Laurel,
     I would imagine that the CMOS battery is dead. It is the small battery
on the motherboard (usually CR2032). Since the configuration is pretty much
lost, I don't believe that your BIOS will be affected. Change it and then
boot the computer off of the floppy disk. If you don't have a bootable
floppy, you can download one (from a friends computer) at www.bootdisk.com
on save it to a floppy.
                             Rick "The ROCK" Ford
----- Original Message -----
From: "Laurel Schmalz" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 10:37 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] boot up problem


>I tried to boot up my PC after 3 months of having it off while I was out of
>town. I now get this message:
>
> Verifying DMI pool date .....
> NTLDR is missing
> Press any key to restart"
>
> over and over when I press a key.
> What do I do?
> Running Windown 98.
>
> Laurel Schmalz
>
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