David Davies' post (clipped)

<<< I replace a faulty hd is my old p2, plugged it in, put windows 98 boot disk in
and went thru Bios and that is all.>>>

As far as I know one can not access the bios from a "boot disk" but am willing to be corrected by more knowledgeble members of the list.

<<< I put disk
into another comp, formatted, partioned using fat32 and looked fine before
installing.>>>

would it be possible to load win 98 (which you seem to be attempting) by connecting the replacement disk to this " another computer " and sort of have it pre loaded with the operating system.

FWIW--- and good luck----Venkat Viswanathan

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