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Originally Posted by sonar732
Do a google search for W98SE boot disk. I can't remember where I had mine downloaded from, but that's what I did. 
Check this out!
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From that site i have my bootdisk...
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Originally Posted by goldorak
How old is the computer ?
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I guess from someware 1996 till 1998.
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Originally Posted by goldorak
If you can't find a bootdisk, try entering into the bios configuration screen and see if there is an option to boot directly from the cdrom as first choice.
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Did never work, not even when the PC was still in working order. I never understood why it won't let CD's boot even when the boot sequence was configured correctly
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Originally Posted by Coda
In appreciation for this act and as a sign of respect and common decency, the right thing to do would be give him the operational PC you have now, and either use the piece of junk for yourself, or get a new one.
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My parent would disagree with you, just for your information.
I need my Computer. The Piece of junk has only 200mhz, i need power and speed. He said he does not. He only wants to write a few things or browse in the internet a bit, and for that, this PC is enough.
Get a new one? Not Everyone is upper-class who has huge amounths of money availible.
Anyway, this should only be a themporary solution, since in a few months we get a new PC and then he takes this one, wich is with 1.8 ghz a good Computer for Basic stuff.
He is very nice to me in this matter, since he understands my need for fast PC's, so he always buys me a new one and then takes my old Computer. I used the slow mover PC for 2 years, and my current one is the first that is actually able to handle what i always wanted to do with a PC. And after i used this one for 2 years, wich will be in a few months, and we gatherd enought money, we upgrade again, this time to a state of the art PC. He already looks forward to try out my old one by himself.
It's a solution we can all live well with.
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Originally Posted by Coda
You should be able to boot from the CD, just make a change in the bios to boot from CD.
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Well, i can try it again, but i doubt that it will help anything, since it never worked. But worth a try, thanks.
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Originally Posted by Coda
Additionally, it's quite possible that the floppy you are using isn't working. Try booting your working pc with it to test.
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We already changed the floppys with the one of another PC we still have, and it did not help.
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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens
That sounds like the hard drive is not connected or functioning properly.
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I'll open the PC and look inside if the harddrive is connected. And try to replace it with another one.