Cant install Office97 in Vista

I created a 10 GB partition, K, to install Office 98 because I need a word
processor and it's the only version I have. Computer is ACER T180 with Vista
Home Premium. I formatted the K drive.

I put the WIN98 OS disk into the CD ROM drive, E, and type 'setup' thinking
that the set up prompts would ask me which drive to install it into. But the
computer tells me I have to start with an MS_DOS prompt in order to install
Office.

I tried starting the computer in 'Safe Mode with DOS prompt' but whatever I
try from there-on doesn't work.

So how do I install Office in it's own partition?

One other question. Drive K 'Properties' tells me that there is 77.8 MB used
on it. But double clicking the drive tells me that the folder is empty. What
is that all about?

Thanks for any help you can give me. AL

"Alfred Lorona" <> wrote in message
news:MKvbk.49240$. ..
>I created a 10 GB partition, K, to install Office 98 because I need a word
>processor

If I were you I would download and install the latest version of Open office
rather than Office 98, if all you need is a word processor....

www.openoffice.org

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 13:29:30 -0700, "Alfred Lorona"
<> wrote:

>I created a 10 GB partition, K, to install Office 98 because I need a word
>processor and it's the only version I have. Computer is ACER T180 with Vista
>Home Premium. I formatted the K drive.
>
>I put the WIN98 OS disk into the CD ROM drive, E, and type 'setup' thinking
>that the set up prompts would ask me which drive to install it into. But the
>computer tells me I have to start with an MS_DOS prompt in order to install
>Office.
>
>I tried starting the computer in 'Safe Mode with DOS prompt' but whatever I
>try from there-on doesn't work.
>
>So how do I install Office in it's own partition?
>
>One other question. Drive K 'Properties' tells me that there is 77.8 MB used
>on it. But double clicking the drive tells me that the folder is empty. What
>is that all about?
>
>Thanks for any help you can give me. AL

I have Office 97 running on my Vista Business version. I suspect your
problem is trying to install in a non standard way. Why are you?

Did you misstate what you meant to say? If not, why are you trying to
install the Windows 98 OS to a separate partition, if that's what
you're doing? Even if that's what you want, you can't do it that way.

Just install Office like any other application. If it refuses to run
right, right click on the .exe icon for each of the various Office
Applications, properties and try running as XP SP3 or SP2. That should
get you going.

Vista is more fussy than prior versions of Windows and expects to find
program files where it wants them... in the root drive under program
files. Since we're talking less than a GB, shouldn't be a problem
unless you are very low on drive space for C. Are you? If you must,
set Office up after you install it to save your data files to the
separate partition.

Alfred Lorona wrote:
> I created a 10 GB partition, K, to install Office 98 because I need a
> word processor and it's the only version I have. Computer is ACER T180
> with Vista Home Premium. I formatted the K drive.
>
> I put the WIN98 OS disk into the CD ROM drive, E, and type 'setup'
> thinking that the set up prompts would ask me which drive to install it
> into. But the computer tells me I have to start with an MS_DOS prompt in
> order to install Office.
>
> I tried starting the computer in 'Safe Mode with DOS prompt' but
> whatever I try from there-on doesn't work.
>
> So how do I install Office in it's own partition?
>
> One other question. Drive K 'Properties' tells me that there is 77.8 MB
> used on it. But double clicking the drive tells me that the folder is
> empty. What is that all about?
>
> Thanks for any help you can give me. AL


First of all, which version of Office are you actually trying to
install? Your subject line says "Office 97," but in the text of the
message you specify "Office 98." Office 98 was designed for Apple's
MacOS and cannot be installed on a Windows OS.

And then you divert into a discussion of Win98, which is even further
off-track.

If you want to install Office 97, just insert the CD and run Setup.exe
from it. There's certainly no reason to create a separate partition for it.


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On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 13:29:30 -0700, "Alfred Lorona"
<> wrote:

> I created a 10 GB partition, K, to install Office 98 because I need a word
> processor and it's the only version I have.

