win 98 question - thought someome here would know

ok now that I've dusted off my dos user manual you have to type dir/p/w
that will let you see what is on the rout dir of the cd.
you have to type setup.exe
ps you can get all the dos commands by typing help

"Kevin Oye" <> wrote in message
news:...
> please help. i know this is a vista newgroup but i could not find a win
> 98 group.
>
> i am installing win 98 se for a friend of mine. hard drive is fully
> formatted. i put the start up disk and the dos promt comes on. i use cd
> support and then i get to the d drive for the cd rom.
>
> so I am at the d prompt, the cd drivers are installed and seing my cd rom.
>
> now for the life of me, i cannot remember what dos command to type in here
> to get the cd to kick in.
>
> i tried several
>
> cdwin 98
>
> cdwin_98
>
> setup
>
> I am lost.
>
> TIA
>
>
>
> --
> ____________________________________________
>
> Kevin
>

yea umm people he is installing windows 98SE not windows 98
"Kevin Oye" <> wrote in message
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>i see the setup.exe file there on the d drive but nothing happens when I
>type this command in
>
>
>
> --
> ____________________________________________
>
>
> "SG" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Kevin,
>>
>> Sounds like you are correctly at the CD-ROM drive letter, but it all
>> depends on what CD you have as to where the Setup.exe file is located.
>> If it's a Retail CD then Setup.exe is in the Root of the drive and that
>> should have worked, but obviously not per your answer.
>> Do you know what version CD you have?
>> On some of the MSDN CD's there were several versions of Windows and you
>> have to type the path to the folder where their located.
>>
>> Example for Win98
>> Type: CD\Win98 Press Enter
>> Type: Setup Press Enter
>> Type: Setup Press Enter
>>
>> Example for Win98-SE
>> Type: CD\Win98_SE Press Enter
>> Type: Setup Press Enter
>> Type: Setup Press Enter
>>
>> Try booting again from your floppy disk and this time type the following
>> after you switch over to your CD-ROM drive letter.
>>
>> dir /w /p Press Enter
>> Note the spaces between "dir" "/w" and "/p"
>>
>> The "w" is the Wide switch
>> The "p" is the pause switch
>> If there's a lot on the screen just press Enter to move down.
>>
>> This should show you what's on the disk and the path where the Setup.exe
>> is located.
>>
>> --
>> All the best,
>> SG
>>
>> Is your computer system ready for Vista?
>> https://winqual.microsoft.com/hcl/
>>
>> "Kevin Oye" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> please help. i know this is a vista newgroup but i could not find a win
>>> 98 group.
>>>
>>> i am installing win 98 se for a friend of mine. hard drive is fully
>>> formatted. i put the start up disk and the dos promt comes on. i use
>>> cd support and then i get to the d drive for the cd rom.
>>>
>>> so I am at the d prompt, the cd drivers are installed and seing my cd
>>> rom.
>>>
>>> now for the life of me, i cannot remember what dos command to type in
>>> here to get the cd to kick in.
>>>
>>> i tried several
>>>
>>> cdwin 98
>>>
>>> cdwin_98
>>>
>>> setup
>>>
>>> I am lost.
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> ____________________________________________
>>>
>>> Kevin
>>>
>>
>

please help. i know this is a vista newgroup but i could not find a win 98
group.

i am installing win 98 se for a friend of mine. hard drive is fully
formatted. i put the start up disk and the dos promt comes on. i use cd
support and then i get to the d drive for the cd rom.

so I am at the d prompt, the cd drivers are installed and seing my cd rom.

now for the life of me, i cannot remember what dos command to type in here
to get the cd to kick in.

i tried several

cdwin 98

cdwin_98

setup

I am lost.

TIA



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Kevin

"Kevin Oye" <> wrote in message
news:...
> please help. i know this is a vista newgroup but i could not find a win
> 98 group.

