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Look again...I replied to another topic in this thread...I've been editing like crazy! :whistling: :blink:
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Then my edited reply timed out... :whistling:

Let's get you a new startup disk...

Download this Win98SE startup disk. Save it to your desktop...double click on the downloaded file and put a new floppy disk in the floppy drive when it asks you to do so. This will create a startup disk to use on your machine.

Edited by wannabe1, 15 April 2006 - 04:43 PM.

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lol aww its ok.. but.. this isent my comp... i dont got a floppy herre.. but i already have a startup disk.. do u think thats tha problem y its reading Drive D on me?
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It's looking for something in D:. Make sure the boot priority in BIOS Setup is set to boot from the floppy...that way no cd-rom drivers will be loaded until you tell them to load by choosing "Start with cd-rom support".

The fdisk operation will wipe the drive and remove XP, create a partition, and format that partition...the setup.exe command will start the installation of Win98.

I'll look foreward to hearing how you fare...preferrably from your own computer. :whistling:

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aww me too.. liek u wudent beleve lol.. its driving me nuts.. and i think if i cant fix it myself.. and this is my last chance on a computer for a while.. that its not gunna get fixed... even tho im not tha one who broke tha stupid thing.. but hopefully thinkgs work out good... *crossin fingers*
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ok... im back again.. and this isent my comp... i took ur instructions.. and i did everything i was supposed to.. and it was all going great everything was workin step by step how u told me... until... well.. i did tha partition thing and formated.. and it wall worked.. til i had 2 put in my disk to load tha windows 98... my cd rom drive wont read it.. wen i put in my disk it spits it right back out so i cant load it.. ad wen i type setup.exe... NOW it sez "busy reading drive E".. instead of D.. so.. its my cd rom that not workin.. i need helppppp... n e idea what may be wrong now??
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I'd be willing to bet your cd-rom drive is bad... :whistling: With the drivers on the startup disk (start with cd-rom support), it should have started the installation straightaway. You might also check the disk...make sure it is not dirty or badly scratched.

CD-ROM drives are not expensive and are pretty straight forward to replace.
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so u think i need a new CD rom?...man... im so doomed... i thot it should have started right up to so i duno wats rong with it.. it hates me...i dont think its tha CD... iv reformated my comp a million times b 4.. its always worked... but wen i put it in... it spits it back out.. and sez "busy reading drive E".. but it doesent even made a loadin sound of nuthin...
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and i dont understand why it would be bad all of tha sudden... u think watever killed my comp killed my cd rom?.. cuz it was working fine b 4 all this happend...and it seems it liek all happened over night
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With the symptoms you describe, that would be my first thought.

When a cd-rom drive fails, it can cause all kinds of problems and when they go, it's usually all at once. One minute they're fine, the next they're not. It's probably a matter of the drive went bad and caused the problems on the computer rather than the other way around.

Cd-rom drives, even Cd-r-rw drives are usually less than $40 if you shop around a bit.
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alright... so if i got a liek.. cd burner kind.. it would be tha same thing?.. and there easy to install?
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Yes...on both counts. Tools required...a philips (cross point) screwdriver.

You should get instructions on how to install it with the drive. I can replace a cd-rom drive in about twenty minutes.
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ok.. i guess thats what im gunna do.. but one last thing.. is a cd burner one gunna work tha same as a plain one.. only ill be able 2 burn cd's.. or is that a separate thing all together?
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It will work the same....and you'll be able to burn cd's... :whistling:
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ok... im gunna check into it.. hopefully now.. ull talk 2 me soon.. on MY computer.. if things go properly... thank you so much for tha help
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