compacq laptop

have no cdrom drive how can i install win98 without cdrom.
thanks
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cob

Mike
Wed May 14 19:21:48 PDT 2008


"cob" <cob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> have no cdrom drive how can i install win98 without cdrom.
> thanks
> --
> cob

Well, make lots of floppies?

Actually, there were utilities to 'mount' a CD from one computer as a drive
on
another. You could tie the two together with a DOS driver and either serial
or parallel cables.

cob
Wed May 14 19:34:01 PDT 2008

thanks Mike if i can figger out the transfur i will try
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cob


"Mike Y" wrote:

>
> "cob" <cob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:54BFC251-5C56-4241-A26A-F05A3991FE79@microsoft.com...
> > have no cdrom drive how can i install win98 without cdrom.
> > thanks
> > --
> > cob
>
> Well, make lots of floppies?
>
> Actually, there were utilities to 'mount' a CD from one computer as a drive
> on
> another. You could tie the two together with a DOS driver and either serial
> or parallel cables.
>
>
>

dot
Wed May 14 19:50:39 PDT 2008

"cob" <cob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> have no cdrom drive how can i install win98 without cdrom.
> thanks
> --
> cob

I've in the past had success with a laptop 2.5" to desktop
3.5" ATA hard drive adapter, such as the one found here:
http://www.algogo.com/product.php?productid=16141&cat=251

dot
Wed May 14 19:53:16 PDT 2008

"." <.@dot.com> wrote in message news:3yNWj.30252$UM3.19434@newsfe15.phx...
> "cob" <cob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:54BFC251-5C56-4241-A26A-F05A3991FE79@microsoft.com...
> > have no cdrom drive how can i install win98 without cdrom.
> > thanks
> > --
> > cob
>
> I've in the past had success with a laptop 2.5" to desktop
> 3.5" ATA hard drive adapter, such as the one found here:
> http://www.algogo.com/product.php?productid=16141&cat=251
>

A possibly better source:
http://www.outletpc.com/c8165.html

Mike
Wed May 14 21:08:44 PDT 2008


"." <.@dot.com> wrote in message news:3yNWj.30252$UM3.19434@newsfe15.phx...
> "cob" <cob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:54BFC251-5C56-4241-A26A-F05A3991FE79@microsoft.com...
> > have no cdrom drive how can i install win98 without cdrom.
> > thanks
> > --
> > cob
>
> I've in the past had success with a laptop 2.5" to desktop
> 3.5" ATA hard drive adapter, such as the one found here:
> http://www.algogo.com/product.php?productid=16141&cat=251
>
>

If you use one of these devices, use it to install your Compaq drive in
another
machine. Then COPY the WIN 98 install set with all the CABs to a directory
on the HD. Put the HD back into your laptop, boot it, and setup WIN98.

It will mean you'll have to have at least a minimal DOS boot setup on the
HD, but that's easy to do.

Gary
Wed May 14 21:43:46 PDT 2008

Does it have a floppy drive? Can you boot to a Windows Startup floppy disk
with that floppy drive? (www.bootdisk.com) Have you done the research and
collected all the drivers you're going to need for that machine? What's the
model of that machine? I presume you have a standard Win98(SE) installation
CD, not some Restore disk that came with the machine?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"cob" <cob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> have no cdrom drive how can i install win98 without cdrom.
> thanks
> --
> cob

PCR
Thu May 15 16:53:10 PDT 2008

cob wrote:
| have no cdrom drive how can i install win98 without cdrom.

You won't need a CD-ROM drive or an installation CD, if the .cab's are
in a folder on the hard drive...

"START button, Find, F/F, Win98*.cab" (That's asterisk-dot-cab.)

If 55 of them show up, the folder that contains them is a copy of the
Win98SE Installation CD. The number likely is different for Win98FE.
Usually, the folder that contains them is "C:\Windows\Option\Cabs". If
that same folder also contains the file "Setup.exe", you have everything
you need to install Win98. But best post back for instructions on how to
do it! You may need to download updated or specialized device drivers
before starting a fresh install!

| thanks
| --
| cob

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