"Eroica" wrote in message
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On Oct 9, 1:04 pm, "philo" wrote:
"Eroica" wrote in message

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Progress. I was able to create a bootable CD on my desktop. I'm
reinstalling Win 98 SE on the problem laptop now. I'll let you know
how it goes. (1 AM here in CA).

Hope you get it going...
post back either way

Thank you. Yes, I did finally get the computer going. I was finally
able to create a bootable CD, using my old desktop, and I got Win 98
SE completely reinstalled on the HP laptop. Plus I was able to clean
up a dangling registry entry left over from Norton AV, which I
uninstalled from the computer a year ago. Boot-up would stop every
time it hit the unresolved registry item, solvable just by pressing
ENTER, but a nuisance just the same.


Glad you got it
and thanks for posting back!