(Msg. 9) Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 3:13 am
Post subject: Re: Re-installing on laptop with no CD drive [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: microsoft>public>win98>gen_discussion, others (more info?)
Jeff Richards wrote:
> Do not format that drive while it is installed in another machine.
Why not?
If he connects the drive to another system, and then boots the other
system into DOS with a win-98 floppy with fdisk and format on it, he
should have no problems.
> Format it before removing it from the laptop,
Do that, or connect it as described above.
> and use the other installation
you mean system?
> only for copying the installation files onto the drive.
And other files / apps, as described in the previous post.
(Msg. 10) Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 3:13 am
Post subject: Re: Re-installing on laptop with no CD drive [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
There is no guarantee that a drive formatted in one machine will be
recognised as validly formatted when installed in another machine, and that
is especially true if the machines are very different, eg a laptop and a
desktop. It's even the case if the OP takes care to ensure that BIOS
settings for the drive are exactly the same or the machines are allowed to
autodetect..
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"98 Guy" <98.RemoveThis@Guy.com> wrote in message news:48CC2F00.117A5A83@Guy.com...
> Jeff Richards wrote:
>
>> Do not format that drive while it is installed in another machine.
>
> Why not?
>
> If he connects the drive to another system, and then boots the other
> system into DOS with a win-98 floppy with fdisk and format on it, he
> should have no problems.
>
>> Format it before removing it from the laptop,
>
> Do that, or connect it as described above.
>
>> and use the other installation
>
> you mean system?
>
>> only for copying the installation files onto the drive.
>
> And other files / apps, as described in the previous post.
(Msg. 11) Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:55 am
Post subject: Re: Done!!! - Re: Re-installing on laptop with no CD drive [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Alpha wrote:
> "Alpha" <alpha RemoveThis @do.not.respond> wrote in message
> news:eMIyp1cFJHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>
>>We need to re-install Windows 98 SE or ME or 2K-Pro on a laptop that has
>>its
>>CD drive internal connection damaged. The floppy drive works though.
>>
>
>
> The task went off absolutely smoothly. Windows 2000 Pro was installed off
> the hard drive.
> The HDD was formatted and "sys"ed and then a folder created to copy the
> entire contents of the install CD on another machine.
> Did not even need the boot floppy to get to the hard drive prompt.
> Just once the set-up process asked to verify the location of the install
> files.
> Thanks for the encouragement and very helpful information.
> Regards and God Bless.
You're welcome, glad to see that things went well.
(Msg. 12) Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:36 pm
Post subject: Re: Re-installing on laptop with no CD drive [Login to view extended thread Info.] Imported from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
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