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| Thread ID: 56419 | 2005-04-04 08:09:00 | PC wont boot up | pukeko (7798) | Press F1 |
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| 341455 | 2005-04-04 08:09:00 | I am trying to get my old Windows 98 machine running again. During boot up, it completes the mem test, finds the HDD, and CDROM and then hangs up. There is no "A" prompt so I cant boot from a floppy. Any suggestion? Thanks |
pukeko (7798) | ||
| 341456 | 2005-04-04 08:11:00 | Welcome to PressF1 :) go into the BIOS (press DEL or what ever it says on the screen) and disable the floppy |
Prescott (11) | ||
| 341457 | 2005-04-04 08:16:00 | If 98 is on the hard drive, go into the BIOS and change the bootdisk to the hard drive. And take the floppy out of the disk drive, if there's one in the disk drive. And take the cd out if theres a cd in the cd rom. You shouldnt have to boot from floppy, if 98 is already on the hdd. And u shouldnt have to disable the floppy in the BIOS. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 341458 | 2005-04-04 11:36:00 | Thanks for the replies. It hangs up after detecting the HDD and CDrom, where as it should continue to the C drive, or if a floppy is in the drive boot from that. There is no operating system on the HDD, thats is why I am trying to boot from a windows 98 MS dos Boot disc so that I can format the HDD. I have tried disabling the floppy, but it always stops at the same point. I have tried booting from a CD (windows instalation disc) as well. |
pukeko (7798) | ||
| 341459 | 2005-04-04 12:33:00 | Thanks Guys. I solved that problem, sure to be back with others! | pukeko (7798) | ||
| 341460 | 2005-04-20 05:46:00 | Thanks Guys. I solved that problem, sure to be back with others! I have exactly the same problem. Could you disclose your fix please. Thanks |
xyz (7799) | ||
| 341461 | 2005-04-22 00:55:00 | I removed all the other cards, LAN, modem, SCSI etc and left only the video card in and then it booted up ok. After installing windows I replaced one card (& its drivers) at a time and all is ok now. good luck |
pukeko (7798) | ||
| 341462 | 2005-05-05 13:12:00 | Same problem here! Tried the disable the FDD, still wont boot. Tried removing all cards (VGA onboard) still hangs after detecting all 4 ide devices! ????? Please someone help I have even tried removing the ide cables and still hangs in the same place and no error message. Ide set to auto detect. |
StormHunter (7800) | ||
| 341463 | 2005-05-05 19:53:00 | Storm have you checked the ram...correctly seated, not faulty etc |
beama (111) | ||
| 341464 | 2005-05-06 10:19:00 | Hi Beama Yip, it has 2x 128 pc133 ram. I tried one at a time and still same problem. |
StormHunter (7800) | ||
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