How to install Windows from CAB files on the HDD Thursday, March 23, 2006 at 3:58 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by gewg_ (3591 messages posted) |I do have the win98_74.cab in C:\Windows\Options\Cabs. | KenB | That's always a good sign. |Also I have the product key | You're home free. |and the factory files are on the d: partition. | Tell me more about these "factory files". My 1st thought was that you have a Compaq or another brand that uses a hidden partition --but that wouldn't be D: . |I am booted to the command prompt. |How can I force the system to reload |just as if I am starting for the first time out of the box? | The executable that you run to install Windows is SETUP.EXE. From the command line: C:\Windows\Options\Cabs\setup Written in response to: re: Cannot start windows missing files (KenB: Thursday, March 23, 2006 at 3:44 pm) Responses to this message: Please respond in the forum--not by email (gewg_: Thursday, March 23, 2006 at 5:46 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Cannot start windows missing files (JANE: Tue, Jun 21, 2005, 3:25 pm) re: Cannot start windows missing files (gewg_: Tue, Jun 21, 2005, 3:54 pm) re: Cannot start windows missing files (gewg_: Tue, Jun 21, 2005, 4:27 pm) re: Cannot start windows missing files (KenB: Thu, Mar 23, 2006, 3:44 pm) How to install Windows from CAB files on the HDD (gewg_: Thu, Mar 23, 2006, 3:58 pm) Please respond in the forum--not by email (gewg_: Thu, Mar 23, 2006, 5:46 pm) reloading from hidden factory directory/partition (gewg_: Fri, Mar 24, 2006, 1:49 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum