This document describes the installation procedures for Windows 98 and its software for your computer.
Note: You can install Windows 98 by restoring the original preloaded image from the Recovery CD. Refer to the User's Reference for how to use the Recovery CD.
Overall Procedure
- Have the Windows 98 installation package in hand.
- Back up your software and personal data files on the hard disk.
- Create the Windows 98 Supplement File Diskette using the Diskette Factory preloaded on the hard disk.
- Create the diskettes of the device drivers using the Diskette Factory. You need to create at least the following device driver diskettes (see table below).
Note : If you have already formatted the hard drive, you can download the drivers from the links in the above table. 5. Install Windows 98 and the software.
Installing Microsoft Windows 98
Some new devices for the ThinkPad 390 computer are not supported by the Windows 98 Retail Release Version. In addition, some new files must be incorporated at the time of installation.
If you don't have a CD-ROM of Windows 98, you can install it by restoring the original preloaded image from the Recovery CD. Refer to the User's Reference.
If you have a CD-ROM version of the Windows 98, do the following:
1. Make sure there is enough space in the hard disk to store the cabinet files and the installation programs (the required space might vary depending on the language supported by your version of Windows 98).
Note: Depending on the optional applications you install with Windows 98, your required disk space varies. The following information applies to installing only Windows 98 in your computer:
Full install on a FAT 16 drive:
About 225 MB disk space is required. Depending on your system configuration and the options you select, the required space ranges from 165 MB to 355 MB.
Full install on a FAT 32 drive:
About 175 MB disk space is required. Depending on your system configuration and the options you select, the required space ranges from 140 MB to 225 MB.
2. Make a temporary directory.
For example, enter at the DOS prompt:
MD C:\WIN98
3. Copy all the cabinet (.CAB) files and the installation programs from the \WIN98 directory of the Windows 98 CD-ROM disk to the temporary directory.
For example, enter at the DOS prompt:
COPY src_cd:\WIN98\*.* tgt_drv:\tgt_dir
where src_cd is the drive letter of the CD-ROM drive (D, E,..), tgt_drv is the drive letter, and tgt_dir is the temporary directory that you made in step 2.
4. Install the operating system in the temporary directory by entering SETUP at the temporary directory prompt.
5. Refer to the Windows 98 documentation and the instructions that appear on the screen to complete the installation.
Installing the ThinkPad Configuration Program for Windows 98
To install the ThinkPad Configuration program for Windows 98:
- Start Windows 98.
- Insert the "Utility Diskette for Windows 95/98 Disk 1" into the diskette drive.
- Click on Start .
- Click on Run....
- Type A:\SETUP and click on OK .
- Follow the instructions on the screen.
A fter installation has finished, restart the system.
Installing the ThinkPad Display Driver for Windows 98
To install the ThinkPad display driver for Windows 98:
- Boot Windows 98.
- Extract the drivers onto the hard disk.
- Click on Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Display .
- Select the Settings tab.
- Click on the Advanced... button.
- Select the Adapter tab.
- Click on the Change... button. 'Update Device Driver Wizard' runs.
- Click on the Next button.
- Select the Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now.(Recommended) and click the Next button.
- Put the check mark only in the 'Specify a location:' check box and type C:\DRIVERS\W9X\VIDEO and click on the Next button.
- Windows 98 finds 'NeoMagic MagicMedia 256AV' then click on Next button. Windows 98 copies all driver files to your hard disk.
- After driver files are copied, click on the Finish button.
- Click on the Yes button to restart Windows 98.
To set the color depth, resolution setting
- Open display control panel again.
- Select the Settings tab.
- Select color depth, resolution.
- Click on the OK button.
To set the font setting
- Open display control panel again.
- Select the Settings tab.
- Click on the Advanced... button.
- Select font size.
- Click on the OK button.
- Click on the Close button to close the 'Display Properties' window.
- Click on the Yes button to restart Windows 98.
Installing the Audio Device Driver for Windows 98
To install the audio support software for Windows 98:
- Start Windows 98.
- Extract the drivers to the hard drive.
- Exit all Windows programs.
- Click on Start -> Run .
- Type C:\DRIVERS\W9X\AUDIO\SETUP and click on OK .
- At the Welcome window, click Next .
- If you agree to the terms stated in the License Agreement, click Yes .
- At the Choose Installation Configuration window, select only the following: MagicMedia 256AV Audio System, NeoMagic MagicWave 3DX Audio System . Note: Do NOT select MagicMedia 256ZX Audio System.
- Click Next . It will start copying files to the system.
- At the "Setup is Complete" window, select Yes, I want to restart my computer now. and click on Finished .
Installing the ThinkPad Modem Driver for Windows 98
To install the ThinkPad modem driver for Windows 98:
- Start Windows 98.
- Extract the drivers onto the hard disk.
- Click on Start -> Run... .
- Type C:\DRIVERS\W9X\MODEM\SETUP.BAT in the "Open" box, then click on OK .
- Click on Next to continue with the setup program.
- Click on Finish .
- Shutdown and restart the computer.
Note: If the modem does not work,
- Click on Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> System -> Device Manager .
- If there is any "LT Win Modem" with exclamation mark, select it and click on Remove .
- Click on Close button in the Properties dialog box.
- Shutdown and restart the computer.
Installing the TrackPoint Driver for Windows 98
To install the TrackPoint driver for Windows 98:
- Start Windows 98
- Extract the driver onto the hard drive.
- Click on Start -> Settings -> Control Panel .
- Double-click on the System icon.
- Click on the Device Manager tab at the top of the "System Properties" window.
- Double-click on the Mouse .
- Double-click on either PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port or PS/2 TrackPoint whichever choice appears in the list.
- Click on the Driver tab.
- Click on the Update Driver... button. The "Update Device Driver Wizard" runs.
- Click on Next .
- Click on Display a list of all the drivers in a specific location, so you can select the driver you want .
- Click on Next .
- Click on Have Disk .
- Specify the directory where the driver files are extracted. Default path is C:\DRIVERS\WIN\TPOINT\. Then click on OK button. Then driver list appears.
- Click on PS/2 TrackPoint in the list.
- Click on Next .
- Click on Next .
- Click on Finish in the "Update Device Driver Wizard" window.
- Restart your computer to make the new settings effective.
Installing the Bay Driver for Windows 98
To install the bay driver for Windows 98:
- Must remove any real-mode drivers such as MSCDEX and related drives in CONFIG.SYS.
- Start Windows 98.
- Extract the drivers to the hard disk.
- Click Start -> Programs -> Agate Tioman -> Uninstall Agate Tioman and follow the directions. When prompted, restart the system.
- Click Start -> Run...
- Type C:\DRIVERS\W9X\SWAP in the dialog box and click on OK .
- Follow the instructions on the screen.
Installing the Hibernation Utility for Windows 98
Notes:
1. If you change the memory size, you need to reinstall the hibernation utility.
2. If you created a hibernation partition, you need to delete it before recreating a partition.
To install the hibernation utility program for Windows 98:
1. Insert the Hibernation Utility Diskette into the diskette drive.
2. Restart the computer.
3. Follow the instructions on the screen.
Installing the CD-ROM Device Driver for Windows 98
This section describes how to disable the unnecessary DOS and Windows CD-ROM device drivers.
- If you installed Windows 98 on a blank hard disk drive without DOS and Windows, Windows 98 has automatically installed a generic ATAPI CD-ROM device driver for your ThinkPad's CD-ROM drive. You do not need to do the following procedure.
- If you installed Windows 98 in a computer on which DOS and Windows had been already installed, you need to disable the DOS and Windows CD-ROM device drivers to use the correct Windows 98 generic ATAPI CD-ROM device driver.
- To disable the DOS/Windows CD-ROM device drivers:
- Start Windows 98 and go to the MS-DOS command prompt .
- Open the CONFIG.SYS file with your text editor; then find the following line: DEVICE=C:\xxxxxx\CDROMDRV.SYS /R Note: xxxxxx is the subdirectory where you have installed the CD-ROM device driver. The default subdirectory for C:\xxxxxx is C:\CDROM. If you cannot find the line, quit the file and go to step 5.
- Comment out the line to change it as follows: REM DEVICE=C:\xxxxxx\CDROMDRV.SYS /R If the line is already commented out, quit the file and go to the next step.
- Open the AUTOEXEC.BAT file; then find the following line: C:\xxxxxx\MSCDEX.EXE /D:TPCD001 /M:15 Note: xxxxxx is the subdirectory where you have installed the CD-ROM device driver. The default subdirectory for C:\xxxxxx is C:\CDROM. If you cannot find the line, quit the file and go to step 7
- Comment out the line to change it as follows: REM C:\xxxxxx\MSCDEX.EXE /D:TPCD001 /M:15 If the line is already commented out, quit the file and go to the next step.
- Close MS-DOS prompt and reboot system
Installing the Modem dialer utility
- Start Windows 95 or Windows 98.
- Extract the drivers onto the hard disk.
- Click on Start -> Run...
- Type C:\DRIVERS\W9X\RING\SETUP and click on OK .
- Follow the instructions on the screen.
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