Go here to get the correct boot disk for Windows 98.
Follow the instructions on the bottom etc.
Hope this helps.
This is not the one that comes with Windows but a better and proper one that will allow you to boot
up.

http://www.compucheap.com/pages/download2.html

Good luck,
Sue Dobbs


><< My recollection is that the Win 98.2 CD is not a bootable disk. It is not
>shown as an alternative to using the startup floppy disk. >>
>-- Thanks Joseph I guess thats true. I just wish there would be some
>consistency in the land of computers and software! It comes with a 'bootable'
>floppy but the system keeps looking for a CD from the IBM HD setup disk! I
>guess they werent informed so now I have to figure out how to unformat this
>HD and use a bootable floppy with fdisk on it?
>thanks for taking the time
>
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