How to Install Windows 98 SE on a PC -- Step by Step Rev.07g 09/21/04
Note: For a list of Materials needed to install the "Windows 98 SE"
operating system on a PC, please see Step D. below.
A. Create a "Win 98 StartUp Disk" floppy disk (use PC #1)
1. Boot into Windows 98 SE from a PC that contains operating system
"Windows 98 SE" (Windows 98 Second Edition - Full version).
2. Format a blank 3.5-inch 1.44MB floppy disk.
a. Label a floppy disk as follows: "Win 98 StartUp Disk".
b. Insert this floppy disk into floppy drive A:.
c. DblClick on the "My Computer" icon on the desktop.
(this opens the "My Computer" window)
d. RightClick on the "3 1/2 Floppy A:" icon.
(this opens an options list)
e. Click on the option entitled "Format".
(this opens the "Format" window)
f. Click on the Format Type option "Full".
g. Click on "Start".
h. The floppy disk in floppy drive A: will now be formatted.
i. When formatting is complete, you will see the prompt window
"Format Results". To close this window, click on "Close".
Note: If "bad sectors" are present, then choose another blank
3.5-inch 1.44MB floppy disk, and repeat step 2. above.
j. To close the "Format" window, click on "Close".
k. You now have a labeled, formatted 3.5-inch 1.44MB floppy disk
in floppy drive A:. Use this floppy disk for step 3. below.
3. Create a "Win 98 StartUp Disk" using a 3.5-inch 1.44MB floppy disk.
a. Insert the labeled, formatted 3.5-inch floppy disk from step 2.
above into floppy drive A:.
b. DblClick on the "My Computer" icon on the desktop.
(this opens the "My Computer" window)
c. DblClick on the "Control Panel" icon.
(or for b./c. click on "Start", "Settings", "Control Panel")
(this opens the "Control Panel" window)
d. DblClick on the "Add/Remove Programs" icon.
(this opens the "Add/Remove Programs Properties" window)
e. Click on the "Startup Disk" tab.
f. Insert the "Windows 98 SE - Full version" CD into CD-ROM drive E:
when prompted to do so. Click on "OK" to continue.
(where "E:" is the drive letter for your CD-ROM drive)
Note: The CD-ROM drive will usually have the drive letter D: or E:.
g. When the "Win 98 StartUp Disk" floppy disk has been created, to
close the "Add/Remove Programs Properties" window, click on "OK".
h. Remove the "Windows 98 SE" CD that was inserted in step f. above.
i. To close the "Control Panel" window, click on the top right "X".
j. Remove the completed "Win 98 StartUp Disk" from floppy drive A:.
k. To write-protect this floppy disk, move tab to the open position.
l. Use this "Win 98 StartUp Disk" floppy disk for step B. below.
B. Prepare a PC for installation of "Windows 98 Second Edition" (use PC #2)
1. Insert the "Win 98 StartUp Disk" floppy disk into floppy drive A:
of the PC on which you wish to install the "Windows 98 SE" op sys.
2. Boot the PC from the "Win 98 StartUp Disk" in floppy drive A:.
Note: To boot the PC, press the keyboard keys Ctrl+Alt+Del.
3. Optional: Press the Del key (or Ctrl+Alt+Esc, or F10, etc.) to enter
BIOS Setup mode. See the BIOS Setup control key info on page 162 of
the "A+ Guide to Hardware" textbook, and on page 87 of the Lab Manual.
a. Set the Boot Up device sequence to (1) FD A:, (2) HD C: (aka HD #0).
b. Set the hard drive configuration option(s) to "AUTO".
c. Save the BIOS Setup information back to the CMOS memory.
4. When you see the "Microsoft Windows 98 Startup Menu" on the screen
a. Choose option 2. "Start computer without CD-ROM support".
b. Then to continue, press the Enter key.
5. Wait until you see the command prompt on the screen "A:\>".
This command prompt "A:\>" means that:
a. Your PC booted successfully from the "Win 98 StartUp Disk" in FD A:.
b. Your PC is running the 16-bit real-mode Windows 98 DOS command
interpreter program "A:\COMMAND.COM".
c. The current disk drive is floppy drive "A:".
d. The current directory (aka "Folder") on A: is the root directory
(as indicated by reverse slash character "\" in the command prompt).
e. The Windows 98 DOS command interpreter is waiting for you to key in a
DOS command and to press the Enter key.
