It was not 5 minutes or five days but several weeks.  I get no messages at
all.  When I try to boot from the harddrive, it goes to the Windows 98 first
screen and hangs there, also it is the same when I try to boot from the
floppy.  The computer came with Windows 3.11, I upgraded to 95 then recently
to 98.  Yes, I have the 95 CD but with the boot disk that will get me into
it does not load the CD drive.

Jim Meagher wrote:

> Wanda,
>
> Unfortunately you have not given us enough information
> to answer your question.
>
> When you said ".... it later said that Windows was...."
> we can safely assume that "it" was a message on your
> monitor, but the term "later" is extremely vague.  If
> you mean 5 minutes after you upgraded, there would
> be a significantly different answer than if you
> meant 5 days after upgrading.
>
> Please try to be more precise and detail oriented and
> repost your problem.  Some things to consider:
>
> What is the error message you see on the monitor
> when you try to boot to the hard drive?
> Is there a different message if you try to boot from the
> floppy?  What is it?  What is different between the floppy
> disk that won't boot and the original disk that will boot?
>
> When you use the boot disk that came with the computer,
> what do you mean by "...I can get into it..."?  What happens
> if you try to activate one of the executables located in:
> C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND   ?
>
> How did you upgrade to Win98?  Is your Win98 CD a
> "full install" disk or an "upgrade" product?
>
> Do you still have the original Win95 software?
>
> The more details you can add, the better we can
> help you when you repost to the mailing list.
>
> Jim Meagher
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wanda Irby" <[log in to unmask]>
>
> > I have an older Micron PC90.  I upgraded to Win98SE and it later said
> > that
> > Windows was corrupted and I need to reinstall it.  I tried to do that
> > but now it
> > won't boot from the floppy or the hard drive.  I can use the boot disk
> > that came
> > with the computer and get into it but can't do anything but look.  I
> > called a
> > repair shop and they said that there was no way for me to get into it
> > and go
> > back to Win95 that I should bring it in and they would save my data,
> > reformat
> > the hard drive and re install Win95.  If they can do it, why can't I?
> >     Wanda
>
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