yes i'm stupid..how do I reinstall win 98 on my old comp?
 

I have an old gateway that I'm trying to reinstall windows 98 on and wipe everything I had on it before because the comp keeps locking up. I don't have the manual to it or anything.

I know it's a simple thing but I can't remember how to do it...I stick the disc in the cd rom and it doesn't do anything.

format c

did you set the bios to boot off the cd?

you need a win 98 boot disk

make yourself awin98 bood disk and boot up with that disk then follow the directions mate :)

TOM

yeah I have the windows 98 cd but nothing else....when you say boot disk you mean the floppy disk that you use when your comp needs to be started from scratch again?

yes tell me if you got it , if not you can get them on the net

BTW i hate windows ,thank you

I don't have it....I did a search on kazaa and no dice.....you know where I can get it?

Here's some shit I had saved on my computer from when I first learned how to do a reinstall:


Boot from that boot floppy you just made. Now restart your machine. After a bunch of grinding and whirring (this is what
computing was like in the days before hard drives) you'll see the prompt:

A:

Insert your Windows installation disk in the CD drive and type
the commands:

D:

DIR

If you can see the contents of the CD ROM drive, you're in
business. (If you have more than one hard disk on your
computer, your CD might not be D:-- use whatever drive letter
works.) If not, go back to the article on making a boot disk [TX
link] and try again.

We've reached the point of no return. You're going to partition
your hard drive. Once you do, you will no longer be able to
recover your data. Reassure yourself that you do indeed have
good backups and that you've copied everything you need off
the drive, because you're about to kiss it goodbye.

Type

FDISK

Now we're going to delete your DOS partitions and create three
new partitions. (This is my personal favorite partitioning
scheme, but feel free to replace it with one that works for you.)
Type 3 to Delete partition and then select your Windows
partition-- that's almost always the Primary DOS Partition. Once
you've done so, you're committed. Now create three new DOS
partitions. The first is for your swap file. Make it about 150MB.
Next create your main Windows partition. Make it as big as you
want, but leave 500MB or so free for your final data partition.

Once you've created your partitions, exit FDISK and reboot from your floppy.

Now you can format each partition, starting with the Windows
directory:

FORMAT C: /S /V

The /S parameter makes the C: drive bootable. /V verifies the
format. Format D: (your data directory) and E: (your swap
partition) as well using the /V (but not the /S) parameter. Take
a break, this might take a while.

Once you've got your C: drive formatted, copy the Windows
installation files to the hard drive. This will speed up the
installation and ensure that you have copies of the Windows
install files available in future. No more fumbling for the Windows
CD when you install new hardware. All you need is the files in
the WIN98 directory, although if you have a large enough hard
drive you can copy the entire CD to it. I suggest creating a
folder called WIN98 on your hard drive and sticking the files
there. Once the files are copied, pop out the floppy and restart
your machine. It should start up and you should see the C:
prompt grinning at you. Time to begin the installation of
Windows. Change to the install directory you just created (CD
WIN98 for example) and type SETUP. The setup should begin
and you're in business. Check back with us when it's done.

bvf give me minute to get it for you

You can make the boot disk from your computer if you can boot it up.

I think it is under add/remove programs in Win98.

that's what i'm talkin about!!!! thanks!! i'm saved

I have another question, can you upgrade Windows 98 to Windows XP Home Edition (from the CD) without losing all the PC files?

In theory, yes :)

Real world may be a bit different than theory, but I've had good luck with doing that upgrade....