Ok, I have a five year old Toshiba Satellite laptop, and I'd like to reinstall Win 98 on it. I did a complete reformat on the c drive (It was REALLY a mess), and have a boot disk and Windows 98. Here's the problem: I use the boot disk to get it up and running, and I see that drivers are being installed, including one for the cd drive. I search for the CD drive, and it's nowhere to be found. How can I find it? I've gone through the entire alphabet, and I have A, B, C and R (no idea, it's not the CD drive, I know that). What can I do to get it up and running? Is there a different boot disk I need? This one is for Win98 SE, which matches what I have. Any suggestions?
2006-08-01 17:32:17 · 5 answers · asked by dragonfuror 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Asen has a good list of steps there, and I'd give him the points if I didn't already know them, it's not the problem I'm having. The problem is that the laptop isn't recognizing the cd drive. I know how to reinstall 98 (it only has 128 ram, so it can't handle XP), but I can't even get it to see that the cd is there. The boot disk I used is installing the drivers, but nothing is happening. I did a full format on the entire drive. The CD worked before this, so I know that it's not a mechanical error.
2006-08-03 05:05:47 · update #1
good u have the windows 98 se
the second edition is very good and should not present u any problems whatsoever,
i'm sure u can enter 'setup', bios i mean ,, before computer boots
del or f2, whatever
set boot sequence as 1st boot device > cd-rom ; 2nd boot device > hard drive
save changes and exit
allow the computer to boot from cd
u'll be prompted if u wanna boot usin cd, press 'yes' & proceed
u can perform a format drive on c: , but include system
format c:/s
once formatted, proceed with win '98 installation ....
>> bet u should NOT FAIL
>>> when's my 10 points commin<<<< lol
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OK mate, why silent so long ... just mail me , k
2 ways u can do it
i. yes, with xp u can try diagnostics 4 sure , 128 mb ram enuf
boot with xp cd/dvd and do a format, but WITHOUT the system switch ! only format c: ,, not format c:/s
> ensures cd drive is ok
ii. take u'r win 98 cd to another puter & make a boot floppy from that cd itself
use a new floppy please
run scandisk on floppy, without surface scan option
take this floppy 2 u'r notebook, as also u'r win 98 cd
boot from floppy and repeat excercise and check if u get results
please lemme know results ... then next step
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2 be extra cautious, i'd even suggest tryin fdisk
remove partitions u got, then make c: active
format c:/s ....
dunno, came 2 mind ,, so i'm sharing !
>> also, what cd r u tryin 2 install from
is it a toshiba install or windows 98 from microsoft
maybe some files missing or cd damage resulting in not complete install !
2006-08-01 18:33:29 · answer #1 · answered by sεαη 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What you can do is, install the default driver for the device at the time of installation.
Once the installation for WIN-98 is over then you can serach the appropriate driver for the device either from the internet or the Device Drivers CD's provided with the laptop and upgrade the driver.
2006-08-01 17:41:03 · answer #2 · answered by Sunny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's up to how many partition to made if you have 1 your cd drive should be D .If 2 should be E
Do you type dir after you go in the drive if you right it should have all information in your CD.
2006-08-01 18:48:00 · answer #3 · answered by Flash 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dude... windows98 is like Bill Gates cruel joke on the world, that OS sucks! Upgrade to XP or better yet, get a lennox op sys and you will never want to smash your laptop again.
2006-08-01 17:39:52 · answer #4 · answered by eggman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
whats up, Its kinda to previous to have homestead windows ninety 8 LOL . once you change on your computing device insert homestead windows ninety 8 cd till now it plenty. or after bios seems. it is going to boot the disc. then persist with the instruciotns to place in the homestead windows.
2016-10-01 09:13:33 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