Note: About 20 DOS commands are contained within the Win 98 DOS command
interpreter itself, such as DIR, TYPE, COPY, DEL, VOL, FORMAT, CHKDSK,
VER, DATE, TIME, MORE, HELP, MKDIR, RMDIR, CHDIR (aka MD, RD, and CD).
Therefore, each of these internal commands will execute immediately
when you key it in on the command line and press the Enter key.
6. Optional: Key in several DOS commands to view the contents of the
"Win 98 StartUp Disk" that was created in step A.3. above.
a. To view all options for the directory command "DIR", key in "DIR /?".
b. To view file names in the root directory of A: key in A:\> "DIR".
(the formal complete command is "DIR A:\" or "DIR \")
c. To cause the directory command to pause after each screenfull
key in "DIR /P" (or "DIR A:\ /P" or "DIR \ /P").
To display the next screenfull, press the Enter key.
To abort the display sequence, press Ctrl+C.
d. To view directory names only, key in "DIR /AD".
e. To view file names only, in wide list format, key in "DIR /A-D /W".
("/A-D" means "display entries that do NOT have attribute = 'D'")
f. To view "hidden" file names only, key in "DIR /AH".
g. To view "system" file names only, key in "DIR /AS".
h. To view "read-only" file names, key in "DIR /AR".
i. To view file names sorted by date/time, key in "DIR /OD".
j. To view file names sorted in ascending order by size, key in "DIR /OS".
k. To view file names sorted from largest to smallest, key in "DIR /0-S".
l. Same as k., but display one screenfull at a time, "DIR /O-S /P".
m. To view file names that have the "archive bit" set, key in "DIR /AA".
n. To view all directory and file names in the root directory of A:, by
screenfull, including "hidden" and "system" files, key in "DIR /A /P".
(the formal complete command is "DIR A:\ /A /P" or "DIR \ /A /P")
24 Files contained on the "Win 98 StartUp Disk":
(output displayed from the "DIR A:\ /A" command)
Volume in drive A has no label
Volume Serial Number is 312D-9C21
Directory of A:\
ASPI2DOS SYS 35,330 04-23-99 10:22p
ASPI4DOS SYS 14,386 04-23-99 10:22p
ASPI8DOS SYS 37,564 04-23-99 10:22p
ASPI8U2 SYS 40,792 04-23-99 10:22p
ASPICD SYS 29,620 04-23-99 10:22p
AUTOEXEC BAT 1,103 04-23-99 10:22p
BTCDROM SYS 21,971 04-23-99 10:22p
BTDOSM SYS 30,955 04-23-99 10:22p
COMMAND COM 93,890 04-23-99 10:22p
CONFIG SYS 629 04-23-99 10:22p
DRVSPACE BIN 68,871 04-23-99 10:22p
EBD CAB 272,206 04-23-99 10:22p
EBD SYS 0 09-13-04 7:34p
EXTRACT EXE 93,242 04-23-99 10:22p
FDISK EXE 63,916 04-23-99 10:22p
FINDRAMD EXE 6,855 04-23-99 10:22p
FLASHPT SYS 64,425 04-23-99 10:22p
HIMEM SYS 33,191 04-23-99 10:22p
IO SYS 222,390 04-23-99 10:22p
MSDOS SYS 9 09-13-04 7:34p
OAKCDROM SYS 41,302 04-23-99 10:22p
RAMDRIVE SYS 12,663 04-23-99 10:22p
README TXT 14,764 04-23-99 10:22p
SETRAMD BAT 1,416 04-23-99 10:22p
24 file(s) 1,201,490 bytes
0 dir(s) 250,368 bytes free
The "WIN 98 StartUp Disk" contains 24 files, including FDISK.EXE,
COMMAND.COM, CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT, and the two hidden files
IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS, and the "Read Me" text file README.TXT. To
view Windows 98 help information contained in the README.TXT text
file, key in internal command "HELP". To scroll up/down, use the
up/down arrow keys and the page up/page down keys. To exit back
to the command prompt "A:\>", key in Alt+F, X (or Alt+F, and use
the down arrow key to scroll down to Exit, and press the Enter key).
