I'm trying to install Windows 98se on my old Pentium II

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2017-01-12 07:06:06 Post No. 58448086
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Anonymous 2017-01-12 07:06:06 Post No. 58448086 [Report]

I'm trying to install Windows 98se on my old Pentium II system. I'm having some issues and I hope you guys can help.

Can't make boot disk with Windows 7 for some reason. I'm always getting some error message.

I've also tried just booting off the CD but for some reason, no matter the BIOS settings, the old PC just ignores the CD.

So what I think would be the best option would be to make a boot disk, but as I said before, I can't get it to go.

Is there a live CD of some other OS than can let me format a floppy drive for Windows 98 se?

Anonymous 2017-01-12 07:09:04 Post No.58448115
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Anonymous 2017-01-12 07:09:04 Post No.58448115 [Report]

>>58448086
>not using POSReady

Anonymous 2017-01-12 07:24:55 Post No.58448238
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Anonymous 2017-01-12 07:24:55 Post No.58448238 [Report]

>>58448086
are you sure you burned the OS installation program into the CD fine? are you sure that the computer has a CD drive and not a DVD drive and you have a CD? Are you sure the CD drive is connected? Are you sure the BIOS CAN recognize the CD drive even?

Anonymous 2017-01-12 07:28:25 Post No.58448264
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Anonymous 2017-01-12 07:28:25 Post No.58448264 [Report]

>>58448086
http://www.freedos.org/download/

Anonymous 2017-01-12 07:38:02 Post No.58448336
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Anonymous 2017-01-12 07:38:02 Post No.58448336 [Report]

>>58448086
Old versions of Windows didn't have bootable installation discs. You need to install Windows 98 from MS-DOS or find a tool that will turn it into a bootable installation.

Anonymous 2017-01-12 08:01:23 Post No.58448522
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Anonymous 2017-01-12 08:01:23 Post No.58448522 [Report]

>>58448086
I've had this issue before. They would come with a boot disk that would load the CD drivers. Instead of using Windows 7's floppy formatting with the "Make a MS-DOS boot disk" setting, download an image from here

http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

and put it onto a floppy disk. By the way, when I last installed Windows 98 SE I realised that a program that I needed to use (I can't remember which, sorry) didn't come on the Windows 98 boot disk, only the Windows 95 one. I think the W95 one has everything you need.

Anonymous 2017-01-12 08:08:16 Post No.58448575
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Anonymous 2017-01-12 08:08:16 Post No.58448575 [Report]

>>58448336
windows 98 SE CD was bootable

Anonymous 2017-01-12 08:09:58 Post No.58448584
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Anonymous 2017-01-12 08:09:58 Post No.58448584 [Report]

>>58448575
Huh, wonder what the fuck OP is doing then.

Anonymous 2017-01-12 08:28:56 Post No.58448739
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Anonymous 2017-01-12 08:28:56 Post No.58448739 [Report]

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>>58448584
Not all Windows 98/98SE CDs are bootable.

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