Reinstall Win98SE from CAB files ? (W98)

[DRAMO4298]

Hello:
How would I reinstall Win98SE to my FIRST hard drive (which does NOT contain the Win98SE CAB files) from the Win98SE "CAB files" located on a SECOND hard disk I am about to add to my system?

I want to add this SECOND hard disk (containing the Win98SE operating system and Win98SE CAB files on it) to my Win98SE computer . . . making it the D: drive (SLAVE).

I then want to FORMAT my FIRST hard disk (C: drive) and then reinstall the Win98SE operating system from the Win98SE CAB files located on the SECOND hard disk . . . since I do not have a Win98SE CD.

Then I want to COPY all these CAB files (and any other files that were used to install the Win98SE operating system to my FIRST drive) and totally CLEAN out this SECOND hard drive ( D: ) . . . which I guess I would need to FORMAT.

Which files are needed for a reinstall (other than the CAB files)?

What should my "Startup BOOT DISK" contain in order to do this (other than the files FORMAT and FDISK)?

Would anyone like to tell me the EXACT steps I need to take in order to achieve this goal?

I realize that I must first discover the "PRODUCT KEY" for the Win98SE operating system that is on this SECOND hard drive . . . before removing it from this SECOND computer and installing it into my FIRST computer.

Thank you . . . to anyone who will attempt to guide me through this process . . . or can guide me to any information on how to do all this.



<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by DRAMO4298 on 10/13/02 10:45.</FONT></P>

[theelf]

