windows 98se monitor prob

hi can anyone help me here.i am using windows 98se but when i try and start
up my machine i get the messages...
searching for boot record from floppy not found
searching for boot record from cd-rom not found
searching for boot record from scsi not found
boot failure
insert boot diskette in A.
i don't have a clue about any of this please help.many thanks in advance

"fortwilliam" wrote in message
...
hi can anyone help me here.i am using windows 98se but when i try and
start
up my machine i get the messages...
searching for boot record from floppy not found
searching for boot record from cd-rom not found
searching for boot record from scsi not found
boot failure
insert boot diskette in A.
i don't have a clue about any of this please help.many thanks in advance


check in your BIOS that it is detecting your HD(or "auto detect IDE
drives" ) ...and check you boot sequence to make sure your IDE drive is
there somewhere

hi haggis thanks for getting in touch....but your reply went right over my
head,can u explain it for me thankyou very much

"Haggis" wrote:


"fortwilliam" wrote in message
...
hi can anyone help me here.i am using windows 98se but when i try and
start
up my machine i get the messages...
searching for boot record from floppy not found
searching for boot record from cd-rom not found
searching for boot record from scsi not found
boot failure
insert boot diskette in A.
i don't have a clue about any of this please help.many thanks in advance


check in your BIOS that it is detecting your HD(or "auto detect IDE
drives" ) ...and check you boot sequence to make sure your IDE drive is
there somewhere

If you decide to enter the BIOS and make any changes, you do so at your =
own risk. Making improper BIOS changes can/will cause a computer to =
become inoperable.

Depending on your BIOS depends on how you enter it's setup. One of the =
most common is to press DEL just after starting, another is F2 while =
some others use a combination of keys. One way to find out which key/s =
to press to enter setup is to press the Pause key as soon as you see the =
POST screen, then have a look in the lower left corner ( may be in =
another corner ) for the words " Press "key" To Enter Setup". The POST =
is where you see the BIOS type/version, memory count, drive detection, =
etc. if the manufacturers logo doesn't hide it. Once you know the key/s =
to press you can press any key to resume booting.

--=20
Brian A.

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hi can anyone help me here.i am using windows 98se but when i try =
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start
up my machine i get the messages...
searching for boot record from floppy not found
searching for boot record from cd-rom not found
searching for boot record from scsi not found
boot failure
insert boot diskette in A.
i don't have a clue about any of this please help.many thanks in =
advance
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check in your BIOS that it is detecting your HD(or "auto detect IDE=20
drives" ) ...and check you boot sequence to make sure your IDE drive =
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thanx for the advice guy's but i should have mentioned that i am a complete
novice and i don't understand,if anyone can give me a step by step run down
that would be sound many thanks

"Brian A." wrote:

If you decide to enter the BIOS and make any changes, you do so at your own risk. Making improper BIOS changes can/will cause a computer to become inoperable.

Depending on your BIOS depends on how you enter it's setup. One of the most common is to press DEL just after starting, another is F2 while some others use a combination of keys. One way to find out which key/s to press to enter setup is to press the Pause key as soon as you see the POST screen, then have a look in the lower left corner ( may be in another corner ) for the words " Press "key" To Enter Setup". The POST is where you see the BIOS type/version, memory count, drive detection, etc. if the manufacturers logo doesn't hide it. Once you know the key/s to press you can press any key to resume booting.

--
Brian A.

Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"fortwilliam" wrote in message ...
hi haggis thanks for getting in touch....but your reply went right over my
head,can u explain it for me thankyou very much

"Haggis" wrote:


"fortwilliam" wrote in message
...
hi can anyone help me here.i am using windows 98se but when i try and
start
up my machine i get the messages...
searching for boot record from floppy not found
searching for boot record from cd-rom not found
searching for boot record from scsi not found
boot failure
insert boot diskette in A.
i don't have a clue about any of this please help.many thanks in advance


check in your BIOS that it is detecting your HD(or "auto detect IDE
drives" ) ...and check you boot sequence to make sure your IDE drive is
there somewhere

"fortwilliam" wrote in message
...
thanx for the advice guy's but i should have mentioned that i am a
complete
novice and i don't understand,if anyone can give me a step by step run
down
that would be sound many thanks

"Brian A." wrote:

If you decide to enter the BIOS and make any changes, you do so at your
own risk. Making improper BIOS changes can/will cause a computer to
become inoperable.

Depending on your BIOS depends on how you enter it's setup. One of the
most common is to press DEL just after starting, another is F2 while some
others use a combination of keys. One way to find out which key/s to
press to enter setup is to press the Pause key as soon as you see the
POST screen, then have a look in the lower left corner ( may be in
another corner ) for the words " Press "key" To Enter Setup". The POST is
where you see the BIOS type/version, memory count, drive detection, etc.
if the manufacturers logo doesn't hide it. Once you know the key/s to
press you can press any key to resume booting.

