Run setup from that and it should install. BEWARE that Microsoft never installs motherboard, video, audio and such drivers so the person install this OS becomes adept at collecting drivers and installing them.
There are some that think that installing Windows once a year is a good idea. We had one user called NeoMatrix that did that monthly and his posts were legendary in nature.
Bottomline? Format and reinstall only as a last resort.
Bob
At the suggestion of a friend, I ran setup on an previously loaded Win98. I had 2 disks (from 2 separate computers) and without backing up my files, I went ahead with the process.
However, could only find one product key as it has been years since I used either disk.
And I attempted to update/load the wrong disk. Now I am stuck.
Windows will not load without the other product key. I have a Startup diskette, but since this is a laptop, when I start this disk, it recognises the floppy drive, but it does not recognice my CDROM if I try to change drives once I have opened the Startup Routine.
So is there anyway to backout this error and reload the correct Windows 98 disk?
Also, if I go in under SAFE MODE, my CDROM drivers still do not load. Is this normal?
And finally, is there a way to hook up my other laptop to read and download the data on this laptop so that I could simply Format the drive and start over again?
Thanks in advance.

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