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how to install Windows 98 on a computer with no operating system installed.
For information about how to
install Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me)
on a computer with no operating system installed, visit the following Microsoft
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Determine Which Product to Use
To install Windows 98,
you must have one of the following products:
·
The "Microsoft
Windows 98 Upgrade" product. This upgrade product is available on CD-ROM.
When you use the Windows 98 Upgrade version, you must have a copy of the
previous version of Windows on CD-ROM or on floppy disks for the
compliance-check procedure during Setup. Make sure that you have your
qualifying version of Windows on CD-ROM or on floppy disks before you run
Setup. Note that you must also have a Windows 98 Startup disk to install this
product.For additional information about how to create a Windows 98 Startup
disk, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
How to Create a Windows 98 Startup Disk that
Supports FAT32
·
The "Microsoft
Windows 98 for PCs Without Windows" product. This version is available on
CD-ROM. A Windows 98 Startup disk is included with the product.
Minimum Hardware Requirements to Install
Windows 98
The minimum hardware
requirements include:
·
486DX 66-MHz or faster
processor (Pentium recommended)
·
16 megabytes (MB) of
memory (24 MB recommended)
·
195 MB of free hard
disk space (the required space may vary from 120 MB to 295 MB, depending on
your computer's configuration and the options you choose to install)
·
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM
drive
·
3.5-inch high-density
floppy disk drive
·
Video adapter and
monitor that support VGA or higher resolution
·
Microsoft Mouse or
compatible pointing device
For additional
information about the minimum hardware requirements, click the article number
below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Minimum Hardware
Requirements for Windows 98
System Updates, Device Drivers, and Other
Considerations
CMOS Antivirus Utility
It is important to
disable any CMOS antivirus utility that is enabled on your computer before you
run Setup. If you are not sure if this feature is enabled on your computer,
view the documentation that is included with your computer, or contact the
computer manufacturer.
Drive Overlay Software
If your computer uses
drive overlay software to enable large hard disk support, the drive overlay
software must be installed before you install Windows 98. To install the drive
overlay software, view the documentation that is included with the software or
contact the software manufacturer.
System Updates and Device Drivers
To ensure that your
hardware and software is compatible with Windows 98, verify that you have the
latest drivers, Basic Input Output System (BIOS), or patches for your hardware
and software before you run Setup.
If your computer uses proprietary hardware and you try to install Windows 98 on a clean hard disk, you may receive error messages. Before you install the retail or upgrade version of Windows 98 on your computer, check with the hardware manufacturer and verify that there are no known issues. Also, if your current version of Windows was preinstalled on your computer and was bundled with a software package that is on a Restore CD-ROM, you may not be able install the programs that are on the Restore CD-ROM. If this is the case, use the hardware manufacturer's Restore CD-ROM to install Windows 95 and the included programs first, and then run Setup from the Windows 98 Upgrade version. View your original hardware documentation if you are not sure how to run the Restore CD-ROM.
WARNING: When you run the Restore CD-ROM, it may delete all of the data on your hard disk.
If your computer uses proprietary hardware and you try to install Windows 98 on a clean hard disk, you may receive error messages. Before you install the retail or upgrade version of Windows 98 on your computer, check with the hardware manufacturer and verify that there are no known issues. Also, if your current version of Windows was preinstalled on your computer and was bundled with a software package that is on a Restore CD-ROM, you may not be able install the programs that are on the Restore CD-ROM. If this is the case, use the hardware manufacturer's Restore CD-ROM to install Windows 95 and the included programs first, and then run Setup from the Windows 98 Upgrade version. View your original hardware documentation if you are not sure how to run the Restore CD-ROM.
WARNING: When you run the Restore CD-ROM, it may delete all of the data on your hard disk.
Real-Mode CD-ROM Support
The Windows 98 Startup
disk contains generic CD-ROM drivers that work with most CD-ROM drives. The
Windows 98 Startup disk contains generic, real-mode ATAPI CD-ROM and small
computer system interface (SCSI) drivers that can enable CD-ROM drives after
you boot from the Windows 98 Startup disk. These CD-ROM drivers are not
guaranteed to work with all CD-ROM drives. They may work as a replacement
driver if the real-mode CD-ROM drivers that are included with your CD-ROM drive
are not available. If these drivers do not work with your CD-ROM drive, view
the documentation that is included with your hardware, or contact your hardware
manufacturer.
How to Prepare the
Hard Disk for the Windows 98 Installation Procedure
WARNING: The following information applies to
preparing an empty hard disk for the installation of Windows 98. If you use the
following steps on a hard disk that is not empty, all of the data that is on
that hard disk is deleted.