--
Brian A.

Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"fortwilliam" wrote in message
...
hi haggis thanks for getting in touch....but your reply went right over
my
head,can u explain it for me thankyou very much

"Haggis" wrote:


"fortwilliam" wrote in message
...
hi can anyone help me here.i am using windows 98se but when i try
and
start
up my machine i get the messages...
searching for boot record from floppy not found
searching for boot record from cd-rom not found
searching for boot record from scsi not found
boot failure
insert boot diskette in A.
i don't have a clue about any of this please help.many thanks in
advance


check in your BIOS that it is detecting your HD(or "auto detect IDE
drives" ) ...and check you boot sequence to make sure your IDE drive
is
there somewhere





what Brian posted is about as step by step as you are going to get I'm
afraid : ...don't have any 13 year old neighbours that can help ?

It's really just as Brian A. said. Some BIOS are more fancy than others.
It should be safe to set it to Auto-Detect the drives, if there is such
a setting. Well, damn, here is my very own BIOS IDE Devices box & the
factory settings...

IDE Devices

IDE Drive Transaction...... Enable
Enhanced IDE Transfer..... Enable
Ultra 33/66.................. Enable
Primary IDE Controller..... Enable
Secondary IDE Controller.. Enable

....If any of those is Auto-Detect, well, I suppose it's the bottom two.
And possibly the top one.

Enter BIOS Setup & set it to Auto-Detect the IDE drives.

You must press a key at boot to enter BIOS Setup. If you don't know the
key to press, try "Esc" at the manufacturer's logo. Then, the key to
press to enter BIOS setup will show up. Quickly press it. For this
Compaq, it is F10.

In BIOS, use TAB & the arrow keys to navigate, & ENTER to select. (Well,
there may be a legend showing your keys are different.)

(a) Find the "IDE Devices" menu, &...
(b) Tell us what you see, before you do a damned thing.
(c) Find & select "Accept changes & Exit" in the menus,
but don't make any changes yet.

While in there, you'd better go through all the menus & jot down the
settings. If they are not set to defaults, and somehow, someday, they
are cleared, all these settings will have to be input again.

.......Start.....something from Candlin about it........
Usually DEL, but F1, F2, F10 are also common.

Other keystrokes which might work a

AMI BIOS: Del key during the POST
DTK BIOS: Esc key during the POST
Award BIOS: Ctrl-Alt-Esc
Misc BIOS: Ctrl-Esc
Phoenix BIOS: Ctrl-Alt-Esc or Ctrl-Alt-S
IBM PS/2 BIOS: Ctrl-Alt-Ins after Ctrl-Alt-Del

If all else fails, shut down, power off, unplug the keyboard,
and power up again, as some older systems will default
to the CMOS Setup if a keyboard is not found.
.......End........................................ .......................


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"fortwilliam" wrote in message
...
| thanx for the advice guy's but i should have mentioned that i am a
complete
| novice and i don't understand,if anyone can give me a step by step run
down
| that would be sound many thanks
|
| "Brian A." wrote:
|
| If you decide to enter the BIOS and make any changes, you do so at
your own risk. Making improper BIOS changes can/will cause a computer to
become inoperable.
|
| Depending on your BIOS depends on how you enter it's setup. One of
the most common is to press DEL just after starting, another is F2 while
some others use a combination of keys. One way to find out which key/s
to press to enter setup is to press the Pause key as soon as you see the
POST screen, then have a look in the lower left corner ( may be in
another corner ) for the words " Press "key" To Enter Setup". The POST
is where you see the BIOS type/version, memory count, drive detection,
etc. if the manufacturers logo doesn't hide it. Once you know the key/s
to press you can press any key to resume booting.
|
| --
| Brian A.
|
| Conflicts start where information lacks.
| http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
|
|
| "fortwilliam" wrote in
message ...
| hi haggis thanks for getting in touch....but your reply went right
over my
| head,can u explain it for me thankyou very much
|
| "Haggis" wrote:
|
|
| "fortwilliam" wrote in
message
| ...
| hi can anyone help me here.i am using windows 98se but when i
try and
| start
| up my machine i get the messages...
| searching for boot record from floppy not found
| searching for boot record from cd-rom not found
| searching for boot record from scsi not found
| boot failure
| insert boot diskette in A.
| i don't have a clue about any of this please help.many thanks
in advance
|
|
| check in your BIOS that it is detecting your HD(or "auto detect
IDE
| drives" ) ...and check you boot sequence to make sure your IDE
drive is
| there somewhere
|
|
|
|

thankyou pcr...that was the kind of step by step i was looking for,i will
have all the info soon,thankyou for your help

"PCR" wrote:

It's really just as Brian A. said. Some BIOS are more fancy than others.
It should be safe to set it to Auto-Detect the drives, if there is such
a setting. Well, damn, here is my very own BIOS IDE Devices box & the
factory settings...

