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WINDOWS 98 INSTALL GUIDE
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written by: paranoidxe
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A little note before you begin..
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This guide is for those of you that want a complete fresh install of Windows.
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This means you will lose all existing programs, data, etc. on your hard drive
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and will be unrecoverable once the formatting of the drive is complete. ONCE
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AGAIN you will be DELETING ALL EXISTING SOFTWARE/DATA ON YOUR HARD DRIVE,
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you have been warned.
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BEFORE YOU INSTALL CHECKLIST
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Make sure you:
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- backup all important data to a removable media (CDR, Zip, Jazz, etc.)
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- have enough time to setup the computer after windows installation,
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approx. 2 to 3 hours.
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- meet system requirements as follows:
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486DX2 (66Mhz) or Higher Processor
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16MB of RAM
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225MB - 400MB Hard Drive Space
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VGA Monitor
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3 1/2 Floppy or CDROM Drive
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- have drivers that are windows 98 compatible
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- if upgrading, have windows 98 upgrade cd
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- if fresh install, have windows 98 full cd or upgrade cd
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with a previous version cd
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- have cd key
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THE FORMATTING PROCESS..
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- Boot into DOS by means of a windows startup disk, if you don't have
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one you can get excellent ones at bootdisk.com
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- at A:\ prompt type format C: /u
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- press Y to prompt
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- the format will begin, once complete you will be asked to label the
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disk you can if you wish.
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- once this is complete, reboot the computer and boot with the startup
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disk again.
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- insert your windows 98 cdrom, type in your cdrom drive letter (i.e. D:)
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and press enter.
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- type setup and press enter to run setup from the cd.
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NOTE: if you are using NT4/XP/2000 you may need to follow this process
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to get rid of NTFS.
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- from A:\ prompt, type in fdisk
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- delete existing partitions
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- create a new primary dos partition
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- exit fdisk
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- reboot your computer, boot using the startup disk
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- follow the previous instructions provided
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THE INSTALLATION PROCESS
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The actual installlation process is pretty much a no brainer, just follow
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the on-screen instructions..install what options you wish. If installing
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from a OEM edition Windows 98 you'll be asked for the CDKEY at the END of
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the installation...otherwise you should be asked at the beginning of
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setup.
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THE AFTERMATH....
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At this point you should be into the Windows 98 GUI. You should now upgrade
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your drivers to the latest as well as reinstall your software. You can now
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put your backup data back on your hard drive.
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