Burning windows 98

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  1. Posts : 11
    Windows 7 home 64bit windows XP MSDOS 6.22 WINDOWS 3.11
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    Burning windows 98


    Hello,

    What speed should I chose when burning a bootable windows 98 SE cd-rw disk ?

    Or doesn't that matter anyway ?
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  2. Posts : 6,285
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       #2

    4X is the usual speed recommend for a bootable CD/DVD. If not available, use the slowest speed offered.
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  3. Posts : 11
    Windows 7 home 64bit windows XP MSDOS 6.22 WINDOWS 3.11
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       #3

    Alright thank you.

    Would it be too much of a problem to run it on a 40GB harddrive ?

    And if so, are there any patches for it ?
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  4. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
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    You can run it off a flash drive if you want, a 40 GB drive is more then plenty.
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  5. Posts : 11
    Windows 7 home 64bit windows XP MSDOS 6.22 WINDOWS 3.11
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       #5

    Just so you guys know, I am using a real computer for this, an IBM ThinkPad T-21

    I seem to be getting an error when windows 98 SE tries to format C:

    'Error detected while formatting primary hard disk partition.'

    I am using a HITACHI DK23DA-40F as the hardrive.
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    Windows 7 home 64bit windows XP MSDOS 6.22 WINDOWS 3.11
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    Update: I've got it working, formatted C: with ms dos prompt and then the disk passed all windows 98 Scandisk tests, it's installing now.

    Does SE have SP1 already installed ?
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  7. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
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    SP1 in windows 98 ???

    Do you plan to go online with this pc ? and how ?
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  8. Posts : 11
    Windows 7 home 64bit windows XP MSDOS 6.22 WINDOWS 3.11
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       #8

    Well I have a folder with the name 'win98sp1' on a disk.

    Online ? maybe for fun.

    I have an other problem now anyway, it does not have the correct usb drive, so I will try to send one with infrared, and burn it on a disk if that doesnt work.
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  9. Posts : 13,576
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    Does not have the correct usb drive for what ?

    As far as I remember Windows 98 doesn`t have the files for high speed internet, only dialup modem, but don`t quote me.

    Let us know how it turns out.
    Last edited by AddRAM; 22 Apr 2015 at 17:47.
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  10. Posts : 2,497
    Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
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    High speed Internet should work if you can get network access. You will want to upgrade to Internet Explorer 6 even if you don't intend to use it. IE is a part of the OS, not just a browser.
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