Reinstall of win98

I formated the drive, now trying to reinstall. Inserted startup disk (floppy)
but only the the menu for Win 98 Startup Menu with
1. Normal
2. Logged (\BOOTLOG.TXT)
3. Safe Mode
4. Step by step confirmation
5. Command promt only
6. Safe mode command prompt only

Any choice I make, gives my C:\
When I type in a: it tells me "bad command"

Where do I go from here?

Thanks
Milkman
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milkman

Also, when I type in DIR for C:, message is Volume in drive C has no label
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milkman


"milkman2283" wrote:

I formated the drive, now trying to reinstall. Inserted startup disk (floppy)
but only the the menu for Win 98 Startup Menu with
1. Normal
2. Logged (\BOOTLOG.TXT)
3. Safe Mode
4. Step by step confirmation
5. Command promt only
6. Safe mode command prompt only

Any choice I make, gives my C:\
When I type in a: it tells me "bad command"

Where do I go from here?

Thanks
Milkman
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milkman

When I type in a: I get the message "General failure reading drive A" Abort,
Retry, Fail?
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milkman


"milkman2283" wrote:

I formated the drive, now trying to reinstall. Inserted startup disk (floppy)
but only the the menu for Win 98 Startup Menu with
1. Normal
2. Logged (\BOOTLOG.TXT)
3. Safe Mode
4. Step by step confirmation
5. Command promt only
6. Safe mode command prompt only

Any choice I make, gives my C:\
When I type in a: it tells me "bad command"

Where do I go from here?

Thanks
Milkman
--
milkman

Go into the BIOS setup, find "Boot Sequence" and make sure it is set
to "A:, C:". Save any changes when exiting. If this doesn't help, try
creating a new startup floppy.

http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

Ben

"milkman2283" wrote in message ...
I formated the drive, now trying to reinstall. Inserted startup disk (floppy)
but only the the menu for Win 98 Startup Menu with
1. Normal
2. Logged (\BOOTLOG.TXT)
3. Safe Mode
4. Step by step confirmation
5. Command promt only
6. Safe mode command prompt only

Any choice I make, gives my C:\
When I type in a: it tells me "bad command"

Where do I go from here?

Thanks
Milkman
--
milkman

How do I access the BIOS. I'm not getting the selection to go there for setup?

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milkman


"Ben Myers" wrote:

Go into the BIOS setup, find "Boot Sequence" and make sure it is set
to "A:, C:". Save any changes when exiting. If this doesn't help, try
creating a new startup floppy.

http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

Ben

"milkman2283" wrote in message ...
I formated the drive, now trying to reinstall. Inserted startup disk (floppy)
but only the the menu for Win 98 Startup Menu with
1. Normal
2. Logged (\BOOTLOG.TXT)
3. Safe Mode
4. Step by step confirmation
5. Command promt only
6. Safe mode command prompt only

Any choice I make, gives my C:\
When I type in a: it tells me "bad command"

Where do I go from here?

Thanks
Milkman
--
milkman

"milkman2283" wrote in message ...
How do I access the BIOS. I'm not getting the selection to go there for setup?

See http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000192.htm

Ben

The result you get suggests that you did not yet reformat the drive, or that
you already started an install that subsequently failed. When you start up,
does the floppy drive get accessed (lights, noise)?

As Ben said, you probably need to get into BIOS and change the boot order.
For a Gateway, I would imagine the DEL key is the way into BIOS (repeatedly
press it as the system starts up.) F1, F2 and F10 are other possible keys.

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Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"milkman2283" wrote in message
...
I formated the drive, now trying to reinstall. Inserted startup disk
(floppy)
but only the the menu for Win 98 Startup Menu with
1. Normal
2. Logged (\BOOTLOG.TXT)
3. Safe Mode
4. Step by step confirmation
5. Command promt only
6. Safe mode command prompt only

Any choice I make, gives my C:\
When I type in a: it tells me "bad command"

Where do I go from here?

Thanks
Milkman
--
milkman

I have changed the boot order to : removable device - CD ROM - Hard Drive,
but still do not access the start up menu with : options for CD Support or
without , etc.
Still getting the menu from the first post I posted above.
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milkman


"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

The result you get suggests that you did not yet reformat the drive, or that
you already started an install that subsequently failed. When you start up,
does the floppy drive get accessed (lights, noise)?

As Ben said, you probably need to get into BIOS and change the boot order.
For a Gateway, I would imagine the DEL key is the way into BIOS (repeatedly
press it as the system starts up.) F1, F2 and F10 are other possible keys.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"milkman2283" wrote in message
...
I formated the drive, now trying to reinstall. Inserted startup disk
(floppy)
but only the the menu for Win 98 Startup Menu with
1. Normal
2. Logged (\BOOTLOG.TXT)
3. Safe Mode
4. Step by step confirmation
5. Command promt only
6. Safe mode command prompt only

Any choice I make, gives my C:\
When I type in a: it tells me "bad command"

Where do I go from here?

Thanks
Milkman
--
milkman

You want the floppy drive to come first in the boot order. I don't think
"removable device" refers to the floppy drive.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"milkman2283" wrote in message
...
I have changed the boot order to : removable device - CD ROM - Hard Drive,
but still do not access the start up menu with : options for CD Support or
without , etc.
Still getting the menu from the first post I posted above.
--
milkman


"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

The result you get suggests that you did not yet reformat the drive, or
that
you already started an install that subsequently failed. When you start
up,
does the floppy drive get accessed (lights, noise)?

As Ben said, you probably need to get into BIOS and change the boot
order.
For a Gateway, I would imagine the DEL key is the way into BIOS
(repeatedly
press it as the system starts up.) F1, F2 and F10 are other possible
keys.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"milkman2283" wrote in message
...
I formated the drive, now trying to reinstall. Inserted startup disk
(floppy)
but only the the menu for Win 98 Startup Menu with
1. Normal
2. Logged (\BOOTLOG.TXT)
3. Safe Mode
4. Step by step confirmation
5. Command promt only
6. Safe mode command prompt only

Any choice I make, gives my C:\
When I type in a: it tells me "bad command"

Where do I go from here?

Thanks
Milkman
--
milkman

"milkman2283" wrote in message ...
I have changed the boot order to : removable device - CD ROM - Hard Drive,
but still do not access the start up menu with : options for CD Support or
without , etc.
Still getting the menu from the first post I posted above.
--
milkman

Try creating a new boot floppy, or test the one you have on a known
good computer.

http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

Ben