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Part

1

Booting from CD

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• Insert your Windows 98 installation CD in your CD-ROM.

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• Start your computer.

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• Choose to "Boot from CD-ROM" and press ↵ Enter.

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• Highlight "Start Windows 98 setup from CD-ROM." and press ↵ Enter.

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• Press ↵ Enter.

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• Highlight "Configure unallocated disk space (recommended)" and press enter.

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• Decide whether you want to enable large disk support. This is all down to personal preference but "Yes, enable large disk support" was selected in this tutorial.

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• Press ↵ Enter.

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• Choose to "Boot from CD-ROM" and press ↵ Enter.

Part

2

Installing Windows 98

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• 1

• Highlight "Start Windows 98 setup from CD-ROM." and press ↵ Enter.

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• Press ↵ Enter.

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• Click "Continue".

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• Choose where you want the computer to install Windows 98 then click "Next".

  • It is recommended to use the directory that Windows recommends (in this case C:\WINDOWS).

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• Choose your setup options. This is all down to personal preference, however, "Typical" was chosen for this tutorial.

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• Choose what component to install. "Install the most common components (Recommended)" was chosen for this tutorial but this is all down to personal preference.

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• Give the computer a name and a Workgroup and click "next".

  • If the first two text boxes are filled, you may leave them.

  • The "Computer Description" field is not essential for the installation.

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• Choose your country from the list and click "Next".

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• Click "Next"

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• Restart the computer.

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• Highlight "Boot from Hard Disk" and press ↵ Enter.

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• Enter your name as well as your company (not essential) and click "next".

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• Accept the agreement and click "next".

  • It's always a good idea to read the License Agreement so you know what you're signing up for.

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• Enter your product key exactly and click "next".

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• Click "finish".

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• Highlight "Boot from Hard Disk" and press ↵ Enter.

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• Set your Date/Time Properties and click "close" when finished.

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• Restart your computer.

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• Highlight "Boot from Hard Disk" and press ↵ Enter.

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• Click "Ok".

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• Windows 98 has now been installed.