hi, i forgot to mention that my laptop has bios password and is not set to boot from cd 1st so how would i install dos 7 onto the harddrive if i need to use from the cd of dos 7. i seem to get some sort of dos wen using those win 98 bootdisks, could i just copy the i386 files to the HDD using your pc method and wen i get some dos prompts type the commands you mention at later stages . many thanks 4 help
i used to install win98 from my pc onto the laptop HDD using my old win98 pc factory restore disks and then popped hdd back into laptop and it loads win98 with minimal drivers then i install win xp from there but this method not workin again some how whiches why i am trying your method thks and i'll let u know how i get on.