I purchased on old acer aspire. it had a windows 98 upgrade. There were windows 95 and windows 98 files and 98se files, but half the programs were missing or the uninstall file was gone or corrupt. I did a reformat of the c drive and now I cannot get the system to boot from the cd. Help. I own a clean install windows 98se version. I have used it before. I need help.

It would be helpful if we knew the Make, Model of Laptop. If the Laptop is that old the hardware specs may not support a software upgrade to say Win XP or above. Windows 98se drivers may be a bit difficult to find. The software has been un-supported for many years, soon XP will be on that list. But it's possible with a search of the Make, Model of Computer and the OS.

Causes:

   1. Computer is booting from a non-bootable source.
   2. Computer hard disk drive is not properly setup in BIOS.
   3. Corrupt NTLDR and/or NTDETECT.COM file.
   4. Misconfiguration with the boot.ini file.
   5. Attempting to upgrade from a Windows 95, 98, or ME computer that is using FAT32.
   6. New hard disk drive being added.
   7. Corrupt boot sector / master boot record.
   8. Seriously corrupted version of Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
   9. Loose or Faulty IDE/EIDE hard disk drive cable.
  10. Failing to enable USB keyboard support in the BIOS.

Solutions are here: http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000465.htm

Let me know if you need some help

hahaha 2 bad!!!!

Windows 98 is now 11 years old :)
Nearly 15 when you consider it is really windows 95 with a face lift.
Could be time for an upgrade :)

What is the email client program you are using?

hi...are you sure u need to use the windows 98..? i think their is no other way to find any driver for win 98 for your Laptop..my solution is use the other OS like a win XP....thanks and good luck

Download the file from here

Save it to the desktop.
extract the file to your system directory.
C:\Windows\System (Windows 95/98/Me),
C:\WINNT\System32 (Windows NT/2000),
C:\Windows\System32 (Windows XP/Vista)

Once the file has been extracted to the system folder,

1. Press Start and select Run
2. Type CMD and press Enter
3. Type regsvr32 "filename".dll and press Enter

If error occurs In step # 3 above Type regsvr32 "file location/file name" and press enter

The restore disk should be available from Acer Suppport here https://secure.tx.acer.com/RCDB/Main.aspx?brand=acer if they no longer support it then you should be able to get it from restoredisks.com

Can you do a system restore?

what process did you do when upgrading windows Vista? If your going to upgrade with Windows Vista, Old version of windows will rename to windows.old so you can't access this old version because windows vista will take the priority, so all your program will disappear. You need to purchase another software for microsoft office.I hope it will enlightened your mind.anyway there are some process of making it possible for dual boot.if you are in need to experience windows vista at the same time windows xp.

Windows 98 Serial Code will be present at the Back of the CD package cover along with the Universal Bar code. i have 2 pirated serial key for windows 98. have a try with this keys hq6k2 qpc42 3hwdm bf4kj w4xwj and
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