This is the list of files in the Win98 directory of the Win98 CD:BASE4 CAB 168,960 04-23-99 10:22p BASE4.CAB
BASE5 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p BASE5.CAB
BASE6 CAB 191,747 04-23-99 10:22p BASE6.CAB
CATALOG3 CAB 274,460 04-23-99 10:22p CATALOG3.CAB
CHL99 CAB 14,451 04-23-99 10:22p CHL99.CAB
DELTEMP COM 496 04-23-99 10:22p DELTEMP.COM
DOSSETUP BIN 85,050 04-23-99 10:22p DOSSETUP.BIN
DRIVER11 CAB 1,462,272 04-23-99 10:22p DRIVER11.CAB
DRIVER12 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p DRIVER12.CAB
DRIVER13 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p DRIVER13.CAB
DRIVER14 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p DRIVER14.CAB
DRIVER15 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p DRIVER15.CAB
DRIVER16 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p DRIVER16.CAB
DRIVER17 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p DRIVER17.CAB
DRIVER18 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p DRIVER18.CAB
DRIVER19 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p DRIVER19.CAB
DRIVER20 CAB 1,796,408 04-23-99 10:22p DRIVER20.CAB
EXTRACT EXE 93,242 04-23-99 10:22p EXTRACT.EXE
FORMAT COM 49,575 04-23-99 10:22p FORMAT.COM
MINI CAB 686,042 04-23-99 10:22p MINI.CAB
NET10 CAB 339,473 04-23-99 10:22p NET10.CAB
NET7 CAB 1,610,240 04-23-99 10:22p NET7.CAB
NET8 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p NET8.CAB
NET9 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p NET9.CAB
OEMSETUP BIN 3,270 04-23-99 10:22p OEMSETUP.BIN
OEMSETUP EXE 78,720 04-23-99 10:22p OEMSETUP.EXE
PRECOPY1 CAB 1,331,200 04-23-99 10:22p PRECOPY1.CAB
PRECOPY2 CAB 1,335,443 04-23-99 10:22p PRECOPY2.CAB
SAVE32 COM 920 04-23-99 10:22p SAVE32.COM
SCANDISK EXE 143,818 04-23-99 10:22p SCANDISK.EXE
SCANDISK PIF 995 04-23-99 10:22p SCANDISK.PIF
SCANPROG EXE 4,438 04-23-99 10:22p SCANPROG.EXE
SCANREG EXE 165,502 04-23-99 10:22p SCANREG.EXE
SETUP EXE 5,712 04-23-99 10:22p SETUP.EXE
SMARTDRV EXE 45,379 04-23-99 10:22p SMARTDRV.EXE
SUBACK BIN 229,680 04-23-99 10:22p SUBACK.BIN
SUCATREG EXE 77,824 04-23-99 10:22p SUCATREG.EXE
SUHELPER BIN 1,472 04-23-99 10:22p SUHELPER.BIN
W98SETUP BIN 168,096 04-23-99 10:22p W98SETUP.BIN
WB16OFF EXE 537 04-23-99 10:22p WB16OFF.EXE
WIN98_21 CAB 5,632 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_21.CAB
WIN98_22 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_22.CAB
WIN98_23 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_23.CAB
WIN98_24 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_24.CAB
WIN98_25 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_25.CAB
WIN98_26 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_26.CAB
WIN98_27 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_27.CAB
WIN98_28 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_28.CAB
WIN98_29 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_29.CAB
WIN98_30 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_30.CAB
WIN98_31 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_31.CAB
WIN98_32 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_32.CAB
WIN98_33 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_33.CAB
WIN98_34 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_34.CAB
WIN98_35 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_35.CAB
WIN98_36 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_36.CAB
WIN98_37 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_37.CAB
WIN98_38 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_38.CAB
WIN98_39 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_39.CAB
WIN98_40 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_40.CAB
WIN98_41 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_41.CAB
WIN98_42 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_42.CAB
WIN98_43 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_43.CAB
WIN98_44 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_44.CAB
WIN98_45 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_45.CAB
WIN98_46 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_46.CAB
WIN98_47 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_47.CAB
WIN98_48 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_48.CAB
WIN98_49 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_49.CAB
WIN98_50 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_50.CAB
WIN98_51 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_51.CAB
WIN98_52 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_52.CAB
WIN98_53 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_53.CAB
WIN98_54 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_54.CAB
WIN98_55 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_55.CAB
WIN98_56 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_56.CAB
WIN98_57 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_57.CAB
WIN98_58 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_58.CAB
WIN98_59 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_59.CAB
WIN98_60 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_60.CAB
WIN98_61 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_61.CAB
WIN98_62 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_62.CAB
WIN98_63 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_63.CAB
WIN98_64 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_64.CAB
WIN98_65 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_65.CAB
WIN98_66 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_66.CAB
WIN98_67 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_67.CAB
WIN98_68 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_68.CAB
WIN98_69 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_69.CAB
WIN98_70 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_70.CAB
WIN98_71 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_71.CAB
WIN98_72 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_72.CAB
WIN98_73 CAB 1,802,240 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_73.CAB
WIN98_74 CAB 1,056,537 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_74.CAB
WIN98_OL CAB 1,708,985 04-23-99 10:22p WIN98_OL.CAB
XMSMMGR EXE 14,144 04-23-99 10:22p XMSMMGR.EXE
If you have all these and boot from a bootfloppy you would just cd to the directory where they are located and run setup.

[Nana]

DRAMO4298,

If you don't have a startup disk already, you can download one from <a target="_blank" href=http://www.bootdisk.com>BootDisk.com</a>.
While you're there, have a look at some of the other sites he has to offer. It's a real learning experience.

Here's where you will find your Product Key for Win98.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion

In the right hand pane, look beside Product Key. It's 25 alpha numeric digits.

Hope that helps.

Nana /images/forums/icons/smile.gif

[Chapa]

I would like to know if I can re-install W98SE from CAB files, in the same disk. I have a boot disk yet, but I dont know how to do that. If this its possible, of course.
Thanks

[monkey_1]

Once located the directory containing the CABs files in the other disk, found the installation key and a boot disk already created, boot with this. At the A:\ prompt: format yor C: drive format C: /s, copy the directory containing the Cab files to the C: disk xcopy D:\wherever_the_CABs_are C:\WIN98 /s&lt;-this copies all subfolders, change to C: and then to the new directory cd WIN98 type setup, follow the wizard...

[BertImmenschuh]

It has been my experience that ALL the subfolders and files in the Win98 folder have to be copied to a hard drive.

The other subfolders, OLS and TOUR, and their files, are used during setup and if the Win98 folder is not complete, I've had the install fail.

Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement