DJW wrote:
On Feb 20, 6:38 am, John Dulak wrote:
winfan wrote:
Thanks John, never too old to learn something, just what I needed to get
an old laptop going again
Winfan:

Glad it worked out for you. You can also use the drivers on a bootable
CD for laptops without a floppy.

John

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John Dulak - Gnomeway Services -http://tinyurl.com/2qs6o6

Hey I am the guy with the problem not winfan! I did try to run
scandisk and it gave me a message that it could not do it not sure of
the wording. Could it be as easy to fix as
"just boot from your win98 floppy
then issue the command sys C:
that should fix the boot record "
do I do that at the a prompt?

When it comes to dos and its commands I am a novice I think for 10
bucks I can just replace the bad DVD player in my laptop with a CD_ROM
and hopefully do the windows reinstall like a normal person. Thanks
for all the help I am assuming the Win 98 install CD or boot floppy
will allow the new (used) CD-ROM to work if I reinstall 98 will all my
files and programs remain or should I just run Fdisk and wipe it clean
then do the install? I am due and have no files on the Hard drive I
need to keep anyway.

Giving up so easy
I have no floppy and no CD but I managed to get windows installed
The system was running Dos so I used interlnk and intersvr to copy the
win install cd to the old laptop over the parallel port with a $15
cable. Once installed I could get a LAN to work and now it's just a
storage and check computer in the network. And with John's tip I might
be able to run a wireless from it and hook up a web cam so I finally
have my calf-cam and I don't have to go through the snow to see that
nothing has happened in the barn at 2 am.

A non technical solution for you, slide the hard disk in another laptop
install windows and slide it back in the original one. Should work but
you'll have to open up two laptops .

Good luck