Wizard disk creation problems

21 Apr 2005 4:35 AM

Smithereen

I'm setting up a wireless network for the first time and have run into a
problem. I just got a new Dell laptop that unfortunatley doesn't have a
floppy drive. It also had Windows XP preloaded. When I get to the part of
the Network Setup Wizard where it says that to set up other computers with
Windows 98 SE on them, I have to either create a Wizard Disk or insert a
Windows XP disk in order to do this, I'm screwed!!! Is there any way to
create this Wizard Disk and burn to a CD, or could someone e-mail the files
from a Wizard Disk they've created so that I can run this on my Windows 98
machine so I can share files and printers? I have the network set up and can
access the internet on the laptop, I just can't get to any of the files on
the old machine. HELP!! E-mail is smither***@charter.net. THANKS!!!

21 Apr 2005 6:49 AM

Rob D

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"Smithereen" <Smither***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A85D2A4C-0FE4-48D8-BA05-588E969E36B4@microsoft.com...
> I'm setting up a wireless network for the first time and have run into a
> problem. I just got a new Dell laptop that unfortunatley doesn't have a
> floppy drive. It also had Windows XP preloaded. When I get to the part
> of
> the Network Setup Wizard where it says that to set up other computers with
> Windows 98 SE on them, I have to either create a Wizard Disk or insert a
> Windows XP disk in order to do this, I'm screwed!!! Is there any way to
> create this Wizard Disk and burn to a CD, or could someone e-mail the
> files
> from a Wizard Disk they've created so that I can run this on my Windows 98
> machine so I can share files and printers? I have the network set up and
> can
> access the internet on the laptop, I just can't get to any of the files on
> the old machine. HELP!! E-mail is smither***@charter.net. THANKS!!!

Bit confused about which machine is which from your post, but could you not
just insert a USB flash disk?

Rob

21 Apr 2005 4:39 PM

Smithereen

hey Rob,

You would think it would be that simple, but unfortunately, it will only
allow you to create the Wizard Disk onto a floppy. It won't recognize my
flash drive or my CD-RW drive for this purpose. Thanks for trying!

KS

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"Rob D" wrote:

>
> "Smithereen" <Smither***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A85D2A4C-0FE4-48D8-BA05-588E969E36B4@microsoft.com...
> > I'm setting up a wireless network for the first time and have run into a
> > problem. I just got a new Dell laptop that unfortunatley doesn't have a
> > floppy drive. It also had Windows XP preloaded. When I get to the part
> > of
> > the Network Setup Wizard where it says that to set up other computers with
> > Windows 98 SE on them, I have to either create a Wizard Disk or insert a
> > Windows XP disk in order to do this, I'm screwed!!! Is there any way to
> > create this Wizard Disk and burn to a CD, or could someone e-mail the
> > files
> > from a Wizard Disk they've created so that I can run this on my Windows 98
> > machine so I can share files and printers? I have the network set up and
> > can
> > access the internet on the laptop, I just can't get to any of the files on
> > the old machine. HELP!! E-mail is smither***@charter.net. THANKS!!!
>
> Bit confused about which machine is which from your post, but could you not
> just insert a USB flash disk?
>
> Rob
>
>
>

23 Apr 2005 3:40 PM

Michael

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"Smithereen" <Smither***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A85D2A4C-0FE4-48D8-BA05-588E969E36B4@microsoft.com...
> I'm setting up a wireless network for the first time and have run into a
> problem. I just got a new Dell laptop that unfortunatley doesn't have a
> floppy drive. It also had Windows XP preloaded. When I get to the part
> of
> the Network Setup Wizard where it says that to set up other computers with
> Windows 98 SE on them, I have to either create a Wizard Disk or insert a
> Windows XP disk in order to do this, I'm screwed!!! Is there any way to
> create this Wizard Disk and burn to a CD, or could someone e-mail the
> files
> from a Wizard Disk they've created so that I can run this on my Windows 98
> machine so I can share files and printers? I have the network set up and
> can
> access the internet on the laptop, I just can't get to any of the files on
> the old machine. HELP!! E-mail is smither***@charter.net. THANKS!!!

Have you tried just skipping that step? I've got a home network with 3
wireless machines (1 is W98) and did not bother with the wizard disk.

mike