And how hard did you try?

microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion

Kevin Oye wrote:

> please help. i know this is a vista newgroup but i could not find a win
> 98 group.
>
> i am installing win 98 se for a friend of mine. hard drive is fully
> formatted. i put the start up disk and the dos promt comes on. i use
> cd support and then i get to the d drive for the cd rom.
>
> so I am at the d prompt, the cd drivers are installed and seing my cd rom.
>
> now for the life of me, i cannot remember what dos command to type in
> here to get the cd to kick in.
>
> i tried several
>
> cdwin 98
>
> cdwin_98
>
> setup
>
> I am lost.
>
> TIA
>
>
>
Isn't it setup.exe?
Frank

"Kevin Oye" <> wrote in message
news:...
>> now for the life of me, i cannot remember what dos command to type in
>> here
> to get the cd to kick in.
>
> i tried several
>
> cdwin 98
>
> cdwin_98
>
> setup

I'm pretty sure it is setup. Do a DIR and see what shows upon the CD.

"Kevin Oye" <> wrote in message
news:...
> please help. i know this is a vista newgroup but i could not find a win
98
> group.
>
> i am installing win 98 se for a friend of mine. hard drive is fully
> formatted. i put the start up disk and the dos promt comes on. i use cd
> support and then i get to the d drive for the cd rom.
>
> so I am at the d prompt, the cd drivers are installed and seing my cd rom.
>
> now for the life of me, i cannot remember what dos command to type in here
> to get the cd to kick in.
>
> i tried several
>
> cdwin 98
>
> cdwin_98
>
> setup
>
> I am lost.
>
> TIA
>
>
>

Watch the screen carefully to see which drive is assigned to the cdrom.

drive D: is usually a RAM drive

If (for example) drive E: is assigned to the cdrom...
at the C: prompt simply type and enter E:


now just type and enter setup

and the installation should begin


NOTE: There still are a number of win98 groups so you may want to post
thetre if you have add;l questions

How to Install Windows 98 on a Computer with No Operating System
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/221829/en-us

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows System & Performance

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"Kevin Oye" wrote:

please help. i know this is a vista newgroup but i could not find a win 98
group.

i am installing win 98 se for a friend of mine. hard drive is fully
formatted. i put the start up disk and the dos promt comes on. i use cd
support and then i get to the d drive for the cd rom.

so I am at the d prompt, the cd drivers are installed and seing my cd rom.

now for the life of me, i cannot remember what dos command to type in here
to get the cd to kick in.

i tried several

cdwin 98

cdwin_98

setup

I am lost.

TIA



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Kevin

tried setup.exe I get a bad command or file name



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"Andrew" <> wrote in message
news:...
> ok now that I've dusted off my dos user manual you have to type dir/p/w
> that will let you see what is on the rout dir of the cd.
> you have to type setup.exe
> ps you can get all the dos commands by typing help
>
> "Kevin Oye" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> please help. i know this is a vista newgroup but i could not find a win
>> 98 group.
>>
>> i am installing win 98 se for a friend of mine. hard drive is fully
>> formatted. i put the start up disk and the dos promt comes on. i use cd
>> support and then i get to the d drive for the cd rom.
>>
>> so I am at the d prompt, the cd drivers are installed and seing my cd
>> rom.
>>
>> now for the life of me, i cannot remember what dos command to type in
>> here to get the cd to kick in.
>>
>> i tried several
>>
>> cdwin 98
>>
>> cdwin_98
>>
>> setup
>>
>> I am lost.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> ____________________________________________
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>

didn't work out

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Kevin Oye
Toronto, Canada
T: (416) 247-2953
C: (647) 235-5056
F: (905) 206-0690

"Frank" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Kevin Oye wrote:
>
>> please help. i know this is a vista newgroup but i could not find a win
>> 98 group.
>>
>> i am installing win 98 se for a friend of mine. hard drive is fully
>> formatted. i put the start up disk and the dos promt comes on. i use cd
>> support and then i get to the d drive for the cd rom.
>>
>> so I am at the d prompt, the cd drivers are installed and seing my cd
>> rom.
>>
>> now for the life of me, i cannot remember what dos command to type in
>> here to get the cd to kick in.
>>
>> i tried several
>>
>> cdwin 98
>>
>> cdwin_98
>>
>> setup
>>
>> I am lost.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>>
>>
> Isn't it setup.exe?
> Frank