Solid_Froggy
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Hey guys,
I recently got a free laptop from a friend. It's not top of the line or anything, but it will do what I want (browse the internet). It's operating system is Windows 98 and there is no CD drive. Problem I found is that in order to get a wireless connection, I need to get a USB Wireless Adapter (which I had to buy a PS/2 to USB adapter for). So I got everything set up, except my USB wireless adapter requires Windows 98 SE. So I go digging through my closet, find my Windows 98 SE CD, and realize the laptop has no CD drive, only a floppy drive (the story doesn't get much worse).
So now I am stuck with the problem, do I go buy an external CD drive to just install Windows 98 SE, or is there an easier way I can get past this without having to buy anything else? Maybe like putting all the files on the CD onto a jump drive and then running Setup.exe off that? I don't know, I'm not too bright with computers (if you couldn't tell already
).
Thanks for all the help!
I recently got a free laptop from a friend. It's not top of the line or anything, but it will do what I want (browse the internet). It's operating system is Windows 98 and there is no CD drive. Problem I found is that in order to get a wireless connection, I need to get a USB Wireless Adapter (which I had to buy a PS/2 to USB adapter for). So I got everything set up, except my USB wireless adapter requires Windows 98 SE. So I go digging through my closet, find my Windows 98 SE CD, and realize the laptop has no CD drive, only a floppy drive (the story doesn't get much worse).
So now I am stuck with the problem, do I go buy an external CD drive to just install Windows 98 SE, or is there an easier way I can get past this without having to buy anything else? Maybe like putting all the files on the CD onto a jump drive and then running Setup.exe off that? I don't know, I'm not too bright with computers (if you couldn't tell already
Thanks for all the help!