I have recently purchased a refurbished dell pc that had been wiped leaving no operating system just the initial start up, but after switching on the pc i am prompted with a c:\> which i can't get past, does anyone know how to do this so that i can install the windows 98 software from CD rom? any help would be very much appreciated, many thanx.
wagnerman2003
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Jump to PostGet a windows 98 boot disk here,or set the computer to boot to the cdrom in the BIOS/SETUP
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
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caperjack
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Get a windows 98 boot disk here,or set the computer to boot to the cdrom in the BIOS/SETUP
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
jinx
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Like Caperjack said get a boot disk and boot from the floppy. When you are at the c: prompt make sure you have your windows 98 cd in and type in the path to your cd drive for example: D: or E:.
Then type setup or setup.exe and you should be able to install then.
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