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 Oct 16 2005, 09:11 PM
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 What can I do now to get the system up and running?
-------------------- Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.
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Oct 17 2005, 08:04 AM
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 Voted most likely Group: Members Posts: 3,674 Joined: 19-September 04 From: Collingwood, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 2,883 |
Hi flyinlion.
You can't boot from a 98 CD. You need to use a floppy boot disk. You boot to A:\> (with CD support) and type the following commands: CD X: (where X is the letter for the CD drive) setup and its that easy. If you need a 98 boot disk you can get one from www.bootdisk.com. The last screen you see when you boot with one of those boot disks will tell you the drive letter that has been assigned to the CD drive. Its usually R: for some reason. -------------------- **** We use our powers for good, not evil **** When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail. Abraham Maslo |
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Oct 17 2005, 04:58 PM
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Forum Addict Group: Members Posts: 6,538 Joined: 3-September 05 From: Killeen, TX Member No.: 33,068 |
You CAN boot from a Win 98 CD and any subsequent Windows CDs, see http://www.windowsreinstall.com/win98/inst...dexfullpage.htm.
But...NTLDR is not a Win 98 file. See http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000465.htm. Louis |
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Oct 17 2005, 06:15 PM
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 Visually handicapped, hence the avatar :0) Group: Moderator Posts: 14,526 Joined: 2-October 05 From: Southeastern CT, USA Member No.: 35,824 |
I may be mistaken, but can't you just boot from the XP disk in your CD drive - and then insert the qualifying media (the original 98 CD) when prompted for it.
-------------------- - John
**If you need a more detailed explanation, please ask for it. I have the Knack. ** |
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Oct 18 2005, 01:08 AM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 14 Joined: 20-August 05 Member No.: 31,765 |
Thanks for the help guys. Seems the problem was between the keyboard and the chair.
 I couldn't figure out why I couldn't get into setup and BIOS to set it to boot from the CD. Well, everytime I tried to reboot, the F-lock turned off on the keyboard and the F buttons wouldn't work. I kept pressing F2 to get into setup until I finally noticed the little light on my keyboard wasn't on. I had to hit the F-lock button when the keyboard activated and quickly hit F2 to get into setup/BIOS and change the setting. After that, it booted from the XP upgrade disk and it was off to the races. I feel like a real idiot about now.  Anyway, everythings working now and the kid won't be hogging my machine anymore. Thanks for the responses.Steve -------------------- Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.
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Oct 18 2005, 04:17 AM
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Voted most likely Group: Members Posts: 3,674 Joined: 19-September 04 From: Collingwood, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 2,883 |
Thanks for posting back and letting us know you cured the "problem between the keyboard and the chair".
-------------------- **** We use our powers for good, not evil **** When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail. Abraham Maslo |
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