installing windows98 on a new hard drive..

[cubs99]

i am going to put a new hard drive in my computer, it being install where i buy the drive.

when i get it home i will have a blank hard drive. not sure where to go from there.. is there any info i how to go about re-installing windows98, step by step? do i need a floppy of some sort? and what about DOS? how do i get that back on my computer?

thanks
cubs99

[bailey]

is it w98se?

just set the bios to boot from cdrom and go

if that dont work do you have a w98 boot disk?

there are other ways to do it but see it these get you anywhere

[Bill in SD, CA]

Partitioning and formatting a new hard drive: for installing Win98.

Bill

[John Prophet]

If they dont partition and format the hard drive for you, then you will need to do that....so you will need a floppy for that. you can just go to www.bootdisk.com and download a floppy image etc

If the drive is already formatted then you just boot from the cd

[cubs99]

yes i am using win98 se

so to understand you correctly...

if not formatted and partitioned, then i DL a file from bootdisk.com (win98 se oem) run it make a program on a floppy, start the computer with the floppy in it then used the cd with win98 se when needed..

if the did format the disk then just used the cd rom by putting it in the tray? is there any command codes needed?

thanks a bunch
cubs99

[Bill in SD, CA]

1. Either download a boot disk from the site and follow the instructions for creating a bootable floppy or

2. If you have the Win98 install diskette you can use that.

3. Boot from the floppy.

4. 98 floppy will give you instructions

5. Bootdisk follow the instruction from the site I linked to.

6. After the CD starts it thing just follow the directions.

Bill

[Front242]

...so to understand you correctly...

if not formatted and partitioned, then i DL a file from bootdisk.com (win98 se oem) run it make a program on a floppy, start the computer with the floppy in it then used the cd with win98 se when needed..

Not quite. first you have to format the drive. wait for the a: prompt then type in "fdisk" (w/o quotations), enable large disk support, then follow the prompts. You want to create a primary dos partition. Once that is done then you can boot from CD.