I have the same problem on a new Soyo SY-K7VTA-B Mainboard.  I have tried
many different BIOS settings and several different boot disks including Dr.
bootdisk and one specifically made to upgrade System BIOS...  none of them
would work.  I too received the non-system disk error when it accessed the
floppy.  Yes, it is set to boot floppy first.

I was able to load Win2K on the machine by booting from the installation CD
and it is up and running, however I would like an answer to this question as
well; before I send it off to college with my daughter.  I am stumped.

Thanks,
Eric Heath

I fdisked and formated the hd.  Went to a Win98se machine and
> created a windows start up disk but it still will not boot- says non
system
> disk.  Tried a differet disk, check the floppy cable, everything is
working.
> A friend told me to "sys" the HD.  How do I do this if I can't get it to
an
> A:\?  I need to know what files make up the "system files".
> >
> > Thank You
> > Kathy Cuccia

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