The bootdisk from the computer in the office will work?  We have three there
running Windows98SE.

Bob Wright wrote:

> At 02:15 PM 05/31/2000 , you wrote:
> >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
>
> There is no special magic that your repair shop is bringing to the table
> to repair your PC, except their expertise.   When you state that it will
> boot from a Windows95 floppy, but not from your Windows98SE floppy
> then you have a problem with the Windows98SE floppy.  It may have
> become corrupted during the install, (this is not uncommon).
>
> The first thing you need to do is replace this boot disk.  The ideal way
> to do this is to create one from another PC using Windows98SE, a friends
> machine or another you have available.   Other wise you will need to download
> a replacement disk, (not always the easiest).
>
> You can download a replacement from these sites:
>      http://support.micronpc.com/file_lib/boot.html
>      http://www.bootdisk.com
>
> Once you can boot with the proper boot disk, then you can begin to do
> diagnostics on your hard drive.   Why is it important to have the right
> boot disk for the operating system on the hard drive?   Cross platform
> repairs on a system, repairing a Windows98SE install with a Win95 boot
> disk will cause problems with Windows98 in that is can install files that
> will keep it from booting such as the wrong Command.com file, which
> can cause what you have reported...
>
>       Bob Wright
> The NOSPIN Group
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