cant boot an OS...

[fkdup74]

just what it says :P
i wiped a drive for my bro...now i cant install shit on it
except for Win XP, only thing that'll boot
and this PC dont have the cajones for XP i think
its an OLD bitch :lol:
celeron 600 MHz...60 somethin MB RAM, etc, etc
tried Win 98, tried to put Win ME back on it (even though i dont want to)
only thing that'll boot is XP
the BIOS is setup, everything seems as it should be....
i have to be overlookin something...any ideas? TIA :)

(hes givin the pc away, so no, buying a better pc isnt what i'm lookin for) :P

[Virtualbody1234]

It sounds like you need a startup diskette.

[vivitron 15]

if only XP will boot, then you need to get a bootable 98, or google for a boot floppy disk :)


edit: d'oh, i would have beaten you to reply if my inet hadnt chosen that moment to disconnect :p

[Virtualbody1234]

edit: d'oh, i would have beaten you to reply if my inet hadnt chosen that moment to disconnect :p
:P

[RealitY]

Just curious if also tried Win2KPro by any chance...

[4play]

just curious as to what filesystem you are using. if only xp works maybe its because its a ntfs partition so older version of windows do not work.

[fkdup74]

yeah i figured that must be it with Win 98
(hell i have never had to install 98 before) :lol:

but, see, here in lies the problem...within the problem... :huh:
i got a copy of the Win 98 boot disk...but it wont format
matter of fact...i cant format floppies at all now
and i just replaced my floppy drive for this very reason
(i think my mobo could be goin to shit or somethin)
thats ok if it does...then i got an excuse to get me an AMD64 + 939 mobo :P

sheesh, i think Jess just needs to keep from...
putting porn on his PC and then deciding to give it to an ex
this is causing me too much grief :P :lol:

[fkdup74]

Just curious if also tried Win2KPro by any chance...its on the way, getting the all windows dvds just for shits and giggles



just curious as to what filesystem you are usingFAT32, i formatted it myself with my Acronis boot cd
(i didnt think Win 98 supported NTFS)

[SuperScript]

Windows 9x CD's aren't bootable.

Get a Windows 98 bootdisk from http://www.bootdisk.com/

[fkdup74]

Windows 9x CD's aren't bootable.

yeah i just found that out
dude i never had to mess with Win 98 before
all i know is it has to do better than ME :lol:

but anyway, got it sorted, my freakin case was interfering with my floppy drive :(
fuckin HP, i'll never buy another pc from their asses :P

but got the 98 boot disk done now, thanks all :)

[vivitron 15]

lol - i always chuckle when people started with 2000 - i remember....lol, sorry

glad you got it sorted :D

[fkdup74]

lol - i always chuckle when people started with 2000 - i remember....lol, sorry

glad you got it sorted :D

even worse, i started with XP :P
i figure i dont do too bad for not touching a pc til '02
(except for the mac golf back in the late 80's) hehehe
played that shit all the time, dont know why :huh:
but i couldnt even tell you what kind of pc it was, just that it was a mac :lol: