Evanhoe Posted November 28, 2007 Author Share Posted November 28, 2007 Quote:Boot with the floppy.Do format c: /sDo d: (where d is the letter of your CD-ROM drive)Do cd win98Do setupHi BenoitRen,Thanks for trying to help.Done all the above before,and as I indicated to Ponch (see error message I get) I can't "Setup".Thanks.VAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eidenk Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Sorry if I missed something again but can't you just boot the computer with the setup CD ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evanhoe Posted November 29, 2007 Author Share Posted November 29, 2007 Quote:Sorry if I missed something again but can't you just boot the computer with the setup CD ?Hi eidenk;No,I can't,either with my D Drive or the E Drive!See my queries to Ponch and Jaclaz for what's involved here.If you can help,and need more details,pls ask,Thanks.VAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponch Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Did you disconnect anything in between ? Can you try puting the cd in your other drive and retype "D:\Win98\setup /P i" ?A:\>a:\mscdex.exe /D:CD_RomMSDEX Version 2.25Copyright © Microsoft Corp 1986-1995.All rights reserved Drive D: =Driver CD_Rom Unit 0What does that mean?Thanks for all your help,This means the boot floppy loads cdrom drivers and one of your drives has received the letter D. You probably have one FAT partition on your HD that's called C:. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eidenk Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Have you tried unplugging one of your CD drives ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evanhoe Posted November 29, 2007 Author Share Posted November 29, 2007 Did you disconnect anything in between ? Can you try puting the cd in your other drive and retype "D:\Win98\setup /P i" ?A:\>a:\mscdex.exe /D:CD_RomMSDEX Version 2.25Copyright © Microsoft Corp 1986-1995.All rights reserved Drive D: =Driver CD_Rom Unit 0What does that mean?Thanks for all your help,This means the boot floppy loads cdrom drivers and one of your drives has received the letter D. You probably have one FAT partition on your HD that's called C:.Hi Ponch,1-No I did'nt disconnect anything that I know of!2-Regarding "Drive D: =Driver CD_Rom Unit 0" above,does the "0" not mean,that it's OFF(Disabled)? If so,how can we Enable it?3-Quote from above:Can you try puting the cd in your other drive and retype "D:\Win98\setup /P i" ? I've done all this, many times (Including this morning) and I get "Invalid drive specification error"Pls Note:When I reboot,Press DEL,open BOOT,and under Removable Device,my only choices are: Legacy Floppy LS-120 Zip 100 ATAPI MOAlthough I don't know what "Atapi MO" stands for (Specially the "MO" part) I press it,F10 and reboot same result!Next I go down to the 3rd item in the "BOOT Setup Utility" which is "Atapi CD- ROM" where [CD-956e/AKV] is listed(This is my E CD-Rom Drive) and press it and F10,and it does'nt open in E Drive!I end up with the same error "Invalid drive specification error"I don't know what else I can do?What do you think?VAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evanhoe Posted November 29, 2007 Author Share Posted November 29, 2007 Have you tried unplugging one of your CD drives ?eidenk,I'm sure I tried that before,but i'll do it again for both Drives.Thanks.See my previous Post,hope it's clear enough !VAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponch Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Can you try "E:\Win98\setup /P i" instead of "D:\Win98\setup /P i" ? Also trying with the CD in both drives ?+"CDROM unit 0" means it's the 1st one, as it's counting 0,1...If it still doesn't work....what's left ?-test the media (your cd) in an other computer with cdcheck for instance.-put your hdd in an other computer and put all install files from the cd to the hdd, but this involve opening the cases and playing with jumpers.Eidenk I know it's long, but read the thread, you got 3 posts already answered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 @EvanhoeOk, let us recap what we did till now:1) We made you get the "right" start floppy2) We made you fdisk and format your drive (since you refer that you can get to a C:\ prompt) so we are sure that there is nothing "strange" in your BIOS/HD. (in post #34)Now simply do the following:1) Open the computer and DISCONNECT the cables/CUT them/REMOVE the CDRW/HAMMER IT TO PIECES (your choice ): there should be ONLY the CD connected, NOT the CDRW2) Try