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June 17th, 2005 16:00
HELP!! Installing Win98SE over XP: Why Missing dll Files!
I have a Latitude CPI D233ST that came with WinXP. People said too litle machine for the OS so I got Win98SE. People said make bootdisk, run FDISK, etc. then run Win98SE install.
Just for the heck of it, I started the computer with the Win98SE install CD in and it ran the install program. It asked me if I wanted to boot from the CD and I said yes. It formatted the hard drive and went through the whole installation process and a couple of reboots.
Everything was fine until it couldn't find a bunch of dll files on the Win98SE CD. Not knowing where else they would be, I just skipped these steps. Now the OS boots fine, after looking for a bunch of Dell drivers that are not yet on the machine (including display, so that is occupying the middle area of screen). Trouble is, I got the Dell drivers on a CD but can't run the exe files from the CD.
The CD is acting strange - I can copy some files from CD to HD, but can't run and exe files. Very frustrating.
Why would these dll files not be on the Win98SE?
Should I not have just tried to run the Win98SE install disk without going through the "clean install" procedure other people have outlined?
Thanks,
Barry
Just for the heck of it, I started the computer with the Win98SE install CD in and it ran the install program. It asked me if I wanted to boot from the CD and I said yes. It formatted the hard drive and went through the whole installation process and a couple of reboots.
Everything was fine until it couldn't find a bunch of dll files on the Win98SE CD. Not knowing where else they would be, I just skipped these steps. Now the OS boots fine, after looking for a bunch of Dell drivers that are not yet on the machine (including display, so that is occupying the middle area of screen). Trouble is, I got the Dell drivers on a CD but can't run the exe files from the CD.
The CD is acting strange - I can copy some files from CD to HD, but can't run and exe files. Very frustrating.
Why would these dll files not be on the Win98SE?
Should I not have just tried to run the Win98SE install disk without going through the "clean install" procedure other people have outlined?
Thanks,
Barry
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June 17th, 2005 23:00
A clean install wont be looking for DLLs.
You should format the drive with a WIN98 startup disk.
Then copy the entire WIN98 directory onto the C: drive
Then run setup on C: and it wont ask for the cd anymore.