Windows 98SE installation

[devinemi83]

Okay I need you guys help!!!! I want to buy a full Windows 98SE installation disc. I have a dell that only came with restoration disc and when I try to add new hardware it asks me for a Win98 CDROM,of which I didn't get.
Well I figured that I should make a startup diskette with CDROM support to use for it and any other thing that may come up in the mean time,well when I try to make the disc it asks for some files on the CDROM. So I can't make one.
I want to know if the Windows 98SE full installation kit comes with a startup disc to use for the installation.
PLEASE HELP ME GUYS,I AM REALLY CONFUSED!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks
Mike

[kinneera]

That's odd - Dell systems ship with the entire Windows installation CD copied to the hard drive. This should be part of the restoration process, thus you shouldn't need the CD. Have you tried contacting Dell about the problem?

[craigarta]

If the restoration disk is on a CD it is your Windows 98 disk.

As far as installing the last Dell I saw all you needed to do was insert it into the CD and boot fron the CD-ROM

[kitty]

Look in directory C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS - the .cab files for the install are usually there - when making driver changes point it to this directory and if the files are there it may work.

COMPAQ does the same restore CD crap - no Win98 CD, just a 2 CD set only good when your whole HD is wiped.

[rallytbk]

Get a backup of Win98se from a friend and use your keycode that came with your Dell. The additional drivers (sound, video, LAN cards) by copying the folders from the restore disk or download the drivers from the third party manufactures website.

I too wanted a clean version of Win98se and not the garbage bundled on the restore disk. Improvements and upgrades do come out and the restore disk can only go so far.

Good luck.

[pacmania_2001]

In this case, I would borrow and burn a friends copy of Windows. Since you legally own it and you would be using your own keycode it shouldnt be illegal

[devinemi83]

Thanks for all of your advice but I want to ask something else too. I just was able to make a start up disc but I noticed somethingfunny. The cdrom drive was named D: but when I use the start up disc it says that D is my RAMDRIVE. and that my cdrom is my E: drive. IS that normal. Because I have two cdrom one is a normal one and the other is a burner drive.and the bruner is usually E:

[TIbrO]

Yeah, this is normal. D:\ always becomes your RAMDRIVE, which is essentially the boot diskette loaded to RAM entirely. This is there so that you can say "FDISK" and "FORMAT" from anywhere while you're at the command prompt.