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Formating HD
Name: superkakarot Date: November 5, 2003 at 12:34:15 Pacific OS: win98 2nd edition CPU/Ram: amd 256
Comment:
hi, i just tried to completely reinstall my PC with the CD i received when I bought my PC, now the PC wont boot nor I can instal the software. What could be the problem? I thought to format it but dont have format disk, is there any way to format it in dos without format disk, or is there a file i can download and make format disk? IF you know dos command please let me know. Ps when i try to boot pc this is command i get A:\> what command do i need to change it and format it?
Name: paul Date: November 5, 2003 at 12:41:01 Pacific
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The A:\> prompt means your are booting from the floppy diskette. To install win98 type
x:\setup
Where x: = your cdrom drive.
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Response Number 2
Name: TED Date: November 5, 2003 at 12:47:35 Pacific
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Ata:\type format c:\s
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Response Number 3
Name: superkakarot Date: November 5, 2003 at 12:49:40 Pacific
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i have tried every letter and it not working, by the way does it need to read this when i enter A:\>x:\setup
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Response Number 4
Name: superkakarot Date: November 5, 2003 at 12:50:02 Pacific
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i have tried every letter and it not working, by the way does it need to read this when i enter A:\>x:\setup
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Response Number 5
Name: Dan Penny Date: November 5, 2003 at 13:58:12 Pacific
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Are you booting the machine with a Windows 98 boot disk? If so, you should have the option of booting with CDROM support. The CDROM has to be either an IDE or SCSI device, not a proprietary CDROM. (These are usually connected (data cable) to a sound card or other small interface card mounted in one of the computers slots.)
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Response Number 6
Name: bill Date: November 5, 2003 at 14:34:03 Pacific
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Type
x:\setup <Enter key>
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Response Number 7
Name: DAVEINCAPS Date: November 5, 2003 at 20:08:03 Pacific
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If you're getting an a:\> prompt then you're booting from a bootdisk. Make sure you don't have a disk in the a: drive and then restart the computer. Does it go into windows now?
If not, the bootdisk should have the format command on it. At the a:\> prompt type:
format c:
and enter.
To reinstall windows you'll need a bootdisk with cdrom support. Does your bootdisk give you that option when you boot with it? If not you can download a bootdisk file from www.bootdisk.com. Run the file and it will create a bootdisk.
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