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navygrl67
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_ 		6. May 2007 @ 14:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I got this Tower used, it was given to me and I was told all I had to do was download the OS, I got the tower hooked up and turned on and it shows that windows 98 is on there in DOS but at the end of the screen in C:> or something like that, I put the windows disk in and type dir d: and it says something along the line of wrong file or something like that..Can some one please help me, im in college and my term paper is due and I cant afford a new tower...thank you..deb
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Debi Barton
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ddp
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_ 		6. May 2007 @ 14:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
moved to correct forum.
do you know how to get into the bios? what is the make & model# of the computer? is that windows disk an original or a copy? do you know anybody that is using win98 (besides me) or windows me?
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navygrl67
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_ 		6. May 2007 @ 15:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
if you could walk me through it i will find out all that info. the disk is a copy.
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Debi Barton
ddp
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_ 		6. May 2007 @ 15:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
answer this "what is the make & model# of the computer" & this "do you know anybody that is using win98 (besides me) or windows me".
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navygrl67
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_ 		6. May 2007 @ 15:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
where would that info be at...i know how to work the pcs i just dont know how to fix them..im sorry i sound so stupid, but if you could help me ill add you to my christmas list...lol
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Debi Barton
ddp
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_ 		6. May 2007 @ 15:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
is it a name brand like a dell or hp or is it a clone with no name on it?
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Molder
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_ 		6. May 2007 @ 15:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
navygirl67,
What version is the windows disk?

Try opening the CD drawer and outting the disc in there, then turn the machine off. Now turnit on again and cross your fingers, it should boot from the disk and start the install process. If not turn off again and turn on tap the del (delete) key and it should take you to the bios. In the bios you are looking for "boot order" "boot preferences" somthing like that, select the CD rom as first and HDD as second and floppy (if you have one) as third. F10 to save and exit. Try reboot and should load from CD.

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navygrl67
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_ 		6. May 2007 @ 15:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
the name on the front of the tower is Micron
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Debi Barton
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_ 		6. May 2007 @ 15:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
sounds like a no name computer. try what molder posted. just did a search & micron comes up as MPC. http://www.mpccorp.com/
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navygrl67
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_ 		6. May 2007 @ 15:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok i will try everything...thank you so much for helping, if it doesnt work i will let ya'll know...Deb
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Debi Barton
ddp
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_ 		6. May 2007 @ 15:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
can get a copy of a win98 bootdisk from this link if can't get cd to boot. http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
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navygrl67
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_ 		12. May 2007 @ 13:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok..i have tried everything everyone has told me and this is what is showing on my screen.

PhoenixBIOS Version 4.05 W6LI S/NH-02
Copryright dates

Micron Electronics Inc.

CPU=PENTIUM PRO 200MHz
0000640K SYSTEM RAM PASSED
0031744K EXTENEDED RAM PASSED
EDO MEMORY DETECTED
0256K CACHE SRAM PASSED
SYSTEM BIOS SHADOWED
VIDEO BIOS SHADOWED
FIXED DISK 0: MODE 4 WDC AC21600H

MICROSOFT (R) WINDOWS 98
(C) COPYRIGHT MICROSOFT CORP 1981-1999

C:\>

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS AND HOW IT IS LAYED OUT ON THE SCREEN CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME FIGURE OUT ALL THIS AND TRY AND TELL ME WHY IT SEEMS LIKE MY HARD DRIVE IS RECOGNIZING MY CD ROM..THANKS IN ADVANCE..DEB
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ddp
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_ 		12. May 2007 @ 20:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
your hard drive has been formated by win98 & made bootable but other then that is just an empty drive with no windows on it. the hard drive itself is a western digital & maybe 1.6gig. you have 32meg of ram & the cpu is a pentium pro 200mhz or a p1 level. can you get a copy of a win98 or winme boot floppy disk if you don't have 1? have you tried that link i posted to for a bootdisk? i'm using win98se on this computer i'm posting on eventho is a p4 celeron 2.53ghz.
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