Loading WIN 98 OS To Dell Latitude
Dell
Latitude CPx. The hard drive had been wiped and I am
starting from new. Can anyone help with the sequencing of
loading this?
I have a WIN 98 Startup disk and the Operating System CD.
I tried loading after booting with the startup disk and I
am now at a D:/ prompt. It does not recognize the C: drive.
If you are familiar with this particulr model it has the
interchangeable CD/ROM and floppy disk drives. Thanks in
advance!
outrea...@netzero.net
DEVICE DRIVER NOT FOUND: MSCD001
NO VALID CDROM DEVICE DRIVERS SELECTED
I would appreciate any advice what-so-ever.
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AlmostBob
if the c: drive is unable to be seen the disk may have been wiped and not
reformatted,
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"Dell" <outrea...@netzero.net> wrote in message
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Ben Myers
95b boot floppy. This uses DOS 7.0, which is sufficient for installing
Windows 98. Use it to start the laptop, then use fdisk to create a
DOS partition. If you get a message about "Large disk support",
select "Yes". Leave the floppy in the drive, restart the laptop and
format the partition. Then type "copy /y a:\*.* c:\" and press "Enter".
Shut down, remove the floppy drive, install the CD drive and restart.
Ben
"Dell" <outrea...@netzero.net> wrote in message news:1856801c44aaa$47d9ac40$a301...@phx.gbl...
Bert Kinney
There's a possibility the C:\ partition is NTFS. In this case the
Win98 boot disk will not see it. I would suggest wiping the drive
completely and starting over. Here are a couple of utilities that
will do this. Harddrive Info - Wipe and Zap
http://www.microstorage.com/Harddriveinfo.htm
Then use these instructions to reinstall Windows.
Windows 98 Restore By Ron Badour MS MVP:
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html
You can also go to the Dell support site, enter the service tag
number and get the latest drivers for the system.
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"Dell" <outrea...@netzero.net> wrote in message
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Dell
Thanxs! I do have the C: prompt.
When I powered up the machine this morning I got a menu
that read as follows:
MICROSOFT WINDOWS 98 STARTUP MENU
1.) Start computer with CD-Rom support
2.) Start computer without CD-Rom support
3.) View the help file
At the bottom it gave me several command options. I chost
the SHIFT F5 for the C: prompt. Any advice from here to
get the OS loaded?
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Dell
Thanxs for your advice. I will try the following and
report my progress back to you.
-Dell
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Dell
Am I simply suppose to be able to insert the WIN95b BOOT
DISK into the A: drive, restart and that's it? I should be
in Windows, right?
The 1st download from the site was corrupted or damaged. I
tried th alternate site and it appears to have been a
successful downlaod.
-Dell
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Ben Myers
programs that you download and double-click on a working
computer. You will prompted for a floppy. When the boot
disk is ready, use it to start the laptop. At the A:\> prompt,
type "fdisk" and follow the instructions to create a DOS partition.
After the restart, type "format c:" and format the partition. Then
type "copy /y a:\*.* c:\" and press "Enter". Shut down, remove
from the Win98 directory of your Windows 98 CD.
Ben
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