This news might be essential if you cannot initiate Windows 98 normally, but you can initiate your computer to a command prompt and entrance your hard disk. This news explains to make a Windows 98 Startup drive from MS-DOS. If you have a laptop computer that has a floppy drive and a CD-ROM drive that are exchangeable, This might also be essential.
Use the following ways to make a Windows 98 Startup drive from MS-DOS:

1. Restart your computer, press and hold down the CTRL key until the Windows 98 Startup menu appears, and then choose Command Prompt Only from the Startup menu.
2. Insert a blank, formatted floppy disk into drive A.
3. Type the following commands, pressing ENTER after each command:

cd windows\command
smartdrv.exe
bootdisk a:

4. Follow the instructions on the screen to finish making the Startup disk.