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Botched Windows 98 Reinstall
My computer froze at 53% during a Windows 98 reinstall. I
chose to keep the old files. Windows tried to recover the install, but was unsuccessful. I am unable to finish the install, since my computer no longer recognized the a and d drives. I can start in Safe Mode and Safe Mode with network support. However, the icons on My Computer, Network Neighborhod and the Recycle Bin have all changed to the same icon you get when Windows doesn't know which file it is associated with. I am unable to access our home network, so I can't map a drive to my other computer to finish the install. What can I do? Thanks in advance for any help you can give me. Loyce |
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Botched Windows 98 Reinstall
Reinstall from DOS. For information on installing W98, go to:
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Loyce" wrote in message ... My computer froze at 53% during a Windows 98 reinstall. I chose to keep the old files. Windows tried to recover the install, but was unsuccessful. I am unable to finish the install, since my computer no longer recognized the a and d drives. I can start in Safe Mode and Safe Mode with network support. However, the icons on My Computer, Network Neighborhod and the Recycle Bin have all changed to the same icon you get when Windows doesn't know which file it is associated with. I am unable to access our home network, so I can't map a drive to my other computer to finish the install. What can I do? Thanks in advance for any help you can give me. Loyce |
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Botched Windows 98 Reinstall
Thank you, Ron, but that solution won't work since the
computer doesn't recognize Drive D, or Drive A. I've even tried to start up with a startup disk in Drive A. It doesn't see it. Any other suggestions? Loyce -----Original Message----- Reinstall from DOS. For information on installing W98, go to: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Loyce" wrote in message ... My computer froze at 53% during a Windows 98 reinstall. I chose to keep the old files. Windows tried to recover the install, but was unsuccessful. I am unable to finish the install, since my computer no longer recognized the a and d drives. I can start in Safe Mode and Safe Mode with network support. However, the icons on My Computer, Network Neighborhod and the Recycle Bin have all changed to the same icon you get when Windows doesn't know which file it is associated with. I am unable to access our home network, so I can't map a drive to my other computer to finish the install. What can I do? Thanks in advance for any help you can give me. Loyce . |
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Botched Windows 98 Reinstall
If drive D is your CD-ROM, then get a utility to create a new boot floppy at
www.bootdisk.com. It can install the correct drivers for almost all CD-ROM drives. Note that the drive letter for the CD-ROM might be one higher than you are used to, or it might be R. You need to watch the startup closely to determine what it is. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (DTS) "Loyce" wrote in message ... Thank you, Ron, but that solution won't work since the computer doesn't recognize Drive D, or Drive A. I've even tried to start up with a startup disk in Drive A. It doesn't see it. |
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Botched Windows 98 Reinstall
Either your startup floppy disk is bad, the drive is bad or the floppy drive
is not selected as the first boot device in the boot section of the BIOS. You can make a floppy boot disk with the Fat32ebd.exe file located on the W98 CD: tools/mtsutil/fat32ebd or you can download one he http://www.bootdisk.com/ To get into the BIOS, watch the boot screen and press the key indicated to get into setup (the BIOS). Once in, there are navigation instructions listed. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Loyce" wrote in message ... Thank you, Ron, but that solution won't work since the computer doesn't recognize Drive D, or Drive A. I've even tried to start up with a startup disk in Drive A. It doesn't see it. Any other suggestions? Loyce -----Original Message----- Reinstall from DOS. For information on installing W98, go to: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Loyce" wrote in message ... My computer froze at 53% during a Windows 98 reinstall. I chose to keep the old files. Windows tried to recover the install, but was unsuccessful. I am unable to finish the install, since my computer no longer recognized the a and d drives. I can start in Safe Mode and Safe Mode with network support. However, the icons on My Computer, Network Neighborhod and the Recycle Bin have all changed to the same icon you get when Windows doesn't know which file it is associated with. I am unable to access our home network, so I can't map a drive to my other computer to finish the install. What can I do? Thanks in advance for any help you can give me. Loyce . |
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