"Phoebus R. Dokos" wrote: > > At 08:38 �� 1/11/2001 +0000, you wrote: > >Norman Dunbar wrote: > > > > > > Bill, > > > > > > when (!) it happens again, try finding and deleting either win.bat or > > > win.com. I think, if I remember correctly, the installer looks for these > > > files and barfs because it thinks it has an OS already and the type of > > > install disc is for a new pc. Alternatively, delete the windows directory > > > (from a DOS session) and reboot with the CD in the drive. > > > > > > >Thanks Norman, Joe Miller told me something like that ( .bat files I > >think) > >I don't have a CD driver on disk ( that I can find ) so DOS don't know I > >have a CD, the windows start up I made would not work for some reason, I > >think the trouble had to do with the hard disk, I had to swap it into > >the D drive position to get it to format. > >All this because Windows on the hard drive would not install MS works. > > > >I think I'm stuck with Win98, just got tired of giving Bill �80 each > >year > > > >all the best - Bill > > You do NOT need CD drivers. You set your PCs bios to boot from CDROM and > the W98 CD is bootable (provided that's not a crap copy.... y'know what I > mean ;-) > > Phoebus
DOH ( bangs head on wall ) So obvious. Also my cd is a genuine rip off not a copy of a rip-off Many thanks all - Bill
