Computer Problem (again)!

[Ryan1985]

Rite, i am re-installin Windows '98 on my comp because its up the creek! I made a Windows '98 Startup disk and then it tells u 2 put it in wen u start up the computer and i have done this but it just starts up as normal, wots happenin or wot am i doin wrong?

Cheers people

[CoRoLLa_KiD]

Is it reading the disc at all? can you hear the floppy drive kick in at any point?

Have you changed your BIOS so it reads from the HDD before the floppy?

If its reading from the HDD first it'll always load windows because that is what the computer has been told to do. Change that so it reads from the floppy & the startup disc kicks in

[Ryan1985]

Have you changed your BIOS so it reads from the HDD before the floppy?

Have been told this on another forum also but how do i make it read from the floppy b4 the Hard drive? Simple english also please!

Cheers

[Moxy]

Hey Ryan,

When you switch your computer on it will say on the screen (just for a few seconds) to press del to enter BIOS setup. On some systems you press F2 instead but its more commonly del.

You will get loads of options. Look for a menu that says 'boot order'. Make sure that the first one selected is your FDD!.

that will cause it to boot from the floppy before running windows.

[Ryan1985]

I'll try it l8r!

Cheers guys

[vmail]

Hey Ryan,

When you switch your computer on it will say on the screen (just for a few seconds) to press del to enter BIOS setup. On some systems you press F2 instead but its more commonly del.

You will get loads of options. Look for a menu that says 'boot order'. Make sure that the first one selected is your FDD!.

that will cause it to boot from the floppy before running windows.

or ESC or F1, depends on the PC

or F8 (to change boot sequence on the fly)

[gus]

there is another option depending on how bad your PC is knackered.

1. allow PC to boot normally

2. insert your windows 98 disk

3. should start to auto boot

4. when promted click on "repair" and let the PC do the rest

may solve the problem may not.

[jaxx]

why the heck you still on '98!

no wonder its up the creek!

[vmail]

its SIX years old, it might be worth a few bob soon

Im repairin a win95b PC, cant put norton av 2004 on it and cant check it for spyware

[Ryan1985]

why the heck you still on '98!

We are not all rich! I have another computer actually which has XP so there!

Anyway back 2 the problem, gus could u explain more?

Also i done wot u sed Moxy and it has started 2 do wot it is meant 2!

In my booklet it says: Performing a new installation

1. insert a Windows '98 startup disk in the floppy drive (done)

2. restart ur computer.

The microsoft windows startup menu appears (done)

3. insert the windows '98 cd into ur CD-ROM drive (done)

4. type the number 1 and then press enter

a series of scans are performed and then the MS-DOS prompt appears (done)

5. at the MS-DOS prompt type the word setup and then press enter

a message informs u that setup is goin to perfrom a check (doesn't happen)

It also says: if this message does not appear your comp can't locate your CD-ROM drive!

Any help much appreciated, cheers

[Leeky]

My god Do yourself a favour, once you get on the net download WindowsXP.

Or even better if you already got it on another machine you must have a CD-ROM somewhere, install it from that.

Please note Leeky does not condone piracy or downloading materials of an illegal nature. Doing so may land you a criminal record and other such blah blah blah

[Ryan1985]

My god   Do yourself a favour, once you get on the net download WindowsXP.

Or even better if you already got it on another machine you must have a CD-ROM somewhere, install it from that.

Please note Leeky does not condone piracy or downloading materials of an illegal nature. Doing so may land you a criminal record and other such blah blah blah

Rite Leeky i gotcha! But my other XP disc is a recovery disc 4 my Sony Vaio which has XP so i don't know if that works! Will it?

Could i download XP now and then just install it?

Cheers once again

[CoRoLLa_KiD]

Doubtful, that will probably be a ghost disc.

:!Removed!: *cough* Clicky *cough* :!Removed!:

[Ryan1985]

Cheers Corolla Kid but will all my drivers etc etc work with XP? I just really only want windows '98 2 work, apparently its the best ever OS 4 a PC ever!

Cheers

[CoRoLLa_KiD]

What are the drivers for?

Usually they all work, but some can be a right pain in the :censor:

[gus]

Anyway back 2 the problem, gus could u explain more?

ok step by step.

1. boot up the PC as normal (without any disks in any drives)

2. Does it boot ok?

3. place your windows 98 disk in the cd-rom reader

4. double click "my computer"

5. double click "your cd-rom drive"

6. locate the autorun icon on the cd

7. double click autorun

8. *******if my computer wont open***********

9. start>run>browse>find cd- rom and run

10. when promtped by the disk for a. install

b. repair

c. uninstall

11. click reapir and let windows do the rest

12. at end you will be prompted to restart PC *****dont remove the disk for the restart********

13. reboot and see if it works

if not mate PM me and will see what we can sort out

[Moffmo]

LOL, windows 98 is probably faster than XP, XP was just more user freindly!!

[cokg2]

i have a couple of dvd's here that contain all windows version, offices version, and variety of microsoft software

It just started to burn itself one day, i couldnt stop it. The DVD writter must have been possessed

[ZeroBlade]

the dos boot disk should give u a few options. choose to load the cd-rom drivers. u should be able to access ur drive then.

-Z

[vmail]

LOL, windows 98 is probably faster than XP, XP was just more user freindly!!

Server 2003 is well fast

[jaxx]

98' is pants

2000 proffesional is by far the fastest and most refined version there is

[vmail]

Xbox runs on Win2000(approx 500kb)

anyone know where I can get it

[DeusMR2]

2000 proffesional is by far the fastest and most refined version there is

here here

im still using XP tho just cos it looks nicer

[ZeroBlade]

98SE was a nice OS, but i havta say XP Pro is very nice indeedy!

vmail: there's no fully functioning emu yet. last i checked caustick (i think it was) had turok evolutions beginning to run in his emu, but not much more that.

-Z

[vmail]

where can I get it from?