I'm trying install windows 98 on my laptop as a dual-boot system.
I have a HP 2000 Notebook with windows 7 64-bit
It keeps saying no device drivers found, is there any way I can bypass it?
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I'm trying install windows 98 on my laptop as a dual-boot system.
I have a HP 2000 Notebook with windows 7 64-bit
It keeps saying no device drivers found, is there any way I can bypass it?
You need to do the F6 thing during the install and insert the media with SATA drivers...
Odds are it isn't going to work... You generally want to install the oldest OS first.
You'd have much better luck running Win 98 in a Virtual setup.. If you are are using Win 7 Pro or Ultimate you already have the Virtual software.
Indeed. Likely the virtual setup is about the only way it ill work.
A system built for windows 7 would likely have a hard time with
xp drivers let alone windows 98.They just dont have software
for the drivers and in many cases they state that the hardware wont work with xp and under.
I had a hard time trying to do the same, in the end I bought a used, cheap ($20!) Dell® GX series desktop, loaded it with Windows 98 S.E., and downloaded the drivers from Dell's website. It runs like a champ, games perform flawlessly, and I spent very little for it. Hooked it up to my 4 port K.V.M. switch, and I am golden.
I'd agree that your best bet would be to virtualize 98, and I'd really suggest using the free VMware Player. Even virtualizing XP it performs better than Virtual XP Mode, and it runs on Home Premium just fine. Setup is very easy. The online documentation and help is extensive and clearly written. Highly recommended.
Few things to keep in mind:
-Win98 will force you to use FAT32. Install it on a different partition. You won't be able to access any files from NTFS partitions.
-If you have more than 512M of RAM you may run into "There is not enough memory available" errors. That is a Windows bug that wasn't relevant 15 years ago.
-You may not find drivers for Win98. That is expected. Nobody wastes time to write drivers for an OS that has been long obsoleted.
That being said I'd honestly skip it. Use a virtual machine such as Oracle VirtualBox or Windows Virtual PC and set an isolated OS there. When it crashes it won't corrupt your entire drive...
I never had any good luck with virtualbox and Win98. If there is a way to set it up and not have it be choppy and lack responsiveness with the mouse/keyboard let me know.
Did you install the video/mouse drivers for the guest OS?Quote:
Originally Posted by Niclo Iste
Alternatively, you might want to examine alternative visualization solutions.