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| 337263 | 2005-03-24 03:23:00 | godfather- I didn't extract on my pc first, for him to try in the other pc. I had just downloaded to A:. But, i have now. It did do something...Then he was told to reboot with the win98 cd. Now the message he is getting is "operation system not found." The cd drive is enabled We are going slowly, but you guys are getting us there!! |
jonlinsmith (7340) | ||
| 337264 | 2005-03-24 03:55:00 | "download a 98 boot disk image from www.bootdisk.com and then double clik that file to write it to floppy " ...........it does pay to read the instructions you get here properly then things may go a little easier...... |
drcspy (146) | ||
| 337265 | 2005-03-24 03:59:00 | Also did you do the following ? >>> then restart your pc using that floppy and type in sys.com d: (or whatever drive your slaved drive is called) be careful you dont 'sys' your main harddrive lol.......that'll put the necessary boot files on the harddrive.......also while it's slaved copy all the 98 cab files into a folder on the new drive and when you put it back into the system after doin the 'sys' then it'll boot up to a c: prompt then change to the 98cabs folder by typein in cd and the name of the cabs folder then tap enter then type in setup and you'll be away laughin I suggested using the drive as a slaved drive to enable this because i thought that you couldn't boot on the problem system from a floppy .....however i did miss out something.........reboot the system using the floppy and then also as well as 'sys' that drive and copy the cabs.....after that you need also to go back to the A:> prompt and type in fdisk then clik enter then using the fdisk function you need to set that drive as 'active'.......then it'll boot........ |
drcspy (146) | ||
| 337266 | 2005-03-24 04:40:00 | thank you all for your input. calling it quits for tonight.....but i'm sure we will be back here tomarrow trying again. DRCSPY- i beleive he is going to try to slave the hd as you suggested. thank you. |
jonlinsmith (7340) | ||
| 337267 | 2005-03-24 16:56:00 | hi everyone, we are back trying to install this again today. Jon tried to slave the new hd, but it didnt work. He got that black screen again with the blinking line in left top corner. No prompt. Pc didnt even start windows from master(original hd). anyone???????? |
jonlinsmith (7340) | ||
| 337268 | 2005-03-24 18:10:00 | could all of this be a bios problem? I've looked for some kind of update for this old sytem, but cant find any. How do i change them and to what? | jonlinsmith (7340) | ||
| 337269 | 2005-03-24 20:30:00 | Hi it's the start of our Easter weekend here (7.25am now) so most will be sleeping in. The bios should be OK. Are you saying that the original drive complete with software no longer boots up? Have you tried it on its own exactly as it used to be? What happened when you tried booting from the CD drive, did the cd spin up at all before the comp decided no operating system found? With old computers sometimes they just start dying when you start open heart surgery. |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 337270 | 2005-03-24 21:18:00 | if he slaves it to the original hd, nothing works, just a blank screen. If he removes the slave, and just boots with old 1.2 hard drive it does work. this is getting soooo agravating. I think he is ready to give up. When he tried to install win98 on new hd, he got to the point were it asks to boot from hard drive or cd, he chooses cd and everythin stops. Cd is spinning. |
jonlinsmith (7340) | ||
| 337271 | 2005-03-25 12:28:00 | Hi fella's , Happy Easter in NY :) :) Now I may have missed something ... this is what I would do... disconnect everything from mobo except video card [ if no onboard video ] - so the power connectors and front panel connectors need to be put on - attach them then boot ... hopefully get a screen talking about the video card etc and an option to enter the BIOS [ F2 , Del or something else ] will go on then say "invalid system disc " or whatever ... reboot either by front switch or ctl-alt-del and then , when the option comes up , enter the BIOS -if all's screwy go to " load fail safe defaults" or similar , exit with saving changes ...'puter reboots and grab the chance to get back into the BIOS - look for the entry that lets you change the boot order [ mentioned in earlier post] - change it to be 1st FDD 2nd CD-ROM [ etc ] 3rd HDD or IDE 1 or similar - again exit changing changes - should reboot , beep , FDD light comes up , shudders to a halt as there's no system disc - restart again , this time with the win 98se boot disk in the FDD - this reboot should be different - lots of whirring and the screen will give options like " start computer with CDsupport " If this happens it's good , the FDD works , the floppy is OK and the BIOS is doing it's thing . Now turn off the computer [ unplug if reqd] and attach the new HDD - jumpered as " master" - onto the primary IDE - nothing else but make sure the HDD is powered ie check jumper , ide connection and the power is connected . Start up the 'puter with the boot disk in the floppy , choose defaults and at A: type " format C:" it'll then say you,l erase everything etc , choose the Y and let her rip ... time for a refreshment ... choose volume name just enter ... back to A: ... reboot with floppy out " invalid system disc " etc yeah ... turn it off - unplug etc . Now physically install the CD-ROM [ or DVD or CD-RW] jumpered as master , ideally onto the second IDE channel ... if it needs to share the same channel as the HDD it needs to be jumpered as slave ... anyhow ideally the CD-rom is on it's own channel , powered up as master ... so then reboot with the win 98se fdd in the FDD - watch the splash screen - should show master = HDD , 2ndary master = Lite-on CD-rom or whatever - BIOS options should be set to " auto" for primary and secondary IDE channels -reboot - now two ways of proceeding ... you can boot to the fdd and enable cd support , or you can bypass the FDD as win 98SE etc [ ie later versions ] is a bootable CD and simply put the Win 98se cd in the [ now correctly detected ] CD- ROM and reboot ... hopefully a wee dos [ black n white ] menu comes up - select " boot from CD " then all should be OK ... just go with the defaults - you will need your valid CD key , then install mobo drivers , video drivers , modem [ or LAN if not on the motherboard and connecting to a broadband router ], windows updates , security items [ antivirus , antispyware firewall etc ] , however that's for a whole new post .. Hope that helps a bit Mike :o |
KatiMike (242) | ||
| 337272 | 2005-03-25 18:03:00 | SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Had to simply change cly in setup and disbale boot from hard disk. Everything finally went smoothly after that. Windows is starting for first time!!!!!!! thank you everone. |
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