where do i start. well, i was running 98 s.e. and I had a xp pro disk lying around so i tried to load it big mistake. well i got halh way thru it and how it says keep finish install. so now it wont let me go back to 98 s.e. and keep asking me for the install disk for xp pro which it has already told me it can install. ok here where you might be able to help. i turn on the laptop and it ask if i want to continue xp pro install or canel xp setup. i say cancel . its propmts me to 98 start up menu. it gives me 6 choice but only allows me to command prompt only. i dont know nothing about command line or dos.it says i am miss or have corrupted 3 files. c:\windows\hihem.sys, c:\windows\dblbuff.sys and c:\windows\ifshlp.sys . also it says missing or corrupted command.com. type the name of the command interpreter (e.g., c:\windows\command.com). sorry about all that but that is were iam. i just want to fdisk and reload 98 s.e. can you help . thank you Bilal El-Amin. Bilal EL_Amin

Can you boot with the 98se CD? Best

Format your harddrive. And re-do the xp pro installation over again. Or you can format your harddrive and put 98se on there. Jim R

If you have the W98SE CD, you want W98SE and wish to avoid losing your own stuff, you could try just running W98SE again on top, using a boot disk (floppy) to access the CD drive. Nothing lost if the alternative is formatting anyway. Here's the full procedure: You will need a boot disk (floppy). If you have already made a W98SE Startup Disk this will do fine. Otherwise go to www.bootdisk.com and make one from the download on another machine (don't just copy the download files onto the floppy). The other machine doesn't need to be W98. Power off your machine, put in the floppy, then power on again. It will then boot with it and eventually give you various options. You choose "Start with CD-ROM support". Watch the screen and you will see that Windows grabs your CD letter to temporarily use as a RAM drive. If you use the Startup Disk made in Windows it will move the letter up by one (so if your CD is D it will become E). Downloaded floppies often use R, so watch the screen whilst booting. You then put in your W98SE CD and (assuming it moves D up to E) you type: E: (hit Return key) setup (hit Return key) It might ask if you want Windows installed to C:\WINDOWS.000. If it does, redirect it to C:\WINDOWS so that you don't end up with two installations. DerekW

thanks everyone. Derek W, I got the boot disk u told me about but now i have an error 02B2 that says Incorrect drive A type - run Setup. damn damn damn. Do u know or does anyone knows what I am suppose to do in setup so that I have the right A type drive. lol I quess that is what they mean. lol. I also already enter F9 so that factory settings were load in bios. thank you. Bilal EL_Amin

Perhaps the A drive has been changed since factory settings: CLICK HERE DerekW