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  • Rumble
    Registered User
    • May 2003
    • 284

    #1

    Computer help! Please!

    ok i have a used computer that diddent come with the win 98 disk, and now i need it. im installing a home network and i need that cd! is there any way around it? any ideas? please!
  • cletus
    Registered User
    • Feb 2002
    • 119

    #2
    try pointing the install path to c:/windows/options/cabs

    if its not there you gotta get a CD.
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    • e mag
      Member Senior
      • Apr 2003
      • 726

      #3
      Is it asking for a specific file? If so try looking for it online. Otherwise borrow it from a friend or try to buy it cheap somewhere.

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      • OfficerGoat
        My Liver! My Liver!
        • May 2003
        • 532

        #4
        What brand pc is it? Alot of folks copy the CD over to the HD and put it in c:/win or something simaler. Take a peek for a directory labled something like that. If so you can hack the registry and it will never ask for the CD again. If not then yeah you proboly need to get a CD.
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        • jayloo
          www.jayloo.com
          • Sep 2002
          • 1431

          #5
          You missing a driver for a network card? Just a guess. Why is it asking for the disk? Exactly what are you trying to do?

          If you don't have a win 98 disk then u should have one for the future. There are many ways to get one but other than purchasing one almost all others are illegal in some way.
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          • e mag
            Member Senior
            • Apr 2003
            • 726

            #6
            For some reason windows needs the cd. I just set up a computer for my aunt and had to do the same thing when I installed the network card.

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            • cletus
              Registered User
              • Feb 2002
              • 119

              #7
              what its doing is installing all of the networking components needed to actually use the network. The driver is prolly already there but the components are not installed by default in the windows install.
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