Win ME Upgrade clean install

wrench38 · Post by **wrench38** » 8. Jun 2008, 00:47

I have formatted my virtual hard drive, and tried to boot with CD support using the boot floppy. It shows one driver, then stops with no prompt. Normally, I get a long list of drivers and a prompt. I'm using an upgrade disc, so it's not bootable. Do I need to use a different procedure in virtualbox?

derek.smith · Post by **derek.smith** » 8. Jun 2008, 19:22

If you're using an upgrade CD, you'll get to a stage where the product needs to be verified - at this stage I found that I couldn't get the installation process to accept the CD for Win98 and then change back again.

So, what I did was:
a) copy the Win98files to HDD, so verification could be got from there
b) produce a bootable CD for WinMe using the existing CD content and a bootable floppy image obtained from the 98CD (which was bootable)

HTH