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Format 98 problems

Started by Graphotism , Nov 06 2005 05:46 AM

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Graphotism

Posted 06 November 2005 - 09:41 AM

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cd is not e: either...it says invalid drive specification.

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Fenor

Posted 06 November 2005 - 01:21 PM

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When you start your computer with the windows startup disk in the drive, you choose START COMPUTER W/ CD-ROM SUPPORT. Once everything is loaded and you get to the A:\ prompt, just above that prompt it will tell you what driver letter your cd-rom drive is. Let's say it's E: for my posting. Then you would type e: at the a:/> prompt. Then once your prompt has changed from A:/> to E:/> prompt, you type setup. Windows setup should then begin. If it doesn't, try entering setup.exe, if that doesn't work, type dir and see if your cd-rom activates and you get a listing of the files on the cd.

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