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coria1@tampabay.rr.com
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      04-16-2004
Trying to help some friends with an old 100 MhZ box running Win 98. System
will not boot and when trying to use their floppy I get a whole series of
error messages about missing and corrupted files. In the posting at boot up
the harddrive, CD-ROM and floppy are all recognized but the system hangs
after the Windows image opens. I booted using their recovery floppy but
when I try to access the d:drive to reinstall Windows I cannot get to it.

I have downloaded a bootdisk for Win 98 but would appreciate suggestions for
what to do next.
TIA. Fred


 
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Kenny
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      04-16-2004
Try holding down F8 at bootup to see if it starts in Safe Mode. If it does
in the Run box type "sfc", no quotes then OK. You will need the Win98 CD in
the drive. This will check and replace corrupted Windows files.
If that doesn't work boot from a Win98 startup floppy, (best to get one from
a working Win98 PC), browse to the CD drive and run Setup.exe from there.
That will re-install Windows "over the top" of existing install and save
files. Third and probably the best option is to format C: drive after
booting from the floppy then re-install from CD.

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Kenny


"" <coria1atexecpc.com> wrote in message
news:icWfc.38408$ m...
> Trying to help some friends with an old 100 MhZ box running Win 98.

System
> will not boot and when trying to use their floppy I get a whole series of
> error messages about missing and corrupted files. In the posting at boot

up
> the harddrive, CD-ROM and floppy are all recognized but the system hangs
> after the Windows image opens. I booted using their recovery floppy but
> when I try to access the d:drive to reinstall Windows I cannot get to it.
>
> I have downloaded a bootdisk for Win 98 but would appreciate suggestions

for
> what to do next.
> TIA. Fred
>
>



 
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GTS
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      04-16-2004
In addition to those good suggestions from Kenny, I'd recommend running
scandisk either from the Safe Mode boot if that works, or from a floppy boot
if not. With a computer this old, the missing and corrupt files raise some
concern re. a possibly failing hard disk.
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"Kenny" <> wrote in message
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> Try holding down F8 at bootup to see if it starts in Safe Mode. If it

does
> in the Run box type "sfc", no quotes then OK. You will need the Win98 CD

in
> the drive. This will check and replace corrupted Windows files.
> If that doesn't work boot from a Win98 startup floppy, (best to get one

from
> a working Win98 PC), browse to the CD drive and run Setup.exe from there.
> That will re-install Windows "over the top" of existing install and save
> files. Third and probably the best option is to format C: drive after
> booting from the floppy then re-install from CD.
>
> --
>
> Kenny
>
>
> "" <coria1atexecpc.com> wrote in message
> news:icWfc.38408$ m...
> > Trying to help some friends with an old 100 MhZ box running Win 98.

> System
> > will not boot and when trying to use their floppy I get a whole series

of
> > error messages about missing and corrupted files. In the posting at

boot
> up
> > the harddrive, CD-ROM and floppy are all recognized but the system hangs
> > after the Windows image opens. I booted using their recovery floppy but
> > when I try to access the d:drive to reinstall Windows I cannot get to

it.
> >
> > I have downloaded a bootdisk for Win 98 but would appreciate suggestions

> for
> > what to do next.
> > TIA. Fred
> >
> >

>
>




 
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Kenny
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      04-18-2004
One thing I forgot is that in Win98 the CDROM won't work in Safe Mode since
no drivers will be loaded for it. There is a way round it by loading DOS
drivers but I've never done it and not completely sure how to.

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"GTS" <> wrote in message
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> In addition to those good suggestions from Kenny, I'd recommend running
> scandisk either from the Safe Mode boot if that works, or from a floppy

boot
> if not. With a computer this old, the missing and corrupt files raise

some
> concern re. a possibly failing hard disk.
> --
>
> "Kenny" <> wrote in message
> news:c5pe62$4eav5$...
> > Try holding down F8 at bootup to see if it starts in Safe Mode. If it

> does
> > in the Run box type "sfc", no quotes then OK. You will need the Win98

CD
> in
> > the drive. This will check and replace corrupted Windows files.
> > If that doesn't work boot from a Win98 startup floppy, (best to get one

> from
> > a working Win98 PC), browse to the CD drive and run Setup.exe from

there.
> > That will re-install Windows "over the top" of existing install and save
> > files. Third and probably the best option is to format C: drive after
> > booting from the floppy then re-install from CD.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Kenny
> >
> >
> > "" <coria1atexecpc.com> wrote in message
> > news:icWfc.38408$ m...
> > > Trying to help some friends with an old 100 MhZ box running Win 98.

> > System
> > > will not boot and when trying to use their floppy I get a whole series

> of
> > > error messages about missing and corrupted files. In the posting at

> boot
> > up
> > > the harddrive, CD-ROM and floppy are all recognized but the system

hangs
> > > after the Windows image opens. I booted using their recovery floppy

but
> > > when I try to access the d:drive to reinstall Windows I cannot get to

> it.
> > >
> > > I have downloaded a bootdisk for Win 98 but would appreciate

suggestions
> > for
> > > what to do next.
> > > TIA. Fred
> > >
> > >

> >
> >

>
>
>



 
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