-=PCTechTalk=- boot disk for 98

From: "Sharon" <loonlake@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "pctechtalk" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 14:34:13 +0200
Here's a question someone must know the answer to, and below it my original
which so far no-one has answered:

First part:
Are system/boot/rescue all names for the same disk?

Second part:
I've found a computer running '98, and want to make a system/boot/rescue
disk to use to try again to boot, format and reinstall '98 on my
mother-in-law's computer. How do I make that disk? I couldn't find it in
system tools or help files.

TIA, Sharon

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sharon" <loonlake@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "pctechtalk" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 7:26 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- reinstall windows (almost as loooong as Rose)


|
| hello all,
| While you've been vacationing, I've been fiddling with a computer that my
| niece gave to my mother-in-law, and getting in deeper and deeper over my
| head. HELP!
|
| On boot it consistently gave an error that it couldn't load I/O driver (or
| something like that, I've since lost it, but I believe it's not relevant
now
| anyway.)
|
| Scandisk repeatedly hung up trying to correct various errors. When it did,
| the disk made a rhythmic clicking sound, every 2-3 seconds.(Bye, bye
disk?)
|
| I tried to reinstall Windows (98), but my disk is not the one which was on
| the computer (my niece got the computer second hand with 98 already
loaded),
| and it wouldn't load.
|
| I made a boot disk from Ultimate Boot Disk, and then another from my old
| computer running Windows 95, neither booted the problem computer, though
the
| second worked on mine.
|
| It did boot from the CD, however, and eventually I did Format C: (I think
I
| had to get the format command from the floppy, sorry I don't remember any
| more.)
|
| Ok, the problem as it now stands:
| Since the format, the CD comes up on an A: prompt, the system doesn't know
| it has a C or D drive!
|
| When I boot from the CD and try to Setup, the CD successfully does a
system
| scan, says it will now install, and then the following error appears:
| ------------------------
| Cannot create a temporary directory. If you have HPFS or NTFS installed on
| your hard drive, you will need to create an MS-DOS boot partition to set
up
| Windows.
| Please remove any floppy disks from your system and press any key to
| restart.
| ---------------------------
|
| I don't nor have ever had (I assume) anything other than FAT. And when I
go
| into fdisk, it shows:
| Part:         C:1
| Status        A
| Type        PRI DOS
| Mbytes    4110
| Sys            FAT32
| usage 100%
|
| Please, gurus, any ideas???
|
| Sharon
| P.S. Rose, my heart goes out to you. What's keeping me sane is that it's
not
| my computer!


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