![]() ![]() Simply type "D:" usually the drive designation for a CDrom, and then type "setup" You may have to create an autoexec.bat file and a config.sys file depending on the CDrom driver disk utililty. Now when you boot the machine it should land you at a DOS prompt but with CDrom access. Extract the contents of 'win98boot' to a location readily accessible. Run the installer and follow the simple on-screen instructions. Extract hpflash1 to a location readily accessible. Not all Windows 9x/ME CDs are bootable, not all CDs included boot disks, and DOS will not see a CD-ROM drive unless a driver is loaded. The PCcard should be "A:", install the CDrom DOS drivers. Download the HP Flash Utility hpflash1.zip and also download the Windows 98 MS-DOS. Microsoft Windows Boot Disk 98 SE These disks are original boot floppy disk media for use with Microsoft Windows CD-ROMs. ![]() The other much simpler way to do this is to download the CDrom drivers for this machine on the laptop configured with Widows XP, create a cdrom driver disk out of the PCcard, "It does not have to be bootable".boot the machine to the hard drive. ![]() If XP installs, install it on one machine then use the windows98 CD to create a 98boot disk out of the PCcard. If I remember correctly the windows98 CDrom has a utility to create a setup floppy. If you format it with system files on any GUI machine.be it 98, 95, or ME then load CDrom drivers on it you will be able to access the CDrom and run setup. Go down to the local CompUSA, by a 32meg (PCMCIA)PCcard. Laptops, especially the newer ones have a slot for PCcards, this is much if not the same thing as a floppy on a desktop. ![]()
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