Microsoft KB Archive/306761

= Cannot Install Windows Millennium Edition on Computer with Only One Removable Drive =

Article ID: 306761

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition

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This article was previously published under Q306761



SUMMARY
Some laptop computers have only one drive bay. Either a CD-ROM or a floppy drive can be in the bay. When you are upgrading to Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me), you can start the computer and use the CD-ROM drive. However, if you are installing Windows Me on a formatted hard drive, the drive bay is needed for a boot floppy disk. This article explains how Windows Me can be installed on laptop with one bay and a formatted hard drive.



Create a Boot Disk
You need a Microsoft Windows 98 boot disk. To create a boot disk, follow these steps:
 * 1) On a computer with Windows 98, click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
 * 2) Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
 * 3) Insert an empty floppy disk in the floppy drive, and then on the Startup Disk tab, click Create Disk.

Add a System to Formatted Hard Drive
 Shut down the laptop, and then install the floppy drive. See your laptop's documentation on the correct method of replacing the CD-ROM with the floppy drive. Start the computer. When prompted, click Start computer without CD-ROM support. Note where the diagnostic tools are loaded. At the command prompt, type

SYS C:

and then press ENTER. This makes the C drive bootable. At the command prompt, type

EDIT

and then press ENTER. In the Edit program, type:

mscdex.exe /d:mscd001

 Press ALT+F, and then press the A key. In the Save As dialog box, type C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT, and then press ENTER. Press ALT+F, and then press the N key.</li> In the new document, type:

device=oakcdrom.sys /d:mscd001

</li> Press ALT+F, and then press the A key. In the Save As dialog, type C:\CONFIG.SYS, and then press ENTER.</li> Press ALT+F, and then press the X key to exit the Edit program.</li> At the command prompt, type the following lines. After you type each line, press the ENTER key

COPY OAKCDROM.SYS C:

COPY :\mscdex.exe c:

where   is the drive with the diagnostic tools noted in step 2.</li> Turn off the computer. Replace the floppy drive with the CD-ROM drive. See your laptop's documentation for the correct method of replacing the floppy drive with the CD-ROM drive.</li> Start the computer. The computer should start with CD-ROM support. Insert the Windows Me installation CD-ROM.</li> At the command prompt, type

 :

and then press ENTER, where   is the CD-ROM drive.</li> Type the following

SETUP

and then press ENTER.</li></ol>

Keywords: kbhowto kbprb kbsetup KB306761

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