o. To view the contents of "CONFIG.SYS", key in "TYPE CONFIG.SYS".
p. To view the contents of "AUTOEXEC.BAT", key in "TYPE AUTOEXEC.BAT".
q. To view contents of "README.TXT" text file, one screenfull at a time,
key in "TYPE README.TXT | MORE". To view each successive screenfull,
press the Space bar. For one more line, press the Enter key. To
end the display, press any other key or press Ctrl+C.
Notes:
(1) The "pipe" (|) character is above reverse slash on the keyboard.
(2) Reverse slash characters are used in directory\file names.
(3) Forward slashes are used to supply parameters to a command,
such as "DIR /A-D /OS /P" for files by size and by screenfull.
(4) The "old" DOS file name format consists of the 8.3 format, where
the file name contains 1 to 8 characters, and the file extension
contains from 0 to 3 characters. So, we create file names such
as "README.TXT" for a text file, and "AUTOEXEC.BAT" for a batch
control file, and "COMMAND.COM" and "FDISK.EXE" for executable
program files.
(5) To specify "all file names" and "all file extensions" we can use
the "wildcard format" which is *.* -- so to copy all files from
directory C:\DIR1 to C:\DIR2 we enter "COPY C:\DIR1\*.* C:\DIR2".
But note that "COPY C:\DIR1 C:\DIR2" is equivalent, in this case.
r. To view summary information about the floppy disk, key in "CHKDSK A:".
s. To view the version information for Windows 98 SE, key in "VER".
You will see displayed "Windows 98 [Version 4.10.2222]".
t. To view the volume label of the floppy disk in A:, key in "VOL A:".
u. To view the real-time clock current date value, key in "DATE".
v. To view the real-time clock current time value, key in "TIME".
7. Prepare hard drive C: (aka HD #0) partition information.
a. From the Windows 98 DOS command prompt "A:\>" key in the command
"FDISK.EXE" (or just "FDISK"), and press the Enter key.
(the formal complete full-path command is "A:\FDISK.EXE")
b. If your hard drive is larger than 512MB (almost all are nowadays),
then choose "Enable large hard disk support [Y]" and press Enter.
c. You will now see the five-choice menu for the FDISK utility program:
1. Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive
2. Set active partition
3. Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive
4. Display partition information
5. Change current fixed disk drive
(Press the Escape key to exit from a menu choice
and to return back to this five-choice menu)
Your hard drive may contain these four types of partitions:
(1) One or more primary DOS partitions
(2) Zero or more extended DOS partitions
(3) Zero or more logical "drives" contained within (2)
(Logical drives will have been assigned additional drive letters)
(4) Zero or more Non-DOS partitions (such as for the Linux op sys)
You will use the FDISK Hard Drive utility program to:
(a) Remove all of these partitions -- in "upside down" order (i.e.,
Non-DOS, logical drives, extended partitions, primary partitions).
(b) Then create a single primary DOS partition, allocate all hard
drive space to this new partition, and set it "Active".
(c) Then reboot the PC from "Win 98 StartUp Disk" in floppy drive A:.
FDISK Hard Drive utility program procedures:
aa. Select 4. Display partition information for C: (aka HD #0)
bb. Write down this hard drive partition information.
cc. Press the Escape key to continue.
dd. Select 3. to Delete Non-DOS partitions (if present).
ee. Select 3. to Delete logical "drives" (if present).
ff. Select 3. to Delete extended DOS partitions (if present).
gg. Select 3. to Delete primary DOS partition(s).
Note: If a partition contains an internal label, then you
must key in the label info exactly as it appears.
hh. Select 4. Display partition information -- to confirm that
all hard drive partitions have now been deleted.
ii. Select 1. to Create a new primary DOS partition. Allocate
all hard drive space to this new partition.
jj. Select 2. to Set this primary DOS partition as "Active".
kk. Then proceed to step 8. below.
Note: Reboot the PC in order for this new hard drive partition
structure to take effect. This is done in step 9. below.
8. Insert the "Windows 98 SE - Full version" CD into the CD-ROM drive.
Note: The CD-ROM drive will usually have the drive letter D: or E:.
9. Reboot the PC from the "Win 98 StartUp Disk" in floppy drive A:.
Note: To reboot the PC, press the keyboard keys Ctrl+Alt+Del.
10. When you see the "Microsoft Windows 98 Startup Menu" on the screen
a. Choose option 1. "Start computer with CD-ROM support".
b. Then to continue, press the Enter key.
11. Wait until you see the Win 98 DOS command prompt on the screen "A:\>".
12. Prepare hard drive C: (aka HD #0) format information.
a. From the command prompt "A:\>" key in the command "FORMAT C:"
and press the Enter key.
b. When you are prompted for a hard drive label, press the Enter key.
c. After the hard drive has been formatted, click on "OK".
d. To view hard drive summary information, from command prompt "A:\>"
key in the command A:\> "CHKDSK C:".
13. Create a directory in the root directory of HD C: called "CABS".
From the command prompt "A:\>" key in the command "MKDIR C:\CABS".
(an alternate form of the command is "MD C:\CABS")
14. Copy Windows 98 SE "cabinet" files from the "CABS" directory in the
root directory of "Windows 98 SE" CD to the "CABS" directory in the
root directory of hard drive C:.
From the command prompt "A:\>" key in A:\> "COPY E:\CABS C:\CABS"
where "E:" is the drive letter of the CD-ROM drive.
(an alternate form of the command is "COPY E:\CABS\*.* C:\CABS")
15. After all "cabinet" files have been copied, you should see this line
displayed on the screen: "101 files copied".
16. Optional: To confirm that all "Win 98 SE" CABS files have been copied:
a. Key in the command "DIR E:\CABS" to view all CABS files on the CD.
b. Key in the command "DIR C:\CABS" to view all CABS files on HD C:.
The screens displayed for a./b. should be identical showing "101 files".
17. Remove the "Windows 98 SE" CD from the CD-ROM drive. All Windows 98 SE
installation information is now contained in the "CABS" directory of
hard drive C: (i.e., in the hard drive directory "C:\CABS").
C. Install "Windows 98 Second Edition" operating system on a PC (use PC #2)
1. Reboot the PC #2 from the "Win 98 StartUp Disk" in floppy drive A:.
Note: To reboot the PC, press the keyboard keys Ctrl+Alt+Del.
2. When you see the "Microsoft Windows 98 Startup Menu" on the screen
a. Choose option 2. "Start computer without CD-ROM support".
b. Then to continue, press the Enter key.
3. Wait until you see the Win 98 DOS command prompt on the screen "A:\>".
4. Install "Windows 98 SE" from the cabinet files in the "CABS" directory
of hard drive C: (i.e., from the directory "C:\CABS").
a. Select hard drive C: by keying in "C:" and press the Enter key.
Now you will see the command prompt on the screen "C:\>".
b. Position to the "CABS" directory on hard drive C:.
Key in "CHDIR CABS" (or "CHDIR \CABS") and press the Enter key.
(alternate forms of the command: "CHDIR C:\CABS" and "CD C:\CABS")
Now you will see the command prompt on the screen "C:\CABS>".
This means that the current disk drive is hard drive "C:", and
the current directory position is set at directory "C:\CABS".
c. Optional: To view the names of all executable program files in
"C:\CABS", key in each of these two wildcard directory commands:
C:\CABS> "DIR *.COM" (the formal complete command: DIR C:\CABS\*.COM)
C:\CABS> "DIR *.EXE" (the formal complete command: DIR C:\CABS\*.EXE)
Notice that the "Windows 98 SE" Setup program file name "SETUP.EXE"
is present in the list of executable program file names.
d. Run the "Windows 98 SE" Setup program "SETUP.EXE".
From command prompt "C:\CABS>", key in "SETUP.EXE" (or just "SETUP")
and press the Enter key.
(the formal complete full-path command is "C:\CABS\SETUP.EXE")
Note: To view all options available for the Setup program "SETUP.EXE,
key in "SETUP.EXE /?". The Setup program options include:
/ie Skip the Startup Disk screen
/iL Load the Logitech mouse driver.
/im Skip the check for low conventional memory.
/is Do not run ScanDisk
/iv Do not display billboards.
/nr Skip the registry check.
/T:tempdir Specify directory to hold temp installation files.
For example, to skip the running of ScanDisk, key in "SETUP.EXE /is"
(or just "SETUP /is").
And if you have a Logitech mouse, you can key in "SETUP /iL /is", etc.
e. Follow the screen prompts to install "Windows 98 SE" on the PC #2.
f. When you see the "Setup Options" screen, choose "Typical".
g. When you see the "Windows Components" screen, choose
"Install the most common components".
h. When you see the "Identification" screen, key in
Computer Name: WIN98PC (or your choice)
Workgroup: WIN98WG (or your choice)
Computer Desc: WIN98 (or your choice)
i. When you see the "Location" screen, choose "United States".
j. When you see the create "StartUp Disk" screen, click on "Cancel"
because you already have a "Win 98 StartUp Disk" from step A. above.
k. When prompted to do so, remove the "Win 98 StartUp Disk" from FD A:.
l. When you see "Start Copying Files", click on "OK".
m. Then wait about 10 to 30 minutes for Windows 98 SE files to be copied
from cabinet files in the directory "C:\CABS" and installed on PC #2.
n. When you see the "Automatic Reboot" screen, the PC will reboot.
o. When you see the "Windows 98 -- Getting Ready to Run Windows 98
for the First Time" screen, just wait.
p. When you see the "User Information" screen, key in
Name: WIN98 (or your choice)
Company: WIN98 (or your choice)
q. When you see the "License Agreement" screen, click on "I Accept".
r. When you see the "Windows Product Key" screen, key in
TW374-79G4C-XV97W-B833Y-PR2GQ (or a valid Windows 98 SE Product Key).
s. When you see the "Start Wizard" screen, click on "Finish".
t. When you see the "Setting Up Hardware" screen, wait several minutes.
u. When you see the "Date/Time Properties" screen,
(1) Set the current date and time (if necessary).
(2) Then select time zone "GMT-07:00 -- Arizona" (if necessary).
(3) Then click on "Apply" and "OK".
v. When you see the "Windows 98 Setup"/"Updating System Settings"
screen, wait several minutes.
w. When you see the "Restart the Computer" screen, just wait.
x. When you see the "Add New Hardware Wizard" screen
(1) Insert "Windows 98 SE - Full version" CD into the CD-ROM drive
if/when prompted to do so.
(2) After new hardware installation has been completed, remove
the "Windows 98 SE - Full version" CD from the CD-ROM drive.
y. When you see the "Welcome to Windows 98" screen
(1) Uncheck "Show this screen each time Windows 98 starts".
(2) Then click on "Close".
z. The "Windows 98 SE - Full version" operating system installation
is now complete on PC #2. Congratulations!
zz. To shut down the "Windows 98 SE" operating system on PC #2
(1) Click on "Start".
(2) Click on "Shut Down".
(3) Click on "Shut Down".
(4) After "Windows 98 SE" has shut down, turn off the PC.
D. Materials needed to install "Windows 98 SE" on a PC include the following:
1. PC #1: A PC that already contains the "Windows 98 SE - Full version"
operating system, and a 3.5-inch floppy drive A: -- for use in step A.
2. A blank 3.5-inch 1.44MB floppy disk -- for use in steps A., B., and C.
3. A "Windows 98 SE - Full version" CD -- for use in steps B.8. to B.17.,
and in step C.4.x.
4. PC #2: A PC on which to install the "Windows 98 SE - Full version"
operating system, that contains a 3.5-inch floppy drive A:, a hard
drive C:, and a CD-ROM drive -- for use in steps B. and C.
Note: If you find errors/omissions, or have suggestions to improve this
documentation please send an email to patmoss@patmoss.com. Thanks.
Reference: www.patmoss.com/pcref item 4.
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