i am running win98 se on an amd-k6 500MHz. my bios is award plug and play 2m.
on starting up this is what happens:
verifying dmi pool data...
disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter
i can then get cd-rom support and the ramdrive with a windows boot disk but then no joy. sys c: executes correctly but still no joy.
if i then type c:\windows\win i get this:
...
Registry file not found. registry service may be inoperable for this session.
XMS cache problem. registry service may be inoperable fo this session.
...
VFAT device initialisation failed
a device or resource required by VFAT is not present or is unreachable. VFAT cannot continue loading.
system halted.
if i get a windows cd what can i do then? is this a virus?
the computer had been up for most of the day and some installing had been done. tweakall and nero. it crashed suddenly while running mirc, outlook express, bulletproof ftp.
apparently the computer blue-screened when a picture file was loaded.
thankyou for your time