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Windows 98 SE Install issues...?

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First post, by dreamscape86

Posted on 2022-10-14, 12:56

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I'm trying to install Windows 98 SE on my Toshiba laptop i've gone through fdisk and rebooted to begin setup booting from the CD drive. But once i get to the formatting stage I get this...

Any idea how i can get past this?

Reply 1 of 4, by Meatball

Posted on 2022-10-14, 15:17

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Have you tried formatting the drive before beginning setup? When you boot, choose the option to start computer with only CD-ROM support (don't begin setup). Move to the D:\WIN98 directory. Unless you are using an upgrade CD, format.com is in this directory:

FORMAT C: /Q /V:WIN98

Then you can run SETUP.EXE from the D:\WIN98 directory without rebooting.

Reply 2 of 4, by chinny22

Posted on 2022-10-14, 15:24

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Was typing a reply but meatball beat me to it

I also copy the Win98 folder to the hard drive rather then run setup off the CD which I highly recommend if you have the disk space to spare

Reply 3 of 4, by dreamscape86

Posted on 2022-10-14, 15:48

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I do indeed have plenty of space so i will try that thank you both very much for the help.

Reply 4 of 4, by Meatball

Posted on 2022-10-14, 15:53

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chinny22 wrote on 2022-10-14, 15:24:

Was typing a reply but meatball beat me to it

I also copy the Win98 folder to the hard drive rather then run setup off the CD which I highly recommend if you have the disk space to spare

I ALWAYS do this as well.

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