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attention computer geeks
im trying to get this old closet beast up and running for a local member that had to sell his computer... i threw in a 20 gig drive, but cant get it booted with any of my CD'*...
i have tried, Windows 98, ME and 2000 and used my western digital hard drive setup disc
i keep getting the error:
NTLDR is missing
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i have tried, Windows 98, ME and 2000 and used my western digital hard drive setup disc
i keep getting the error:
NTLDR is missing
here are some pics
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Re: attention computer geeks
If that is the error you are getting, then you are not booting from the CD-ROM, but rather the hard disk... and that disk has/had a version of NT on it. You need to change default boot to be CD-ROM
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Re: attention computer geeks
Originally Posted by 1995BvSSE
If that is the error you are getting, then you are not booting from the CD-ROM, but rather the hard disk... and that disk has/had a version of NT on it. You need to change default boot to be CD-ROM
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Originally Posted by Bonneville94V688
Go to bootdisk.com, and make a Win 98 bootdisk
boot with it, fdisk, yes for large drive support, partition, reset, format C: and try after that. It should work.
boot with it, fdisk, yes for large drive support, partition, reset, format C: and try after that. It should work.
Do you agree?
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Re: attention computer geeks
Originally Posted by harofreak00
Originally Posted by 1995BvSSE
If that is the error you are getting, then you are not booting from the CD-ROM, but rather the hard disk... and that disk has/had a version of NT on it. You need to change default boot to be CD-ROM
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Re: attention computer geeks
Originally Posted by harofreak00
Originally Posted by 1995BvSSE
If that is the error you are getting, then you are not booting from the CD-ROM, but rather the hard disk... and that disk has/had a version of NT on it. You need to change default boot to be CD-ROM
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That'* what I usually do. I go to CMOS, set the floppy as the primay boot device, and the cd-rom as the second. Then I create a 98 boot disk for the fdisk command, delete/create a new partition with large disk support, then reboot and begin with the XP (or whatever OS you have) cd.
It looks like with your version of CMOS there, you ALT-p for the next page to find the boot sequence.
It looks like with your version of CMOS there, you ALT-p for the next page to find the boot sequence.