I'm not absolutely sure, but as far as I know, Microsoft Office 98
won't run under Vista. You need at least Office 200.


> Computer is ACER T180 with Vista
> Home Premium. I formatted the K drive.
>
> I put the WIN98 OS disk into the CD ROM drive, E, and type 'setup' thinking
> that the set up prompts would ask me which drive to install it into. But the
> computer tells me I have to start with an MS_DOS prompt in order to install
> Office.
>
> I tried starting the computer in 'Safe Mode with DOS prompt' but whatever I
> try from there-on doesn't work.
>
> So how do I install Office in it's own partition?



Why would you want to? There's no reason to have separate partitions
for each application, or even application suite.


>
> One other question. Drive K 'Properties' tells me that there is 77.8 MB used
> on it. But double clicking the drive tells me that the folder is empty. What
> is that all about?
>
> Thanks for any help you can give me. AL

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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I apologize for a goof, people. I wrote Office98 in the first line when I
meant my Office97 Professional version.. I was thinking of installing Win98
at the same time and did a bad job of proofing before hiting the send
button. Mia Culpa.

I tried installing Office97 into Vista but some features don't work, namely,
being able to write a macro in Word. It works nicely in Win98 and that's why
I thought I would dual boot.. That is why I created a partitition. I wanted
to put Win98 in it and then install Office97. I don't see why wanting to
dual boot Vista and Win98 is such a problem.

In addition, I want to install Adobe Photo Deluxe 3 into Win98 also because
some features don't work in Vista, namely, being able to save a picture in
GIF format. JPEG works ok however. I posted these two problems on newsgroups
but after not receiving info on how to fix these things, I decided 'the heck
with it' and thought I would use a separate partition for the whole batch
and be done with it once and for all. Besides, I have several other older
but often used programs that simply won't run in Vista. Incidently, I tried
the 'compatability' thing on everything but that didn't do anything. Running
the old Win98 operating system solves everything perfectly, no problem,
instead of fussing and fussing trying to get things to work in Vista.

Thanks again for your responses. AL

"Alfred Lorona" <> wrote:

>I apologize for a goof, people. I wrote Office98 in the first line when I
>meant my Office97 Professional version.. I was thinking of installing Win98
>at the same time and did a bad job of proofing before hiting the send
>button. Mia Culpa.
>
>I tried installing Office97 into Vista but some features don't work, namely,
>being able to write a macro in Word. It works nicely in Win98 and that's why
>I thought I would dual boot.. That is why I created a partitition. I wanted
>to put Win98 in it and then install Office97. I don't see why wanting to
>dual boot Vista and Win98 is such a problem.

You said NOTHING about wanting to setup a dual boot with W98 in your
original post OR in the subject.

In fact, that post was largely incoherent..

>In addition, I want to install Adobe Photo Deluxe 3 into Win98 also because
>some features don't work in Vista, namely, being able to save a picture in
>GIF format. JPEG works ok however. I posted these two problems on newsgroups
>but after not receiving info on how to fix these things, I decided 'the heck
>with it' and thought I would use a separate partition for the whole batch
>and be done with it once and for all. Besides, I have several other older
>but often used programs that simply won't run in Vista. Incidently, I tried
>the 'compatability' thing on everything but that didn't do anything. Running
>the old Win98 operating system solves everything perfectly, no problem,
>instead of fussing and fussing trying to get things to work in Vista.
>
>Thanks again for your responses. AL
>

On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:42:32 -0700, Alfred Lorona wrote:

