98se crash HELP!

My Compaq Presario 7360 running Win98se crashed. I wouldn't start in SAFE
MODE. I kept getting the no O/S on any system. I went through all 3 Start
Up Options on the Boot Disk. Went through everything in the Help Menu. ie
SYS C: and SCANDISK, and SCANDISK /ALL and SCANDISK /ALL /SURFACE
and CHKDSK and FDISK.EXE and FDISK.EXE /STATUS and FORMAT C: /S
All seemed to go well, except SCANDISK /MOUNT E when I got the msg. that it
couldn't find E. At EXT I put in the WIN98se disk and followed the
commands. I got a msg that it couldn't find WIN98, Bad Command or file
Name. I tried using an ole WIN95 boot disk. It went to the COMPAQ QUICK
RESTORE, but then I got "Compaq error 180.14 or 182.14" msg. Of course, I
could find anything on the Compaq website, and only 1 newgroup came up.
I was planning to give this comp. to my granddaughter who has ADHD and
really needs some help. Now what?

Help,

lj

The procedure for re-installing Windows 98 is described he
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html
W98 RESTORE DISK AND INSTALLATION PROCEDURES

If you have problems with this procedure, be sure to report the exact steps
you were following and the last step you took immediately before the error
message.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"l jones" wrote in message
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My Compaq Presario 7360 running Win98se crashed. I wouldn't start in SAFE
MODE. I kept getting the no O/S on any system. I went through all 3
Start Up Options on the Boot Disk. Went through everything in the Help
Menu. ie SYS C: and SCANDISK, and SCANDISK /ALL and SCANDISK /ALL
/SURFACE and CHKDSK and FDISK.EXE and FDISK.EXE /STATUS and
FORMAT C: /S All seemed to go well, except SCANDISK /MOUNT E when I got
the msg. that it couldn't find E. At EXT I put in the WIN98se disk and
followed the commands. I got a msg that it couldn't find WIN98, Bad
Command or file Name. I tried using an ole WIN95 boot disk. It went to
the COMPAQ QUICK RESTORE, but then I got "Compaq error 180.14 or 182.14"
msg. Of course, I could find anything on the Compaq website, and only 1
newgroup came up.
I was planning to give this comp. to my granddaughter who has ADHD and
really needs some help. Now what?

Help,

lj