Loading WIN 98 OS To Dell Latitude

[Dell]

I am having difficulty loading WIN 98 OS to a used DELL
Latitude CPx. The hard drive had been wiped and I am
starting from new. Can anyone help with the sequencing of
loading this?

I have a WIN 98 Startup disk and the Operating System CD.

I tried loading after booting with the startup disk and I
am now at a D:/ prompt. It does not recognize the C: drive.

If you are familiar with this particulr model it has the
interchangeable CD/ROM and floppy disk drives. Thanks in
advance!

In addition, I have received an ERROR MESSAGE as follows:

DEVICE DRIVER NOT FOUND: MSCD001
NO VALID CDROM DEVICE DRIVERS SELECTED

I would appreciate any advice what-so-ever.

>-----Original Message-----
>I am having difficulty loading WIN 98 OS to a used DELL
>Latitude CPx. The hard drive had been wiped and I am
>starting from new. Can anyone help with the sequencing of
>loading this?
>
>I have a WIN 98 Startup disk and the Operating System CD.
>
>I tried loading after booting with the startup disk and I
>am now at a D:/ prompt. It does not recognize the C:
drive.
>
>If you are familiar with this particulr model it has the
>interchangeable CD/ROM and floppy disk drives. Thanks in
>advance!
>.
>

[AlmostBob]

format c: /s
if the c: drive is unable to be seen the disk may have been wiped and not
reformatted,

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"Dell" > wrote in message
...
| I am having difficulty loading WIN 98 OS to a used DELL
| Latitude CPx. The hard drive had been wiped and I am
| starting from new. Can anyone help with the sequencing of
| loading this?
|
| I have a WIN 98 Startup disk and the Operating System CD.
|
| I tried loading after booting with the startup disk and I
| am now at a D:/ prompt. It does not recognize the C: drive.
|
| If you are familiar with this particulr model it has the
| interchangeable CD/ROM and floppy disk drives. Thanks in
| advance!

[Ben Myers]

Go to http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm and create Windows
95b boot floppy. This uses DOS 7.0, which is sufficient for installing
Windows 98. Use it to start the laptop, then use fdisk to create a
DOS partition. If you get a message about "Large disk support",
select "Yes". Leave the floppy in the drive, restart the laptop and
format the partition. Then type "copy /y a:\*.* c:\" and press =
"Enter".
Shut down, remove the floppy drive, install the CD drive and restart.

Ben

"Dell" > wrote in message =
...
> I am having difficulty loading WIN 98 OS to a used DELL=20
> Latitude CPx. The hard drive had been wiped and I am=20
> starting from new. Can anyone help with the sequencing of=20
> loading this?
>=20
> I have a WIN 98 Startup disk and the Operating System CD.
>=20
> I tried loading after booting with the startup disk and I=20
> am now at a D:/ prompt. It does not recognize the C: drive.
>=20
> If you are familiar with this particulr model it has the=20
> interchangeable CD/ROM and floppy disk drives. Thanks in=20
> advance!

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

There's a possibility the C:\ partition is NTFS. In this case the
Win98 boot disk will not see it. I would suggest wiping the drive
completely and starting over. Here are a couple of utilities that
will do this. Harddrive Info - Wipe and Zap
http://www.microstorage.com/Harddriveinfo.htm

Then use these instructions to reinstall Windows.
Windows 98 Restore By Ron Badour MS MVP:
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html

You can also go to the Dell support site, enter the service tag
number and get the latest drivers for the system.
--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/
How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164

"Dell" > wrote in message
...
> I am having difficulty loading WIN 98 OS to a used DELL
> Latitude CPx. The hard drive had been wiped and I am
> starting from new. Can anyone help with the sequencing of
> loading this?
>
> I have a WIN 98 Startup disk and the Operating System CD.
>
> I tried loading after booting with the startup disk and I
> am now at a D:/ prompt. It does not recognize the C: drive.
>
> If you are familiar with this particulr model it has the
> interchangeable CD/ROM and floppy disk drives. Thanks in
> advance!

[Dell]

Dear Almost Bob:

Thanxs! I do have the C: prompt.

When I powered up the machine this morning I got a menu
that read as follows:

MICROSOFT WINDOWS 98 STARTUP MENU
1.) Start computer with CD-Rom support
2.) Start computer without CD-Rom support
3.) View the help file

At the bottom it gave me several command options. I chost
the SHIFT F5 for the C: prompt. Any advice from here to
get the OS loaded?

>-----Original Message-----
>format c: /s
>if the c: drive is unable to be seen the disk may have
been wiped and not
>reformatted,
>
>--
>Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de
>spybot http://security.kolla.de
>AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com
>Panda online AntiVirus scan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/
>Catalog of removal tools
http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
>Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
>http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
>links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on
the pages before use
>Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters
>
>"Dell" > wrote in message
...
>| I am having difficulty loading WIN 98 OS to a used DELL
>| Latitude CPx. The hard drive had been wiped and I am
>| starting from new. Can anyone help with the sequencing
of
>| loading this?
>|
>| I have a WIN 98 Startup disk and the Operating System
CD.
>|
>| I tried loading after booting with the startup disk and
I
>| am now at a D:/ prompt. It does not recognize the C:
drive.
>|
>| If you are familiar with this particulr model it has the
>| interchangeable CD/ROM and floppy disk drives. Thanks in
>| advance!
>
>
>.
>

[Dell]

Dear Ben:

Thanxs for your advice. I will try the following and
report my progress back to you.

