win 98 problem

I have a homemade pc that I bought recently and just recently when i try to
boot it will start opening windows and then immediatly windows will shut
down from the startup screen (IT NEVER OPENS) the system has an intel mb and
hardware but I know that it is not a hardware problem because when I put in
another HDD from an old pc it was able to boot. I thought that it was the hd
but I installed it as a slave drive and it works except for the drivers for
the board. What would be causing windows to be doing this on the first drive
and how do I fix it. I do not have the win 98 disk as it was preinstalled
but there is a copy of the disk on the hd.
help pleasa.

the article that Ron is referring to talks about my problem with one
exception it says to reinstall windows but I do not have the actual disk it
is located on the hard drive controlled by windows which will not open so
how can I reinstall windows.
I am not trying to be sarcastic with this just wondering if there is a way.
thanks in advance.

how do I do this?
yes i am a newbie lol.but at least I am honest and willing to learn lol.

Follow the steps listed here and see what results you get:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=188867
Troubleshooting Windows 98 Startup Problems
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=192926
How to Perform Clean-Boot Troubleshooting for Windows 98
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Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"glenn" wrote in message
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I have a homemade pc that I bought recently and just recently when i try to
boot it will start opening windows and then immediatly windows will shut
down from the startup screen (IT NEVER OPENS) the system has an intel mb
and
hardware but I know that it is not a hardware problem because when I put
in
another HDD from an old pc it was able to boot. I thought that it was the
hd
but I installed it as a slave drive and it works except for the drivers
for
the board. What would be causing windows to be doing this on the first
drive
and how do I fix it. I do not have the win 98 disk as it was preinstalled
but there is a copy of the disk on the hd.
help pleasa.

will try this as soon as I get the other pc set up again will let you know
one way or the other.
I really appreciate all your help.

See if this one helps:

Windows 95/98 Boots Directly to "Shut Down" Screen
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=141898

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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



"glenn" wrote in message
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I have a homemade pc that I bought recently and just recently when i try to
boot it will start opening windows and then immediatly windows will shut
down from the startup screen (IT NEVER OPENS) the system has an intel mb
and
hardware but I know that it is not a hardware problem because when I put
in
another HDD from an old pc it was able to boot. I thought that it was the
hd
but I installed it as a slave drive and it works except for the drivers
for
the board. What would be causing windows to be doing this on the first
drive
and how do I fix it. I do not have the win 98 disk as it was preinstalled
but there is a copy of the disk on the hd.
help pleasa.

"glenn" wrote in message
...
the article that Ron is referring to talks about my problem with one
exception it says to reinstall windows but I do not have the actual disk
it
is located on the hard drive controlled by windows which will not open so
how can I reinstall windows.
I am not trying to be sarcastic with this just wondering if there is a
way.
thanks in advance.




try restoring the registry to a point prior to the problem

Press the F8 or CTRL key during the boot. When the Boot menu appears, choose
Command prompt only. From the command prompt, type:

Scanreg /restore

There is a space between the word scanreg and the /.

Choose a date that is prior to your problem.

PattyL


"glenn" wrote in message
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how do I do this?
yes i am a newbie lol.but at least I am honest and willing to learn lol.

Thank everyone for the help as the trouble is fixed I was able to take
several suggestions from several different groups. (I know I shouldn't have
cross posted but several groups applied) lol.
anyhow the pc is working again so I want to thank everyone.
"glenn" wrote in message
...
will try this as soon as I get the other pc set up again will let you know
one way or the other.
I really appreciate all your help.

a bunch of newsgroups in the same post,
"microsoft.public.win98.disks.general;microsoft.pu blic.win98.display.general
;microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion;" , shouldnt be a 'bad' everybody
knows the question is asked in all the groups, all the replies get shared,
everybody sees whats been tried & did or didnt work, and can pass on the
answer to subsequent queries

multiposting is a lot of single posts, the same question to separate
newsgroups should be a bad
nobody knows whats been tried in other answers
nobody in the other groups finds out what fixed it, or if it was fixed.

2.3c worth have a nice day (+tax)
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"glenn" wrote in message
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Thank everyone for the help as the trouble is fixed I was able to take
several suggestions from several different groups. (I know I shouldn't
have
cross posted but several groups applied) lol.
anyhow the pc is working again so I want to thank everyone.
"glenn" wrote in message
...
will try this as soon as I get the other pc set up again will let you
know
one way or the other.
I really appreciate all your help.