I'm trying to install Windows. I get "Please insert boot disk", so I do and I come to a DOS prompt (A:\). What do I do from here? Could anybody walk me through this?
make sure you have the floppy that you created in the drive
just type in fdisk at the a prompt
a:\fdisk
if it asks you if you want to enable large partitions type in Y and hit enter
it will ask you if you want the whold drive as one partition hit Y again this is the easiest for a beginner and it will also make it active saving you another step.
after that follow the directions I believe it "may" make you reboot...
then at the command prompt type in
D: and hit enter
this will switch you to the CD-Rom
then type in setup
and hit enter this should start installing Windows
Ok cool that worked, now it's telling us how much space Windows needs to install and it's holding. It said it may take a few mins, is that right? Should it take a while or go quick?
We rebooted again and came to the a prompt. Then went to D drive prompt and typed Format C:. At the moment it's working. What will we need to do after it's finished? Just hit D:\setup?
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