Missing Operating System

Good Day everyone-- I am in a situation where i was consistenly getting
memory and error messages using win 98. I have 256 and the only use of the
computer is basic internet usage. To cut to the chase, I was not able to
resolve the issues causing the problem so I wanted to clean everything up,
hence I repartitioned the drive and at the point were I wanted to reboot with
the startup disk to reformat the drive I get an error that the disk is not
bootable, (verified all nessary files were on the disk prior and they are). I
cannot get a C prompt just a message stating that the OS is missing. I would
appreciate any advise on tasks to help me get the computer up and running
again. Thanks.

You need to boot to a floppy. Then format the C drive and start installation
of win98 from the CD.

In order to boot from the floppy you may have to change the boot order in
bios to a:. C:

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Jon Hildrum
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"LotsOfAttentionNeeded"
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Good Day everyone-- I am in a situation where i was consistenly getting
memory and error messages using win 98. I have 256 and the only use of
the
computer is basic internet usage. To cut to the chase, I was not able to
resolve the issues causing the problem so I wanted to clean everything up,
hence I repartitioned the drive and at the point were I wanted to reboot
with
the startup disk to reformat the drive I get an error that the disk is
not
bootable, (verified all nessary files were on the disk prior and they
are). I
cannot get a C prompt just a message stating that the OS is missing. I
would
appreciate any advise on tasks to help me get the computer up and running
again. Thanks.

LotsOfAttentionNeeded wrote:
Good Day everyone-- I am in a situation where i was consistenly
getting memory and error messages using win 98. I have 256 and the
only use of the computer is basic internet usage. To cut to the
chase, I was not able to resolve the issues causing the problem so I
wanted to clean everything up, hence I repartitioned the drive and at
the point were I wanted to reboot with the startup disk to reformat
the drive I get an error that the disk is not bootable, (verified
all nessary files were on the disk prior and they are). I cannot get
a C prompt just a message stating that the OS is missing. I would
appreciate any advise on tasks to help me get the computer up and
running again. Thanks.

Make or get another boot floppy
http://www.bootdisk.com/

Then boot, format, install OS.

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As Jon said, change the boot device order in the BIOS so that the floppy
drive is the first device. For information on installing W98, go to:
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html

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Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98
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Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"LotsOfAttentionNeeded"
wrote in message ...
Good Day everyone-- I am in a situation where i was consistenly getting
memory and error messages using win 98. I have 256 and the only use of
the
computer is basic internet usage. To cut to the chase, I was not able to
resolve the issues causing the problem so I wanted to clean everything up,
hence I repartitioned the drive and at the point were I wanted to reboot
with
the startup disk to reformat the drive I get an error that the disk is
not
bootable, (verified all nessary files were on the disk prior and they
are). I
cannot get a C prompt just a message stating that the OS is missing. I
would
appreciate any advise on tasks to help me get the computer up and running
again. Thanks.