Copying Win98 to HD to avoid CD prompt

[Brangwen]

Hi! I wish to copy files from my Win98 CD to my HD so I never get prompted to put Win98 CD in CD-ROM. I've done this before, but forgot! How do I accomplish this?

Thx!

Brangwen

[Target]

Make the following directory on your C: drive

C:\windows\options\cabs

Then copy the contents of the win98 directory from your CD to directory on your hard-disk, and you're good to go

[chuckiechan]

To retreive files, do you need to enter a prompt, or will Windows just "find it"?

Thx2

[Brangwen]

No, CC, Target reminded me of what I needed. Thx to you both!

Brangwen

[JW310]

Just about any directory works for copying the files to. I have a directory called C:\Win98 that I ran the install from, and it looks there everytime it needs something from the cab files.

JW

[Target]

Yeah, pretty much any directory will do. I just assumed that it was likely and OEM install, and a lot of them seem to use the c:\windows\options\cabs directory convention.