Basic 98 setup, maybe CD replacement

[William B. Lurie]

After using XP now for several years, I've found that it
is convenient to run one of my old applications on 98. So
I took out my original genuine Microsoft Windows 98
Installation CD and allowed it to format a 6 GB hard drive
and install. Everything went normal until about 7 minutes
before it was complete, and then it started not being able
to find a few dozen .dll files and 'networks' and 'protocol'.
It asked me to put the CD in again, but it didn't seem to
be able to find them. I ended up skipping all those files
and allowed the installation to finish.

It wouldn't surprise me if the CD, having been used maybe
a dozen times on the last 5 years, is a bit dirty, but
missing all those files seems strange. Yet I have no
other explanation. Is there a way to check the CD? On
line maybe? Or a way to obtain a replacement CD if I mail
this one in? Or what do I do to get a full Win98 installation?
Thank you.
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William B. Lurie

[Ron Badour]

What generally happens is the installation program is not looking in the
right place for the files. I suggest starting over and if it cannot find a
file, hit the browse button and browse to the win98 folder containing the
..cab files.

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Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
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"William B. Lurie" > wrote in message
...
> After using XP now for several years, I've found that it
> is convenient to run one of my old applications on 98. So
> I took out my original genuine Microsoft Windows 98
> Installation CD and allowed it to format a 6 GB hard drive
> and install. Everything went normal until about 7 minutes
> before it was complete, and then it started not being able
> to find a few dozen .dll files and 'networks' and 'protocol'.
> It asked me to put the CD in again, but it didn't seem to
> be able to find them. I ended up skipping all those files
> and allowed the installation to finish.
>
> It wouldn't surprise me if the CD, having been used maybe
> a dozen times on the last 5 years, is a bit dirty, but
> missing all those files seems strange. Yet I have no
> other explanation. Is there a way to check the CD? On
> line maybe? Or a way to obtain a replacement CD if I mail
> this one in? Or what do I do to get a full Win98 installation?
> Thank you.
> --
> William B. Lurie

[William B. Lurie]

Ron Badour wrote:

> What generally happens is the installation program is not looking in the
> right place for the files. I suggest starting over and if it cannot find a
> file, hit the browse button and browse to the win98 folder containing the
> .cab files.
>
Specifically, Ron, where would you suggest I direct it, when it
asks for a location for a file? Something like E:\i386\something or
other? Of course, I'm sure that at one time it looked for and
found the files, and I can't see how it lost track of where to find
the files it needs.......but the key words are "I can't see how....."

--
William B. Lurie

[Lil' Dave]

"William B. Lurie" > wrote in message
...
> Ron Badour wrote:
>
> > What generally happens is the installation program is not looking in the
> > right place for the files. I suggest starting over and if it cannot
find a
> > file, hit the browse button and browse to the win98 folder containing
the
> > .cab files.
> >
> Specifically, Ron, where would you suggest I direct it, when it
> asks for a location for a file? Something like E:\i386\something or
> other? Of course, I'm sure that at one time it looked for and
> found the files, and I can't see how it lost track of where to find
> the files it needs.......but the key words are "I can't see how....."
>
> --
> William B. Lurie

Any source file in an "I386" directory is either from NT, Win2K, or XP
installation CD.
Try "Win98" instead.