Before you install Windows 98 on an empty hard disk, you must first create a primary partition and then format a file system on that partition. Each allocated space on the hard disk (primary partition or logical drive) is assigned a drive letter. Windows 98 supports the FAT16 and FAT32 file systems. When you run the Fdisk tool on a hard disk that is larger than 512 MB, you are prompted to choose a file system.
The FAT16 file system has a maximum of 2 gigabytes (GB) for each allocated space, or drive letter. For example, if you use the FAT16 file system and you have a 6-GB hard disk, you can have three drive letters (C, D, and E), each with 2 GB of allocated space.
The FAT32 file system supports drives up to 2 terabytes in size and stores files on smaller sections of the hard disk than does the FAT16 file system. This results in more free space on the hard disk. The FAT32 file system does not support drives that are smaller than 512 MB. For additional information about the FAT32 file system, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Before you install Windows 98 on an empty hard disk, you must first create a primary partition and then format a file system on that partition. Each allocated space on the hard disk (primary partition or logical drive) is assigned a drive letter. Windows 98 supports the FAT16 and FAT32 file systems. When you run the Fdisk tool on a hard disk that is larger than 512 MB, you are prompted to choose a file system.
The FAT16 file system has a maximum of 2 gigabytes (GB) for each allocated space, or drive letter. For example, if you use the FAT16 file system and you have a 6-GB hard disk, you can have three drive letters (C, D, and E), each with 2 GB of allocated space.
The FAT32 file system supports drives up to 2 terabytes in size and stores files on smaller sections of the hard disk than does the FAT16 file system. This results in more free space on the hard disk. The FAT32 file system does not support drives that are smaller than 512 MB. For additional information about the FAT32 file system, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Description of the
FAT32 File System
Maximum Partition Size
Using FAT16 File System
More information about
file systems is also available in the "Getting Started" manual that
is included with the Windows 98 CD-ROM.
For additional information about the Fdisk tool, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
For additional information about the Fdisk tool, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
The Four Steps Needed
to Make a Hard Disk Usable
How to Partition the Hard Disk
After you decide which
file system you want to use, run the Fdisk tool:
1. Insert the Windows 98 Startup disk in the
floppy disk drive, and then restart your computer.
2. When the Microsoft Windows 98 Startup
menu is displayed, choose the Start computer without CD-ROM support
option, and then press ENTER.
3. At a command prompt, type fdisk, and
then press ENTER.
4. If the hard disk is larger than 512 MB, you
receive the following prompt:
Your computer has a disk larger than 512 MB.
This version of Windows includes improved support for large disks, resulting in
more efficient use of disk space on large drives, and allowing disks over 2 GB
to be formatted as a single drive.
IMPORTANT: If you enable large disk support and create any new drives on this disk, you will not be able to access the new drive(s) using other operating systems, including some versions of Windows 95 and Windows NT, as well as earlier versions of Windows and MS-DOS. In addition, disk utilities that were not designated explicitly for the FAT32 file system will not be able to work with this disk. If you need to access this disk with other operating systems or older disk utilities, do no enable large drive support.
Do you wish to enable large disk support (Y/N)?
IMPORTANT: If you enable large disk support and create any new drives on this disk, you will not be able to access the new drive(s) using other operating systems, including some versions of Windows 95 and Windows NT, as well as earlier versions of Windows and MS-DOS. In addition, disk utilities that were not designated explicitly for the FAT32 file system will not be able to work with this disk. If you need to access this disk with other operating systems or older disk utilities, do no enable large drive support.
Do you wish to enable large disk support (Y/N)?
If you want to use the FAT32 file system, press Y, and then
press ENTER. If you want to use the FAT16 file system, press N, and then press
ENTER.
5. After you press ENTER, the Fdisk Options
menu is displayed. Press 1 to select the Create DOS partition or Logical DOS
Drive option, and then press ENTER.
6. Press 1 to select the Create Primary DOS
Partition option, and then press ENTER.
7. After you press ENTER, you receive the
following prompt:
Do you wish to use the maximum available size
for primary DOS partition?
FAT32 File System:
a.
If you chose the FAT32
file system in step 4 and you want all of the space on the hard disk to be
assigned to drive C, press Y, and then press ENTER.
b.
Press ESC, and then
press ESC to quit the Fdisk tool and return to a command prompt.
c.
Skip to step 10.
FAT16 File System:
d.
