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Name: serhan
Date: December 7, 2003 at 08:09:31 Pacific
OS: WIN98se
CPU/Ram: AMD 2500/I Gig
Comment:

I have a total new PC which I put together, everything is fine I HAD installed WIN98se but then formatted the C and D drives (partitioned) THEN I have tried with various options to boot - CD, Floppy etc also made the setup in BIOS to ONLY use Floppy or CD when booting. No matter what I do i keep on getting:
'DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER'

I can boot with the Floppy from my old PC. Im totally lost on this WHATS happening??????

thanks



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Response Number 1
Name: mesich
Date: December 7, 2003 at 08:46:26 Pacific
Reply:

Hi Serhan, hello everyone,

Check the power and data cables going to the floppy. Does the light for the floppy drive come on and stay on?

Check the Bios settings.
Ensure A: is set at 1.44MB
Ensure the Floppy Disk Controller is Enable.
First Boot Device= A: or Floppy

Best Regards,
Mesich


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Response Number 2
Name: mesich
Date: December 7, 2003 at 08:56:27 Pacific
Reply:

Hi Serhan, hello everyone,

I just noticed the new computer has 1GB of RAM installed. This may cause some problems with Win98 although it is not related to the problem you are experiencing now.

A link for the future:
Run Win98 with more than 512MB of RAM

Best Regards,
Mesich



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Response Number 3
Name: MaadhuriMN
Date: December 7, 2003 at 09:54:02 Pacific
Reply:

Serhan,

Did you mean you installed Win98 SE on a Hard Disk Drive and then Repartitioned and Reformatted the HDD [thereby leaving the HDD bereft of any OS] and then Restarted and changed the Boot Sequence in the BIOS setup to CDD>FDD>HDD or FDD>CDD>HDD ?

Are you placing a Bootable Disc [like Windows OS CD]in the CD-ROM drive or Windows Startup Diskette in the Floppy Disk Drive to boot from and still getting the Disk Boot Failure; insert the System Disk error?

If so, you may have to Check the BIOS Setup again to verify that the ATAPI/IDE Controllers and the FDD controllers are Enabled.
If the Device Controllers are already Enabled in the BIOS setup , the next troubleshoot is inside the case. Make sure the Devices are properly connected in the machine with their Data cables connected with the correct orientation vis-a-vis their Pin-1 and the Power Supply Cable is firmly and securely inserted.

If they are all ok, is it possible the devices are some how damaged?



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Response Number 4
Name: serhan
Date: December 8, 2003 at 05:39:39 Pacific
Reply:

Hi all,

Thank you for the replies I will try them off tonight


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Response Number 5
Name: Craig-x
Date: December 31, 2003 at 06:19:23 Pacific
Reply:

I'm having simialr problems, no matter what i set it to boot to bios i still get that error, also my pc has realtek boot-up options, which i've tried changing still to no avail, also i've reset the bios plus changing the cables any help would be great appricted, cheers


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