Day 3 Agenda

Installing Windows 98 (90 minutes)

• For System Requirements to install Windows 98, see
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• Windows 95, 98 and ME are sold in two editions Upgrade and Full
(For a New PC).

• The Upgrade edition can migrate a Windows 3.x computer to Windows 95, 98, or ME, or upgrade a Windows 95 computer to Windows 98.


• The For a New PC edition can upgrade a computer running DOS versions 3 to 6.x or one with an unformatted hard disk to Windows 95, 98, or ME.


• Windows 98 SE and ME are usually packaged on a bootable CD. The original version of Windows 98 is not.

  Here's the entire installation story on a case-by-case basis:

Note: You can perform a new installation with the UPGRADE edition of Windows 98 if you have the install disks from a previous version of Windows available. When prompted, you'll need to insert the manufacturer's diskette or CD for the previous version of Windows into your computer and then remove it.

a) Brand new hard disk (no partitions)

If you have a bootable Windows 98 CD, the easiest thing to do is boot from it and choose the Windows 98 Setup Wizard from the second boot menu. Enable large disk support for a single OS, FAT32 installation. Do not enable large disk support if you want a dual boot FAT 16 system compatible with other operating systems, such as Windows NT or 2000,. The installation wizard will create your partition automatically.

If you don't have a bootable Windows 98 CD, boot from a Windows 98 Emergency Diskette. Run FDISK to create a partition for Windows 98. (Choose large support for single OS, FAT32, don't enable large support if you want to install more than one OS on the disk.) Be sure that the partition you create is set as the Active Boot partition.
After you run FDISK, the computer must reboot. Enter FORMAT C: at the command line (omit the /S parameter. Windows 98 will make the disk bootable for you .)
Without rebooting the computer, go to the CD-ROM drive or other location for the \WIN98 installation files. Enter SETUP at the command prompt and press ENTER.

b) Hard disk with existing FAT32 partition, single OS

If you wish to keep your data, don't reformat the partition. If you wish to wipe the partition clean, format drive c.
Go to the directory that has the WIN98 installation files, enter SETUP at the command prompt and press ENTER.

You can access an existing FAT16 or FAT32 partition either by booting from a Win98 installation CD or by booting from a Win98 Emergency floppy diskette.

c) Hard disk with existing FAT32 partition, prepare for dual boot with NT or other OS.

You will need to back up the data you wish to save and repartition the drive as FAT16 or
Purchase a third-party partition conversion program such as Powerquest's Partition Magic.

d) Hard disk with existing FAT16 partition, single OS installation

See b). Go to the Win98 installation directory and run SETUP. You will have the option after Windows 98 is installed of converting the FAT16 partition to FAT32.

e) hard disk with existing FAT16 partition, dual boot installation.

If you have room on the disk for another partition, follow procedure d) on the first partition and create a new partition for the new OS. If the existing FAT16 partition is too large, you'll need to back up data and start over or use a third party utility like Partition Magic to shrink the size of the drive.