again booting with the floppy in, you should get to the A:\ prompt and before it see the:A:\>a:\mscdex.exe /D:CD_RomMSDEX Version 2.25Copyright © Microsoft Corp 1986-1995.All rights reservedDrive D: =Driver CD_Rom Unit 0this is perfectly normal, it means that program mscdex.exe (i.e. the DOS CD-ROM extemsions) has been executed from drive a:\, that it loaded correctly, finding a CD-ROM unit (unit 0, i.e. the FIRST unit, SECOND unit - that you disconnected - would have been unit 1 IF it would have been properly connected and detected)3) if step 2) above does not work anymore, don't worry, switch the machine off, disconnect the CD-ROM drive and re-connect the CDRW (I hope you did not smash it to pieces ) and do again step 2)4) now comes the most difficult part, you must FORGET completely all your previous attempts and ALL previous posts on this thread and do the following:a. download this bootdisk:http://www.allbootdisks.com/downloads/Disk...indows98_SE.exeand make a floppy out of itb. boot the computer from the floppyc. at the boot menu choose "Start computer with CD-ROM support"d. you should have a message like:Preparing to start your computer....This may take a few minutes, please wait...The diagnostics tools were succesfully loaded to drive D.MSCDEX Version 2.25Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1986-1995. All rights reserved.Drive E: =Driver MSCD001 unit 0To get HELP, type HELP and press ENTERe. type:E:and press ENTERf. type: CD Win98and press ENTERg. type:setup.exeand press ENTERThe windows setup should start.If at point d. you get a message like "cannot find a valid FAT16 or FAT32 partition, go back to this guide:http://www.duxcw.com/digest/Howto/software...grade/fdisk.htmand follow it EXACTLY.If the above does not work, you can try following the advice by Ponch, though maybe it's time you call a friend that has some more practice with PC's, maybe the problem lies is something that you omitted to describe or in something that we failed to catch, considering it as "given".jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evanhoe Posted November 30, 2007 Author Share Posted November 30, 2007 Hi Ponch & Jaclaz,I will give it a try,and as Arnie once said "I'll be back"VAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evanhoe Posted December 1, 2007 Author Share Posted December 1, 2007 SUCCESS AT LASTHi Jaclaz,Your last Directions finally did it for me.Thank you,Thank you,Thank you....Finally,after 54 Postings we have the darn Win 98 Puter running,My wife will be pleased.Thanks to Ponch,and all the others who tried to help.This is so appreciated.VAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 SUCCESS AT LASTHi Jaclaz,Your last Directions finally did it for me.Thank you,Thank you,Thank you....Finally,after 54 Postings we have the darn Win 98 Puter running,My wife will be pleased.Thanks to Ponch,and all the others who tried to help.This is so appreciated.VANHappy about it, all's well that ends well. No need to thank me, I know how it could be having a wife that is NOT pleased. jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eidenk Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Eidenk I know it's long, but read the thread, you got 3 posts already answered I guess that having only one CD drive plugged in the system was finally key to your success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
submix8c Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 hey, all :Interesting reading...Has anyone gone to the UBCD for Win98SE thread?http://www.msfn.org/board/Unattended-Boot-...-46-t88008.htmlThere is a wealth of information on booting/installing/reinstalling, including using multiple CD-Roms/CD-RW-s/DVD-Roms/DVD-RW-s. Multiple CD/DVD's and Booting (floppy or CD, including SCSI) should not be a problem. Soporific (and myself/others as a tester/analyst/solution-finder) have already been through this madness...Go look around and give some credit to Soporific if you find anything useful (MDGx also provided a wealth of info directly to soporific).Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evanhoe Posted December 4, 2007 Author Share Posted December 4, 2007 Eidenk I know it's long, but read the thread, you got 3 posts already answered I guess that having only one CD drive plugged in the system was finally key to your success. Hi Eidenk.True enough,but now I must get that second CD Rom to work again !I may be back for more help on this! Thanks for your help too.VAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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