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| Thread ID: 47911 | 2004-08-08 22:58:00 | Corrapted Win 98 cd-rom | Taly (4598) | Press F1 |
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| 259732 | 2004-08-08 22:58:00 | My pc started to show messages that registry system file had an error and it has restored recent backup and told to restart. After restarted it was all the same again. So I reformatted HDD, reinstalled Win and for some time it was ok. Then started again. My guess is that CDrom has a slight damage like a scratch. My PC is 9 years old, Pent S with 48Mb RAM. I have XP, but would it take it? To by a new WIN98 will cost more then my PC. Is it hopless, or there is a way arround? Thanks for ideas. |
Taly (4598) | ||
| 259733 | 2004-08-08 23:04:00 | My guess is your harddrive is starting to fail. | metla (154) | ||
| 259734 | 2004-08-08 23:15:00 | Hi Metla! Perhaps you are right. Thanks. Have another HDD and will try it. By the way, METLA in Russian means a "broom". Do you know that? Regards |
Taly (4598) | ||
| 259735 | 2004-08-08 23:18:00 | Thanks,I'm crushed. | metla (154) | ||
| 259736 | 2004-08-09 00:33:00 | LOL...a broom that likes heavy metal? | Pheonix (280) | ||
| 259737 | 2004-08-09 04:41:00 | Hi Metla! Installed another HDD. Trying to boot up with boot floppy. Bios recognise new HDD. Set Bios to boot sequence A,C with CD-ROM support. Formatted the HDD with "Format C: /s" command. Then at prompt A:\> have to type a command. Typed "setup" and tried WiN98, would not accept. Any ideas? |
Taly (4598) | ||
| 259738 | 2004-08-09 04:58:00 | When you boot up with the floppy in, did you note the letter it gave to the CD? It is usually the last thing before you get the A prompt. If not, a restart will do it, as long as you choose the "with CDROM support" option. Then at the prompt go ?: setup (where ? = the CDROM letter) and you have the Win98 disk in the CDROM. |
Pheonix (280) | ||
| 259739 | 2004-08-09 05:25:00 | > By the way, METLA in Russian means a "broom". Do you know that? :^O Broom is hating life right now... |
kiki (762) | ||
| 259740 | 2004-08-09 06:36:00 | Can you actually see scratches on the install CD? Make sure you don't have smudge marks all over the CD. I wouldn't of thought a scratched/smudged CD would of led to the OS carking it some time down the track ... >My PC is 9 years old, Pent S with 48Mb RAM. I have XP, but would it take it? There is no way that machine would run XP sorry. |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 259741 | 2004-08-09 07:19:00 | > > My PC is 9 years old, Pent S with 48Mb RAM. I have > XP, but would it take it? > > There is no way that machine would run XP sorry. i know some one that has got win xp on a cyrix media gx, it just goes tho :D |
Patrick 2003 (277) | ||
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