Re: Win 98 upgrade CD & reinstall

From: Ron Martell (ron.martell_at_gmail.com)
Date: 10/15/04


Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 07:29:56 GMT

John Whitling <alliancemillsoft@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

>The problem is that I cannot get the CD rom to work under DOS, without
>the boot disk, which requires a floppy drive, which uses the same drive
>bay as the CD drive.
>
>The file must be in the Windows\System folder because I've never had
>this problem on a re-install before.
>

Can you not boot from the CDROM disk itself and let the install
process start that way? Then when it asks you for proof of upgrade
eligibility you simply open the CDROM drive, remove the Windows XP
Upgrade CDROM, and insert your Windows 95 CDROM.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

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