If you chose the FAT16
file system in step 4, and you want the first 2 GB on the hard disk to be
assigned to drive C, press Y, and then press ENTER.
e.
Press ESC to return to
the Options menu, and then skip to step i.
f.
If you want to
customize the size of the partitions (the logical drives) on the hard disk,
press N, and then press ENTER.
g.
A prompt is displayed
for you to type the size that you want for the primary partition in megabytes
or percent of disk space. Note that for a Windows 98-based computer, Microsoft
recommends that you make the primary partition at least 500 MB. Type the size
of the partition that you want to create, and then press ENTER.
h.
Press ESC to return to
the Options menu.
i.
Press 2 to select the Set
active partition option, and then press ENTER.
j.
When you are prompted
to type the number of the partition that you want to make the active partition,
press 1, and then press ENTER.
k.
Press ESC to return to
the Options menu.
l.
To assign drive
letters to the additional space on the hard disk:
1. Press 1, and then press ENTER.
2. Press 2 to select the Create Extended DOS
Partition option, and then press ENTER.
3. The option that appears displays the maximum
space that is available for the extended partition. You can adjust the size of
the partition or you can use the default size. Note that the default maximum
space is recommended, but the space can be divided between multiple drive
letters. Type the amount of space that you want, press ENTER, and then press
ESC.
4. The Create Logical DOS Drive(s) in the
Extended DOS Partition menu is displayed. This is the menu that you use to
assign the remaining hard disk space to the additional drive letters. Type the
amount of space that you want to assign to the next drive letter at the Enter
logical drive size in Mbytes or percent of disk space (%) prompt, and then
press ENTER.
5. A table that lists the drive letter that you
created and the amount of space that is on that drive is displayed. If there is
still free space on the hard disk, it is displayed near the bottom of the
table. Repeat steps 1 through 4 until you receive the following message:
All available space in the Extended DOS
Partition is assigned to local drives
6. After you receive this message, press ESC, and
then press ESC to quit the Fdisk tool and return to a command prompt.
8. After you create the partitions, restart you
computer with the Windows 98 Startup disk in the floppy disk drive.
9. When the Windows 98 Startup menu is
displayed, choose the Start computer without CD-ROM support option, and
then press ENTER.
10. When a command prompt is displayed, type format
c:, and then press ENTER.
NOTE: If you receive a "Bad command or file name" message, you may need to extract the Format.com utility to your Startup disk. To do this, type the following command at a command prompt, and then press ENTER:
NOTE: If you receive a "Bad command or file name" message, you may need to extract the Format.com utility to your Startup disk. To do this, type the following command at a command prompt, and then press ENTER:
extract ebd.cab format.com
After the Format.com utility is extracted to your Startup disk
and a command prompt is displayed, type format c:.
11. When you successfully run the Format.com
utility, you receive the following prompt:
WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK DRIVE
C: WILL BE LOST!
Proceed with Format (Y/N)?
Proceed with Format (Y/N)?
Press Y, and then press ENTER to format drive C.
12. After the format procedure is finished, you
receive the following prompt:
Volume label (11 characters, ENTER for none)?
This is an optional feature that you can use to type a name for
the hard disk. Type an 11-character name for the drive, or leave it blank, and
then press ENTER.
13. Repeat steps 10 through 13 for any additional
drive letters that you created in step i.
How to Install Windows 98
After you partition
and format your hard disk, you can install Windows 98:
1. Insert the Windows 98 Startup disk in the
floppy disk drive, and then restart your computer.
2. When the Windows 98 Startup menu is
displayed, choose the Start computer with CD-ROM support option, and
then press ENTER.
3. If CD-ROM support is provided by the generic
drivers on the Startup disk, you receive one of the following messages, where X
is the drive letter that is assigned to your CD-ROM drive:
Drive X: = Driver MSCD001
Drive X: = Driver OEMCD001
Drive X: = Driver OEMCD001
NOTE: If your CD-ROM drive
is not available after you boot from the Windows 98 Startup disk, install the
CD-ROM drivers that are included with your CD-ROM drive. For information about
how to obtain and install the most current driver for your CD-ROM drive, view
the documentation that is included with your device, or contact your hardware
manufacturer.
4. Insert the Windows 98 CD-ROM in the CD-ROM
drive, type the following command at a command prompt, and then press ENTER
X:\setup
where X is the drive letter that is assigned to your
CD-ROM drive.
5. When you receive the following message, press
ENTER, and then follow the instructions on the screen to complete the Setup
procedure:
Please wait while the Setup initializes. Setup
is now going to perform a routine check on your system. To continue press
Enter.
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