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Pastimes : Dream Machine ( Build your own PC ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Zeddie88 who wrote (10592)	3/5/2000 10:45:00 AM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

How do I go about loading Win'98 back on my system? Use your good computer to create a Windows 98 start up floppy disk. Then boot your new computer from this Windows 98 start up floppy disk and install Windows 98. Windows 98 will transfer the required drivers, including mscdex.exe, to the start up floppy disk so you can access your IDE CD-ROM drive. Also tried to alter the bootup sequence but it seems to always boot up on C:! Most likely because you don't have mscdex.exe loaded and can't access your CD-ROM drive. and was putting the cards back in when..............I shorted the NIC card against the chassis of the computer box!!!!!! I hope you don't mean what I think you are saying. Are you saying you didn't turn the power off before installing your NIC? If you are saying this then don't forget the preferred method is turn off the power first before installing and removing adapter cards.

To: Zeddie88 who wrote (10592)	3/5/2000 9:10:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul	Respond to of 14778

Also tried to alter the bootup sequence but it seems to always boot up on C:! Harddrives will always boot to C: (NT may throw you a curve..are you using Win98?) In other words if you change the boot sequence to boot the second harddrive first it will identify itself as the C drive. Make sure you name the volumes on the drives and partitions..that is the best way to see which drive is booting. If the second drive does not have a bootable partition and you put it first in the sequence the computer will not boot from that drive..but will boot from the first bootable device found in the sequence. How did you set up your machine? Is the second drive a clone of the first? If so you should not have to reinstall Win98..that is one of the primary reasons to have a working clone of your system. Zeuspaul