HOW TO MAKE A WIN98 BOOT DISK WITHOUT A FLOPPY DRIVE

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I have this problem, I've gotten this old system and I want to put win98
back on it, well I dont have a boot disk and my current system is running xp
and dont have a floppy drive to write the images too, however the older
system will boot from a cd, so how do I make a bootable 98 cd to start this
old machine with?
 
Adam said:
I have this problem, I've gotten this old system and I want to put win98
back on it, well I dont have a boot disk and my current system is running xp
and dont have a floppy drive to write the images too, however the older
system will boot from a cd, so how do I make a bootable 98 cd to start this
old machine with?
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THe win98 cd IS bootable. Check to see if the boot order in the BIOS
lists the CDROM before the hard disk.
 
everytime I booted with the cdrom as first than it kept saying "non system
disk or disk error" which means it isnt bootable.
 
If you have a techie friend ask him/her if he's got a spare floppy drive you can
borrow. Odds are he does. Then, ask him to make you a boot disk. Don't forget to
take him out to lunch.
 
Adam said:
everytime I booted with the cdrom as first than it kept saying "non system
disk or disk error" which means it isnt bootable.
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Is this an upgrade? Or a restore disk? The upgrades aren't often
bootable. Also, it could be that your old CD drive is not bootable.

You could test the latter by stealing the one from your XP machine.

You can also borrow the floppy drive from your 98 machine, use it to
create a boot disk, and then put it back when you're done.

You should check out the resources at www.bootdisk.com, they may have a
few ideas.



 
You could test the latter by stealing the one from your XP machine.>
You can also borrow the floppy drive from your 98 machine, use it to
create a boot disk, and then put it back when you're done.

You should check out the resources at www.bootdisk.com, they may have a
few ideas.
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Thanks for the suggestion, but my new computer dont even have a FDD
controller on board, the place were it used to go looks like someone just
unsoldered it from the board and pulled it off.
 
Adam said:
Thanks for the suggestion, but my new computer dont even have a FDD
controller on board, the place were it used to go looks like someone just
unsoldered it from the board and pulled it off.
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Can you borrow an LS-120 (superdisk), or a USB floppy, perhaps?

I think also that many CD burning programs have a way to make a
bootable CD.



Most likely the fdd controller was never connected, not removed.
 
Not all 98 install CDs are bootable. Go to the general forum for 98 at the
newserver, and ask the question there. You'll get the same answer.
win98.gen_discussion newsgroup is suggested.

A boot CD such as sourced from a 98 startup diskette image can be made with
Nero burning ROM application.

And leaving the above session open instead of closing it, then adding the
entire 98CD rom, then closing it, will have it all in one package. The
floppy diskette boot portion will be A: and the remainder will be D:
 
THe win98 cd IS bootable. Check to see if the boot order in the BIOS
lists the CDROM before the hard disk.
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Really? I've never encountered a bootable Win98 CD.


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Only the OEM version was bootable. Retail and upgrade cds weren't bootable
until WinMe.

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I have dozens. Want one?
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Nope. I've no use for them, now.

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This is not correct. All Microsoft 98 CDs are bootable, in my
experience, except the 98SE update, not upgrade, that will only upgrade
98FE.
 
This is not correct. All Microsoft 98 CDs are bootable, in my experience,
except the 98SE update, not upgrade, that will only upgrade 98FE.
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That's exactly what I recall, too.

-John O
 
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