cant boot an OS...

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

It sounds like you need a startup diskette.

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

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Originally Posted by vivitron 15

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

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:P

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

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.

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:

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Originally Posted by RealitY

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

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its on the way, getting the all windows dvds just for shits and giggles

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Originally Posted by 4play

just curious as to what filesystem you are using

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FAT32, i formatted it myself with my Acronis boot cd
(i didnt think Win 98 supported NTFS)

Windows 9x CD's aren't bootable.

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

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Originally Posted by SuperScript

Windows 9x CD's aren't bootable.

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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 :)

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

glad you got it sorted :D

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Originally Posted by vivitron 15

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

glad you got it sorted :D

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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: