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July 18th, 2002, 12:15 AM
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|  How To Boot On Just Built PC
Ok, this is the first comp that I scratch built. It boots and gets and I can enter into BIOS. Now this is what I don't understand. How do I get it to load the windows 98 CD. If that isn't possible what can I do to load windows.
Thanks
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July 18th, 2002, 12:19 AM
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Have you partitioned and formated your hard drive? When you boot do you get the C:\ prompt?
If so you have 2 choices:
1) Boot with a Win98 boot disk and choose CD support when prompted.
2) Go back into your Bios and set your computer to boot from CD as one of the choices. (That's if you have a install CD that you can boot from)
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July 18th, 2002, 12:19 AM
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you will have to have abootable disk.
most win98 cds are bootable. but if your motherboard doesn't support booting from cd you will need a bootdisk with cdrom support
go to www.bootdisk.com and get a winme boot disk or win98 boot disk | 
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July 18th, 2002, 12:19 AM
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doh just beat me Xeroid  | |
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July 18th, 2002, 12:22 AM
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You need to boot from a floppy disk (windows startup disk), it should load the CD drivers (it will give you an option menu) .. then you can access your win98 CD to install it ..
You can get win98 boot disk from here ..
BTW, Welcome to TechIMO 
Regards
Edit: Ggghhrrr ..Xeroid and GZ   | |
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July 18th, 2002, 12:23 AM
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| Quote: Originally posted by GroundZero3
doh just beat me Xeroid | It's a wonder, as slow as I type...
Mike
EDIT: Oh yeah KenKun, I forgot.
WELCOME ABOART agentb159 !
Last edited by Xeroid : July 18th, 2002 at 12:27 AM.
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July 18th, 2002, 12:37 AM
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Stop typing so fast guys....
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July 18th, 2002, 01:00 AM
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Well, I guess the guys above are all assuming that you knew how to configure your CMOS...
Chances are that if the system is new, it'll allow you to boot from the CD drive. Make sure that the CD drive is one of the boot-up devices in your CMOS config (true by default in most cases). If you need help with other stuff, then just ask.
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July 18th, 2002, 01:10 AM
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Boy oh boy! That must be some kind of record for the number of "first" replies with all the same info!
And Welcome to TechIMO, agentb159! If you don't understand anything these geeks are saying, just ask! 
We don't all speak the geek so good... 
Cheers
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