IDE Devices

IDE Drive Transaction...... Enable
Enhanced IDE Transfer..... Enable
Ultra 33/66.................. Enable
Primary IDE Controller..... Enable
Secondary IDE Controller.. Enable

....If any of those is Auto-Detect, well, I suppose it's the bottom two.
And possibly the top one.

Enter BIOS Setup & set it to Auto-Detect the IDE drives.

You must press a key at boot to enter BIOS Setup. If you don't know the
key to press, try "Esc" at the manufacturer's logo. Then, the key to
press to enter BIOS setup will show up. Quickly press it. For this
Compaq, it is F10.

In BIOS, use TAB & the arrow keys to navigate, & ENTER to select. (Well,
there may be a legend showing your keys are different.)

(a) Find the "IDE Devices" menu, &...
(b) Tell us what you see, before you do a damned thing.
(c) Find & select "Accept changes & Exit" in the menus,
but don't make any changes yet.

While in there, you'd better go through all the menus & jot down the
settings. If they are not set to defaults, and somehow, someday, they
are cleared, all these settings will have to be input again.

.......Start.....something from Candlin about it........
Usually DEL, but F1, F2, F10 are also common.

Other keystrokes which might work a

AMI BIOS: Del key during the POST
DTK BIOS: Esc key during the POST
Award BIOS: Ctrl-Alt-Esc
Misc BIOS: Ctrl-Esc
Phoenix BIOS: Ctrl-Alt-Esc or Ctrl-Alt-S
IBM PS/2 BIOS: Ctrl-Alt-Ins after Ctrl-Alt-Del

If all else fails, shut down, power off, unplug the keyboard,
and power up again, as some older systems will default
to the CMOS Setup if a keyboard is not found.
.......End........................................ .......................


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"fortwilliam" wrote in message
...
| thanx for the advice guy's but i should have mentioned that i am a
complete
| novice and i don't understand,if anyone can give me a step by step run
down
| that would be sound many thanks
|
| "Brian A." wrote:
|
| If you decide to enter the BIOS and make any changes, you do so at
your own risk. Making improper BIOS changes can/will cause a computer to
become inoperable.
|
| Depending on your BIOS depends on how you enter it's setup. One of
the most common is to press DEL just after starting, another is F2 while
some others use a combination of keys. One way to find out which key/s
to press to enter setup is to press the Pause key as soon as you see the
POST screen, then have a look in the lower left corner ( may be in
another corner ) for the words " Press "key" To Enter Setup". The POST
is where you see the BIOS type/version, memory count, drive detection,
etc. if the manufacturers logo doesn't hide it. Once you know the key/s
to press you can press any key to resume booting.
|
| --
| Brian A.
|
| Conflicts start where information lacks.
| http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
|
|
| "fortwilliam" wrote in
message ...
| hi haggis thanks for getting in touch....but your reply went right
over my
| head,can u explain it for me thankyou very much
|
| "Haggis" wrote:
|
|
| "fortwilliam" wrote in
message
| ...
| hi can anyone help me here.i am using windows 98se but when i
try and
| start
| up my machine i get the messages...
| searching for boot record from floppy not found
| searching for boot record from cd-rom not found
| searching for boot record from scsi not found
| boot failure
| insert boot diskette in A.
| i don't have a clue about any of this please help.many thanks
in advance
|
|
| check in your BIOS that it is detecting your HD(or "auto detect
IDE
| drives" ) ...and check you boot sequence to make sure your IDE
drive is
| there somewhere
|
|
|
|

You are welcome. Keep us informed.

--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"fortwilliam" wrote in message
...
| thankyou pcr...that was the kind of step by step i was looking for,i
will
| have all the info soon,thankyou for your help
....snip

guy's i hope this is wht u need it all looked way to complicated.
bio's version v00.01.27
primary IDE master auto
primary IDE slave auto
secondary ide master auto
secondary ide slave auto
boot sector virus protection disabled
advanced cmos setup
1st boot device floppy
2nd " " " " cdrom
3rd " " " " ide-0
ide device configuration auto
32 bit transfer mode off
as i say not sure if this lot helps or not but thanks again
"PCR" wrote:

You are welcome. Keep us informed.

--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"fortwilliam" wrote in message
...
| thankyou pcr...that was the kind of step by step i was looking for,i
will
| have all the info soon,thankyou for your help
....snip