non system disk

ok, i'm a moron. I cancelled an install of 98se from 3.1
and now I get the non-system disk error. The microsoft
instructions tell me to type sys c: at the dos prompt,
but I can't GET to a dos prompt. When I put in the
bootdisk and restart, it tells me invalid system disk,
remove and press any key to restart. Help!

your pc is set to boot from hard drive first and does not see the boot disk in
floppy drive, during boot up tap whatever key combination flashes on the
screen momentarily to enter setup
Esc F1 Ctrl-Alt-Esc and enter BIOS setup, change the boot order to A: C: not
C: A:, or floppy hard drive not hard drive floppy, depends on how your bios is
worded
then should be able to see the boot disk

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"debbie" wrote in message
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| ok, i'm a moron. I cancelled an install of 98se from 3.1
| and now I get the non-system disk error. The microsoft
| instructions tell me to type sys c: at the dos prompt,
| but I can't GET to a dos prompt. When I put in the
| bootdisk and restart, it tells me invalid system disk,
| remove and press any key to restart. Help!

Accurate. Availablility of sys.com on the bootdisk is another matter.
We're also assuming the bootdisk is of 98SE variety.
"AlmostBob" wrote in message
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your pc is set to boot from hard drive first and does not see the boot
disk in
floppy drive, during boot up tap whatever key combination flashes on the
screen momentarily to enter setup
Esc F1 Ctrl-Alt-Esc and enter BIOS setup, change the boot order to A: C:
not
C: A:, or floppy hard drive not hard drive floppy, depends on how your
bios is
worded
then should be able to see the boot disk

--
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

"debbie" wrote in message
...
| ok, i'm a moron. I cancelled an install of 98se from 3.1
| and now I get the non-system disk error. The microsoft
| instructions tell me to type sys c: at the dos prompt,
| but I can't GET to a dos prompt. When I put in the
| bootdisk and restart, it tells me invalid system disk,
| remove and press any key to restart. Help!