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DFG 5OH

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Any of you guys have any computer knowledge? I dont wanna post on a comp. forum, and it you guys know anything it will help
 
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not posting the question just wastes time
 

DFG 5OH

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tonight, i was at my girlfriends house tonight and was workin on her computer. I had to format her hard drive, because her computer was messed up bad. She has windows 98 Pro, and i put in the disc in the D:, and had the startup disc in the a:. When the command promt came up, after i selected start the computer with CD-ROM support, i typed "format c:" after it was done, i figured i could restart the computer, and the disc would automaticly start, and i could install the OS. But it sent me back to the command promt, and i dont know what command will start the windows 98 CD in the CD rom drive to install.
 

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hope this helps

when you get to command propt (a type D: (enter)
setup (enter)
should start ya
 

DFG 5OH

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i tried that, but to luck, i'm got a few options, and i'll post back later when i get done, any more input will help
 
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go to bootdisk.com and get a win 98 bootdisk , put it on a floppy then throw it in there before you boot up. Basically, your PC wont be able to even see the D drive (cd-rom) until you load the drivers for it.

That boot disk should get you going. post up if you need more help.
 

BlackVert

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you have to put the operating sytem back on it when you format it. otherwise it is just a data disk that you can't boot off of, like a floppy.

it has been a while since i had a 98 machine, but if i remember correctly, the command is "format c: /s"

now you have to boot off a bootable floppy. i think you can use "sys c:" to transfer the system files after it is formatted. or you can reformat it with the above command.

good luck.
 

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Type in D: to switch to the cd rom, then type in "cd win98", then you can type setup to start the win98 install.
 

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I've got the bootable floppy that i made with the windows 98 disc. I have not yet ran the sys c: command, and i think thats what i messed up on, because i've been reading, and i need to do this. I'm gonna try and, and if theres no luck, i was reading my Windows 98 book and it says that you can install windows 3.1 which i have, and upgrade to windows 98 easily.

Thanks again for all the replys, i really hope this works.
 

DFG 5OH

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Well i tried tonight, but had no luck, i kept getting this message when trying to use a cd:

CDR101 not ready reading drive D, Abort, Retry, Fail

I'm not sure, maybe the CD drive is bad? i'm gonna change IDE cables, and the drive out with another one to see if its bad or not.
 
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