windows 98 (dont laugh)
01 December 2003, 10:21 AM
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I formatted my sons computer as it was crashing all the time and had lots of crap he didn,t use but when i reinstalled windows i could not get the pc to boot up
it started up and allowed me to install windows then at the end of installation it restarted but didn,t
it finds the hard drive then as soon as it finds the floppy it says
non system disc please remove disc and press any key!
it has no discs in either the floppy or the cd rom even changing the hard drive with a spare has the same result
i have done this many times before no problem
it started up and allowed me to install windows then at the end of installation it restarted but didn,t
it finds the hard drive then as soon as it finds the floppy it says
non system disc please remove disc and press any key!
it has no discs in either the floppy or the cd rom even changing the hard drive with a spare has the same result
i have done this many times before no problem
01 December 2003, 11:19 AM
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havent changed the bios as i said i have done the same before without a problem
i think 2000 may be on the cards but his computer is old it may be time for a rebuild
it was working before i started
i think 2000 may be on the cards but his computer is old it may be time for a rebuild
it was working before i started
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01 December 2003, 11:58 AM
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I think the /s switch sets up the system files and does something to say that it can boot from that drive. I'm sure that there must be a way of doing this now which doesn't involve reformatting, fdisk perhaps?
01 December 2003, 06:27 PM
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Was win98 the OS before you formatted the drive?
Try diconnecting the floppy and/or disabling it in the BIOS. It's slightly possible the floppy is f*cked
Also, depending on the BIOS/hdd you may have issues with where you're trying to boot or load. Is WIn98 the only partition on the disk? If not, is the 'bootable' (i.e. win98) within 2GB of the start of the disk?
Also, does the BIOS recognise the hdd properly?
Vindaloo.
Try diconnecting the floppy and/or disabling it in the BIOS. It's slightly possible the floppy is f*cked
Also, depending on the BIOS/hdd you may have issues with where you're trying to boot or load. Is WIn98 the only partition on the disk? If not, is the 'bootable' (i.e. win98) within 2GB of the start of the disk?
Also, does the BIOS recognise the hdd properly?
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01 December 2003, 09:31 PM
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thanks its sorted now i thought the floppy was feked too but it was either the format missed something or the windows install missed something and couldnt restart
formatted again reinstalled its fine now
formatted again reinstalled its fine now
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