or no Bootable CD with Windows?
If no CDROM on the laptop there are several ways:
1. use a parallel cable connection between 2 PCs
2. Use a USB Datatransfer cable

Regards,
Gary 'Doc' Adams
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"bigshot42" <bigshot42@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FECDD455-D2E5-4C46-9627-E32926F3ED8F@microsoft.com...
If the laptop has both floppy and CD drives, go to
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm and create a boot floppy with
CD drivers.

Ben