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Format of drive has created CD-ROM recognition problems
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Posted by: Logic
I recently formatted the drive on my Presario 7222. Yes, this is a very old machine. I reformatted it with the intention of installing Win98. The problem is, after formatting, I now cannot access the BIOS, and after the memcheck it gives me a "Non-System Disk Error." I made a Win98 bootdisk from another machine, and that worked to get past the Disk Error into a command prompt, but the machine now will not read the CD-ROM drive to begin the Win98 installation process. My friend suggested it may be an issue with MSCDEX.exe (the file that coordinates DOS with the CD-ROM drive), and how that interacts with Config.sys. Since there IS no Config.sys because I just reformatted, I'm not sure what to do. Any suggestions from anyone?
Posted by: Tweaker
I found this article that might be related to your problem:
http://support.microsoft.com/suppor...gn_SRCH&SPR=W98
Also this one:
http://support.microsoft.com/suppor...gn_SRCH&SPR=W98
Here's something else that might be helpful:
http://www.remarkabletimes.com/win98.html
I hope something here will help your situation out, keep me posted. Good Luck!
Posted by: Kdr Kane
Look at these two articles:
How to Create a Windows 98 Startup Disk that Supports FAT32
How to Install Windows 98 on a Computer with No Operating System
That should get you there. The problem is getting the Startup floppy disk.
Posted by: Swilo
I have a startup disk for installation that came when I bought windows 98, is this what you need? It would be no problem to copy it's contents and email them to you.
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