windows 98 floppy disk version

I have a windows 98 CD version, but my laptop won't boot from a cd and
there's no way to make it.

Is there any way I can make or get Windows 98 on floppy disks?

Best/easiest way is to create an Emergency Boot Disk on another 98 pc. Boot
to that floppy and choose CD Rom support in the menu that appears. You can
then run the Setup program off the cd which btw is typically E: as the boot
disk creates a ramdisk using the cd's normal D: designation.

"DanT" <DanT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:70F92508-E188-4B48-BC50-ECCC23F8C777@microsoft.com...
> I have a windows 98 CD version, but my laptop won't boot from a cd and
> there's no way to make it.
>
> Is there any way I can make or get Windows 98 on floppy disks?

Do you have a laptop where you can only use the floppy drive OR the CD
drive, not both at once? Do you not have the original installation media
(which should be a bootable CD)? What you need to do is use a CD writing
program that can make a bootable CD from a Windows Emergency Boot Disk
(EBD.) Normally, you boot to a floppy EBD, then use it to access the
installation CD. If you can't use a floppy drive, you need to make a
bootable CD version of the EBD and use that instead.

Pretty sure all major CD writing programs have the ability to make bootable
CDs from floppy images. Roxio, for sure, and Nero, Sonic.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"DanT" <DanT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:70F92508-E188-4B48-BC50-ECCC23F8C777@microsoft.com...
>I have a windows 98 CD version, but my laptop won't boot from a cd and
> there's no way to make it.
>
> Is there any way I can make or get Windows 98 on floppy disks?

You didn't confirm for me: You have a CD but you do not have a floppy drive?
At least not at the same time? If that's the case, you need to use a CD
writing program such as Roxio to make a bootable CD version of the floppy
startup disk (EBD.) You then make your laptop boot to the CD drive (you may
need to change BIOS settings to accomplish this.) Once the Startup disk has
loaded, with CD support, you then do your FDISK, FORMAT, etc., and then when
it's time to install, you insert the Windows CD and run Setup from the WIN98
folder on the CD.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"DanT" <DanT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:70F92508-E188-4B48-BC50-ECCC23F8C777@microsoft.com...
> I have a windows 98 CD version, but my laptop won't boot from a cd and
> there's no way to make it.
>
> Is there any way I can make or get Windows 98 on floppy disks?

If the laptop has both a floppy and a CD drive, go to
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm and create a Windows
98 boot floppy. Use it to start the laptop, select "Start with CD
support", insert your Windows 98 CD, type "setup" and press
"Enter".

Ben