Loading WIN 98 OS To Dell Latitude

I am having difficulty loading WIN 98 OS to a used DELL
Latitude CPx. The hard drive had been wiped and I am
starting from new. Can anyone help with the sequencing of
loading this?

I have a WIN 98 Startup disk and the Operating System CD.

I tried loading after booting with the startup disk and I
am now at a D:/ prompt. It does not recognize the C: drive.

If you are familiar with this particulr model it has the
interchangeable CD/ROM and floppy disk drives. Thanks in
advance!

In addition, I have received an ERROR MESSAGE as follows:

DEVICE DRIVER NOT FOUND: MSCD001
NO VALID CDROM DEVICE DRIVERS SELECTED

I would appreciate any advice what-so-ever.

-----Original Message-----
I am having difficulty loading WIN 98 OS to a used DELL
Latitude CPx. The hard drive had been wiped and I am
starting from new. Can anyone help with the sequencing of
loading this?

I have a WIN 98 Startup disk and the Operating System CD.

I tried loading after booting with the startup disk and I
am now at a D:/ prompt. It does not recognize the C:
drive.

If you are familiar with this particulr model it has the
interchangeable CD/ROM and floppy disk drives. Thanks in
advance!
.

format c: /s
if the c: drive is unable to be seen the disk may have been wiped and not
reformatted,

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"Dell" wrote in message
...
| I am having difficulty loading WIN 98 OS to a used DELL
| Latitude CPx. The hard drive had been wiped and I am
| starting from new. Can anyone help with the sequencing of
| loading this?
|
| I have a WIN 98 Startup disk and the Operating System CD.
|
| I tried loading after booting with the startup disk and I
| am now at a D:/ prompt. It does not recognize the C: drive.
|
| If you are familiar with this particulr model it has the
| interchangeable CD/ROM and floppy disk drives. Thanks in
| advance!

Go to http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm and create Windows
95b boot floppy. This uses DOS 7.0, which is sufficient for installing
Windows 98. Use it to start the laptop, then use fdisk to create a
DOS partition. If you get a message about "Large disk support",
select "Yes". Leave the floppy in the drive, restart the laptop and
format the partition. Then type "copy /y a:\*.* c:\" and press =
"Enter".
Shut down, remove the floppy drive, install the CD drive and restart.

Ben

"Dell" wrote in message =
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I am having difficulty loading WIN 98 OS to a used DELL=20
Latitude CPx. The hard drive had been wiped and I am=20
starting from new. Can anyone help with the sequencing of=20
loading this?
=20
I have a WIN 98 Startup disk and the Operating System CD.
=20
I tried loading after booting with the startup disk and I=20
am now at a D:/ prompt. It does not recognize the C: drive.
=20
If you are familiar with this particulr model it has the=20
interchangeable CD/ROM and floppy disk drives. Thanks in=20
advance!

Hi,

There's a possibility the C:\ partition is NTFS. In this case the
Win98 boot disk will not see it. I would suggest wiping the drive
completely and starting over. Here are a couple of utilities that
will do this. Harddrive Info - Wipe and Zap
http://www.microstorage.com/Harddriveinfo.htm

Then use these instructions to reinstall Windows.
Windows 98 Restore By Ron Badour MS MVP:
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html

You can also go to the Dell support site, enter the service tag
number and get the latest drivers for the system.
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"Dell" wrote in message
...
I am having difficulty loading WIN 98 OS to a used DELL
Latitude CPx. The hard drive had been wiped and I am
starting from new. Can anyone help with the sequencing of
loading this?

I have a WIN 98 Startup disk and the Operating System CD.

I tried loading after booting with the startup disk and I
am now at a D:/ prompt. It does not recognize the C: drive.

If you are familiar with this particulr model it has the
interchangeable CD/ROM and floppy disk drives. Thanks in
advance!

Dear Almost Bob:

Thanxs! I do have the C: prompt.

When I powered up the machine this morning I got a menu
that read as follows:

MICROSOFT WINDOWS 98 STARTUP MENU
1.) Start computer with CD-Rom support
2.) Start computer without CD-Rom support
3.) View the help file

At the bottom it gave me several command options. I chost
the SHIFT F5 for the C: prompt. Any advice from here to
get the OS loaded?

-----Original Message-----
format c: /s
if the c: drive is unable to be seen the disk may have
been wiped and not
reformatted,

--
Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de
spybot http://security.kolla.de
AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com
Panda online AntiVirus scan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/
Catalog of removal tools
http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on
the pages before use
Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters

"Dell" wrote in message
...
| I am having difficulty loading WIN 98 OS to a used DELL
| Latitude CPx. The hard drive had been wiped and I am
| starting from new. Can anyone help with the sequencing
of
| loading this?
|
| I have a WIN 98 Startup disk and the Operating System
CD.
|
| I tried loading after booting with the startup disk and
I
| am now at a D:/ prompt. It does not recognize the C:
drive.
|
| If you are familiar with this particulr model it has the
| interchangeable CD/ROM and floppy disk drives. Thanks in
| advance!


.

Dear Ben:

Thanxs for your advice. I will try the following and
report my progress back to you.

-Dell

-----Original Message-----
Go to http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm and create
Windows
95b boot floppy. This uses DOS 7.0, which is sufficient
for installing
Windows 98. Use it to start the laptop, then use fdisk
to create a
DOS partition. If you get a message about "Large disk
support",
select "Yes". Leave the floppy in the drive, restart the
laptop and
format the partition. Then type "copy /y a:\*.* c:\"
and press "Enter".
Shut down, remove the floppy drive, install the CD drive
and restart.

Ben

"Dell" wrote in message
...
I am having difficulty loading WIN 98 OS to a used DELL
Latitude CPx. The hard drive had been wiped and I am
starting from new. Can anyone help with the sequencing
of
loading this?

I have a WIN 98 Startup disk and the Operating System
CD.

I tried loading after booting with the startup disk and
I
am now at a D:/ prompt. It does not recognize the C:
drive.

If you are familiar with this particulr model it has
the
interchangeable CD/ROM and floppy disk drives. Thanks
in
advance!
.

Ben:

Am I simply suppose to be able to insert the WIN95b BOOT
DISK into the A: drive, restart and that's it? I should be
in Windows, right?

The 1st download from the site was corrupted or damaged. I
tried th alternate site and it appears to have been a
successful downlaod.

-Dell

-----Original Message-----
Go to http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm and create
Windows
95b boot floppy. This uses DOS 7.0, which is sufficient
for installing
Windows 98. Use it to start the laptop, then use fdisk
to create a
DOS partition. If you get a message about "Large disk
support",
select "Yes". Leave the floppy in the drive, restart the
laptop and
format the partition. Then type "copy /y a:\*.* c:\"
and press "Enter".
Shut down, remove the floppy drive, install the CD drive
and restart.

Ben

"Dell" wrote in message
...
I am having difficulty loading WIN 98 OS to a used DELL
Latitude CPx. The hard drive had been wiped and I am
starting from new. Can anyone help with the sequencing
of
loading this?

I have a WIN 98 Startup disk and the Operating System
CD.

I tried loading after booting with the startup disk and
I
am now at a D:/ prompt. It does not recognize the C:
drive.

If you are familiar with this particulr model it has
the
interchangeable CD/ROM and floppy disk drives. Thanks
in
advance!
.

The downloads at http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm are
programs that you download and double-click on a working
computer. You will prompted for a floppy. When the boot
disk is ready, use it to start the laptop. At the A:\ prompt,
type "fdisk" and follow the instructions to create a DOS partition.
After the restart, type "format c:" and format the partition. Then
type "copy /y a:\*.* c:\" and press "Enter". Shut down, remove=20
the floppy drive, install the CD drive, restart and run "setup.exe"
from the Win98 directory of your Windows 98 CD.

Ben

"Dell" wrote in message =
...
Ben:
=20
Am I simply suppose to be able to insert the WIN95b BOOT=20
DISK into the A: drive, restart and that's it? I should be=20
in Windows, right?
=20
The 1st download from the site was corrupted or damaged. I=20
tried th alternate site and it appears to have been a=20
successful downlaod.
=20
-Dell
=20
-----Original Message-----
Go to http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm and create=20
Windows
95b boot floppy. This uses DOS 7.0, which is sufficient=20
for installing
Windows 98. Use it to start the laptop, then use fdisk=20
to create a
DOS partition. If you get a message about "Large disk=20
support",
select "Yes". Leave the floppy in the drive, restart the=20
laptop and
format the partition. Then type "copy /y a:\*.* c:\"=20
and press "Enter".
Shut down, remove the floppy drive, install the CD drive=20
and restart.

Ben

"Dell" wrote in message=20
...
I am having difficulty loading WIN 98 OS to a used DELL=20
Latitude CPx. The hard drive had been wiped and I am=20
starting from new. Can anyone help with the sequencing=20
of=20
loading this?
=20
I have a WIN 98 Startup disk and the Operating System=20
CD.
=20
I tried loading after booting with the startup disk and=20
I=20
am now at a D:/ prompt. It does not recognize the C:=20
drive.
=20
If you are familiar with this particulr model it has=20
the=20
interchangeable CD/ROM and floppy disk drives. Thanks=20
in=20
advance!
.