Carlos, This is the exact same message you posted yesterday on the PCSOFT list. Last night, I sent a reply to the PCSOFT list and to you directly. Have you tried any of my suggestions? Here is a repeat of the message in case you deleted it by mistake. > Carlos, > > The original message was telling you that the computer was trying >to boot from the CD instead of the C drive. At that point all you >needed to do was go into the CMOS advanced settings >and tell the PC to boot from the hard drive first. Unfortunately, >it sounds like you have tried many different options >none of which appear to have been completed successfully. > >I suggest you try the above, reboot the PC and then send us a >new message explaining what happens. > >It's a sad fact that when Windows doesn't work, the error messages are >not do not at all "friendly" or helpful. It's unfortunate that the error >messages try to account for every possibility and never pinpoint > anything in specific. Which quite often leads people to interpret > the error message wrong, ultimately taking them in a totally >wrong direction. > >The most important adivce I can give you is to slow down and >try one thing at a time. Post a message letting us know what >happens -- AS IT HAPPENS -- not six or seven steps later. <grin> > > Jim Meagher > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Carlos Gonzalez" <[log in to unmask]> > >> Hi there , its Carlos Gonzalez([log in to unmask]) and I need help . >> Just today I started my sister's computerand the computer just wouldn't >> start it would say SEARCHING BOOT RECORD FROM CDROM.It said NOT >>FOUND and >> gave me an error message that said Boot FailureREBOOT AND SELECT >>PROPER >>BOOT >> DEVICE OR INSERT BOOT MEDIA IN SELECTED BOOT DEVICE so I >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carlos Gonzalez" <[log in to unmask]> > Hi there , its Carlos Gonzalez([log in to unmask]) and I need help . > Just today I started my sister's computerand the computer just wouldn't > start it would say SEARCHING BOOT RECORD FROM CDROM.It said NOT FOUND and > gave me an error message that said Boot FailureREBOOT AND SELECT PROPER BOOT > DEVICE OR INSERT BOOT MEDIA IN SELECTED BOOT DEVICE so I inserted the > WINDOWS 98 STARTUP DISK and switched the BOOT SEQUENCE > in ADVANCED SETUP I put -1st sequence- floppy > -2nd sequence- Disabled > and I restarted my computer then it took me to is Page that said > START COMPUTER WITH CDROM SUPPORT > START COMPUTER WITHOUT CDROM SUPPORT > VIEW HELP FILE > I went to-START COMPUTER WITHOUT CDROM SUPPORT > then it said that WINDOWS 98 DETECTED THAT DRIVE C DOES NOT CONTAIN A VALID > FAT OR FAT32 PARTITION. THERE ARE SEVERAL POSSIBLE CAUSES... > > 1. YOUR DRIVE MAY NEED TO BE PARTITIONED. DO THIS THROUGH MS-DOS > > 2. YOU MAY BE USING THE 3RD PARTY DISK PARTITIONING SOFTWARE SOFTWARE > IF YOU ARE USING THIS SOFTWARE REMOVE THE BOOT DISK AND RESTART THE COMPUTER > THEN FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS TO START YOUR COMPUTER WITH A FLOPPY DISK. > > 3. SOME VIRUSES CAN CAUSE YOUR C DRIVE NOT TO REGISTER. USE A SCANNING > PROGRAM TO CHECK FOR VIRUSES. > After that i did a scandisk , then a checkdisk but on both drives A and C > CHDSK but every time I press F8 during booting process it took me to this > menu and i choose command prompt only so i can do an FDISK > but then it took me to the menu that said start computer with/without CDROM > support. That happened always. > > My theory is that I need to partition my C drive tell me what to do please > any tips or something help me as soon as possible please. Thank you. > > This comp Win 98 operating system > 450 MHz -CPU SPEED Help! > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > PCBUILD's List Owner's: > Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> > Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]> > PCBUILD's List Owner's: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>