-Dell

>-----Original Message-----
>Go to http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm and create
Windows
>95b boot floppy. This uses DOS 7.0, which is sufficient
for installing
>Windows 98. Use it to start the laptop, then use fdisk
to create a
>DOS partition. If you get a message about "Large disk
support",
>select "Yes". Leave the floppy in the drive, restart the
laptop and
>format the partition. Then type "copy /y a:\*.* c:\"
and press "Enter".
>Shut down, remove the floppy drive, install the CD drive
and restart.
>
>Ben
>
>"Dell" > wrote in message
...
>> I am having difficulty loading WIN 98 OS to a used DELL
>> Latitude CPx. The hard drive had been wiped and I am
>> starting from new. Can anyone help with the sequencing
of
>> loading this?
>>
>> I have a WIN 98 Startup disk and the Operating System
CD.
>>
>> I tried loading after booting with the startup disk and
I
>> am now at a D:/ prompt. It does not recognize the C:
drive.
>>
>> If you are familiar with this particulr model it has
the
>> interchangeable CD/ROM and floppy disk drives. Thanks
in
>> advance!
>.
>

[Dell]

Ben:

Am I simply suppose to be able to insert the WIN95b BOOT
DISK into the A: drive, restart and that's it? I should be
in Windows, right?

The 1st download from the site was corrupted or damaged. I
tried th alternate site and it appears to have been a
successful downlaod.

-Dell

>-----Original Message-----
>Go to http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm and create
Windows
>95b boot floppy. This uses DOS 7.0, which is sufficient
for installing
>Windows 98. Use it to start the laptop, then use fdisk
to create a
>DOS partition. If you get a message about "Large disk
support",
>select "Yes". Leave the floppy in the drive, restart the
laptop and
>format the partition. Then type "copy /y a:\*.* c:\"
and press "Enter".
>Shut down, remove the floppy drive, install the CD drive
and restart.
>
>Ben
>
>"Dell" > wrote in message
...
>> I am having difficulty loading WIN 98 OS to a used DELL
>> Latitude CPx. The hard drive had been wiped and I am
>> starting from new. Can anyone help with the sequencing
of
>> loading this?
>>
>> I have a WIN 98 Startup disk and the Operating System
CD.
>>
>> I tried loading after booting with the startup disk and
I
>> am now at a D:/ prompt. It does not recognize the C:
drive.
>>
>> If you are familiar with this particulr model it has
the
>> interchangeable CD/ROM and floppy disk drives. Thanks
in
>> advance!
>.
>

[Ben Myers]

The downloads at http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm are
programs that you download and double-click on a working
computer. You will prompted for a floppy. When the boot
disk is ready, use it to start the laptop. At the A:\> prompt,
type "fdisk" and follow the instructions to create a DOS partition.
After the restart, type "format c:" and format the partition. Then
type "copy /y a:\*.* c:\" and press "Enter". Shut down, remove=20
the floppy drive, install the CD drive, restart and run "setup.exe"
from the Win98 directory of your Windows 98 CD.

Ben

"Dell" > wrote in message =
...
> Ben:
>=20
> Am I simply suppose to be able to insert the WIN95b BOOT=20
> DISK into the A: drive, restart and that's it? I should be=20
> in Windows, right?
>=20
> The 1st download from the site was corrupted or damaged. I=20
> tried th alternate site and it appears to have been a=20
> successful downlaod.
>=20
> -Dell
>=20
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Go to http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm and create=20
> Windows
> >95b boot floppy. This uses DOS 7.0, which is sufficient=20
> for installing
> >Windows 98. Use it to start the laptop, then use fdisk=20
> to create a
> >DOS partition. If you get a message about "Large disk=20
> support",
> >select "Yes". Leave the floppy in the drive, restart the=20
> laptop and
> >format the partition. Then type "copy /y a:\*.* c:\"=20
> and press "Enter".
> >Shut down, remove the floppy drive, install the CD drive=20
> and restart.
> >
> >Ben
> >
> >"Dell" > wrote in message=20
> ...
> >> I am having difficulty loading WIN 98 OS to a used DELL=20
> >> Latitude CPx. The hard drive had been wiped and I am=20
> >> starting from new. Can anyone help with the sequencing=20
> of=20
> >> loading this?
> >>=20
> >> I have a WIN 98 Startup disk and the Operating System=20
> CD.
> >>=20
> >> I tried loading after booting with the startup disk and=20
> I=20
> >> am now at a D:/ prompt. It does not recognize the C:=20
> drive.
> >>=20
> >> If you are familiar with this particulr model it has=20
> the=20
> >> interchangeable CD/ROM and floppy disk drives. Thanks=20
> in=20
> >> advance!
> >.
> >