re installing windows 98

[neicia]

My son got a computer with windows uninstalled It is windows 98 I can only
get on in safe mode,how do I re install windows so they can get on line?

 

[Don Phillipson]

"neicia" <neicia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My son got a computer with windows uninstalled It is windows 98 I can
> only
> get on in safe mode,how do I re install windows so they can get on line?

Good instructions at
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html
We assume your son has the install CD and a boot
floppy (free from www.bootdisk.com if needed.)

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Do you have a Windows 98 CD? If not, use Find>Files & Folders to look for
files named WIN98*.CAB (WIN98, asterisk, period, CAB). If you find a few
dozen in a folder, that's the installation files. If you have those files,
or the original CD, that's great. You'll also need the Product Key, however,
so don't go reformatting or anything just yet.

What make & model computer is it? Do you see any error messages before the
machine boots into Safe Mode? Restart the system and while it's cranking up,
repeatedly press the F8 key until a menu comes up that let's you choose
Normal Mode. What happens if you do that? Please report any error messages
exactly as they appear.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"neicia" <neicia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My son got a computer with windows uninstalled It is windows 98 I can
> only
> get on in safe mode,how do I re install windows so they can get on line?

 

[Ron Badour]

Your post is not clear. You say there is no system installed but then say
you can get on via safe mode which indicates there is a system. Please
clarify.

Besides Gary's advice, see here:
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html

--
Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2008


"neicia" <neicia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My son got a computer with windows uninstalled It is windows 98 I can
> only
> get on in safe mode,how do I re install windows so they can get on line?

 

[philo]

"Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAddress.com> wrote in message
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> Your post is not clear. You say there is no system installed but then say
> you can get on via safe mode which indicates there is a system. Please
> clarify.
>
> Besides Gary's advice, see here:
> http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html
>



My guess is that it was a typo ...but
unless one has a win98 cd...the only way to otherwise re-install windows
would be if the setup files exist on the drive.

They'd typically be in C:\windows\options\cabs

Then all one would need to to is find the product #

here is a thread on that
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Windows-95-98-1061/Windows-98-Product-key.htm


That can be done from safe mode.