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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

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
>
>

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
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
> >
> >
>
>

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.

--

Kenny


"GTS" <> wrote in message
news:vZYfc.172$...
> 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
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
>