> I apologize for a goof, people. I wrote Office98 in the first line when
> I meant my Office97 Professional version.. I was thinking of installing
> Win98 at the same time and did a bad job of proofing before hiting the
> send button. Mia Culpa.
>
> I tried installing Office97 into Vista but some features don't work,
> namely, being able to write a macro in Word. It works nicely in Win98
> and that's why I thought I would dual boot.. That is why I created a
> partitition. I wanted to put Win98 in it and then install Office97. I
> don't see why wanting to dual boot Vista and Win98 is such a problem.
>
> In addition, I want to install Adobe Photo Deluxe 3 into Win98 also
> because some features don't work in Vista, namely, being able to save a
> picture in GIF format. JPEG works ok however. I posted these two
> problems on newsgroups but after not receiving info on how to fix these
> things, I decided 'the heck with it' and thought I would use a separate
> partition for the whole batch and be done with it once and for all.
> Besides, I have several other older but often used programs that simply
> won't run in Vista. Incidently, I tried the 'compatability' thing on
> everything but that didn't do anything. Running the old Win98 operating
> system solves everything perfectly, no problem, instead of fussing and
> fussing trying to get things to work in Vista.
>
> Thanks again for your responses. AL

Have you considered setting up a virtual machine with win98 instead of the
dual boot? If it works, it would be quite a bit handier. I also second the
idea of looking at OpenOffice.org and GIMP to see if they would meet your
requirements.

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 16:42:32 -0700, "Alfred Lorona"
<> wrote:

> I apologize for a goof, people. I wrote Office98 in the first line when I
> meant my Office97 Professional version.. I was thinking of installing Win98
> at the same time and did a bad job of proofing before hiting the send
> button. Mia Culpa.


Not a big problem. I understood that you meant Office 97.


> I tried installing Office97 into Vista but some features don't work, namely,
> being able to write a macro in Word.


As I said, I believe you need at least Office 2000 for Vista, and even
there, there are some issues with Outlook 2000.


> It works nicely in Win98 and that's why
> I thought I would dual boot..


Dual boot? That's the first time you mentioned dual-booting.


> That is why I created a partitition. I wanted
> to put Win98 in it and then install Office97.


Yes, you can install Windows 98 and then install applications like
Office 97 under it. But you didn't say anything about installing
Windows 98 and dual booting. All you said was that you were installing
Office 98 in a separate partition, and as I, and others, have told
you, that makes no sense.

If you want both Windows 98 and Office 97 in that partition, you need
to install Windows 98 first.


> I don't see why wanting to
> dual boot Vista and Win98 is such a problem.


It's not. But again, you never said anything about doing that. You
talked about installing Windows 97 in *Vista*.

Also bear in mind that, when dual booting, you normally install the
older operating system first, then the newer one. Although it's
possible to do it the other way around, it's harder and requires a
third-party boot manager.


> In addition, I want to install Adobe Photo Deluxe 3 into Win98 also because
> some features don't work in Vista, namely, being able to save a picture in
> GIF format. JPEG works ok however. I posted these two problems on newsgroups
> but after not receiving info on how to fix these things, I decided 'the heck
> with it' and thought I would use a separate partition for the whole batch
> and be done with it once and for all. Besides, I have several other older
> but often used programs that simply won't run in Vista. Incidently, I tried
> the 'compatability' thing on everything but that didn't do anything. Running
> the old Win98 operating system solves everything perfectly, no problem,
> instead of fussing and fussing trying to get things to work in Vista.


I personally think dual-booting is a nuisance. I wouldn't want to have
to frequently change back and forth between operating systems. If it
were me, I would prefer to get newer (or different) applications that
run under Vista. But it's your choice, not mine.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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It seems I did it again! When I wrote 'dual boot' I thought it meant that I
can boot into either Vista or Win98. and I would have that choice when I
turn on the computer. But I guess that is not the case. So now I have to
say that I don't know what 'dual boot' means. I apologize for my ignorance.

I thought it was clear from my first post that I wanted to install Win98
into the new partition when I said 'I put the Win98 OS disk into the CD ROM
drive and tried 'setup'. I thought everybody would realize that I assumed
that I could not install Office into a partition all by itself.

Look, folks, this is getting out of hand. I don't seem to have the proper
vocabulary or computer savvy to ask about my problems. I assumed the
newsgroup was to help ignoramuses like me. Perhaps I was wrong.

So let's forget the whole thing. Sorry to have bothered you. I won't do it
again. I will try to get help elsewhere.

Thank you. for your troubles. AL