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June 7th 04, 11:09 PM
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How do I reinstall Win 98
Compaq Armada 1700
4gb HD I have run scandisk with MS-dos 6.2 and no errors have been found on the HD. I have Fdisked and formated the harddrive, was told to SYS C: it too, but am unable to install Win98, the boot disk loads, it gets to "copying files needed for windows setup". "Please remove any floppy disks from your drives and press any key to restart your system". But on doing this I get the following: "Non-system disk or disk error, Replace and press any key when ready". Can anyone point me in the right direction to get my Win98 back on. -- Thanks Mick West Midlands, UK ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- ALL incoming and outgoing mail sent to, or from me on this computer is scanned by Norton Antivirus. For more information, click the link below: http://www.symantec.com/region/reg_e...nav_index.html 
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June 7th 04, 11:49 PM
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On 07/06/04 23:09, Mickiete wrote:
But on doing this I get the following: "Non-system disk or disk error, Replace and press any key when ready". Can anyone point me in the right direction to get my Win98 back on. Remove the Win98 CD from the drive when the computer resets (and put it back in as soon as it's started booting again) Adam -- Adam Richardson Email me at: Carpe Diem
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June 8th 04, 07:23 AM
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Retail Win98 or Compaq restore?
"Mickiete" wrote in message ... Compaq Armada 1700 4gb HD I have run scandisk with MS-dos 6.2 and no errors have been found on the HD. I have Fdisked and formated the harddrive, was told to SYS C: it too, but am unable to install Win98, the boot disk loads, it gets to "copying files needed for windows setup". "Please remove any floppy disks from your drives and press any key to restart your system". But on doing this I get the following: "Non-system disk or disk error, Replace and press any key when ready". Can anyone point me in the right direction to get my Win98 back on. -- Thanks Mick West Midlands, UK -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -------------------------------------------- ALL incoming and outgoing mail sent to, or from me on this computer is scanned by Norton Antivirus. For more information, click the link below: http://www.symantec.com/region/reg_e...nav_index.html
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June 8th 04, 04:33 PM
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Retail Win98
-- Thanks Mick West Midlands, UK ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- ALL incoming and outgoing mail sent to, or from me on this computer is scanned by Norton Antivirus. For more information, click the link below: http://www.symantec.com/region/reg_e...nav_index.html "David" wrote in message link.net... Retail Win98 or Compaq restore? "Mickiete" wrote in message ... Compaq Armada 1700 4gb HD I have run scandisk with MS-dos 6.2 and no errors have been found on the HD. I have Fdisked and formated the harddrive, was told to SYS C: it too, but am unable to install Win98, the boot disk loads, it gets to "copying files needed for windows setup". "Please remove any floppy disks from your drives and press any key to restart your system". But on doing this I get the following: "Non-system disk or disk error, Replace and press any key when ready". Can anyone point me in the right direction to get my Win98 back on. -- Thanks Mick West Midlands, UK -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -------------------------------------------- ALL incoming and outgoing mail sent to, or from me on this computer is scanned by Norton Antivirus. For more information, click the link below: http://www.symantec.com/region/reg_e...nav_index.html
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June 8th 04, 05:41 PM
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You can try installing from your hard drive instead of the cd. Just copy the
win98 folder (only folder you need) from the cd to your hd and run setup.exe from there (leave the cd out). You'll want to have the win98 drivers for your machine handy. You can download them from HP. "Mickiete" wrote in message ... Retail Win98 -- Thanks Mick West Midlands, UK -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -------------------------------------------- ALL incoming and outgoing mail sent to, or from me on this computer is scanned by Norton Antivirus. For more information, click the link below: http://www.symantec.com/region/reg_e...nav_index.html "David" wrote in message link.net... Retail Win98 or Compaq restore? "Mickiete" wrote in message ... Compaq Armada 1700 4gb HD I have run scandisk with MS-dos 6.2 and no errors have been found on the HD. I have Fdisked and formated the harddrive, was told to SYS C: it too, but am unable to install Win98, the boot disk loads, it gets to "copying files needed for windows setup". "Please remove any floppy disks from your drives and press any key to restart your system". But on doing this I get the following: "Non-system disk or disk error, Replace and press any key when ready". Can anyone point me in the right direction to get my Win98 back on. -- Thanks Mick West Midlands, UK -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -------------------------------------------- ALL incoming and outgoing mail sent to, or from me on this computer is scanned by Norton Antivirus. For more information, click the link below: http://www.symantec.com/region/reg_e...nav_index.html
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June 8th 04, 08:28 PM
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As of now I have reinstalled the Bios partition, but on trying to install
Win98 I have now got one step forward, it now stops at "error loading system.drv" -- Thanks Mick West Midlands, UK ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- ALL incoming and outgoing mail sent to, or from me on this computer is scanned by Norton Antivirus. For more information, click the link below: http://www.symantec.com/region/reg_e...nav_index.html "David" wrote in message hlink.net... You can try installing from your hard drive instead of the cd. Just copy the win98 folder (only folder you need) from the cd to your hd and run setup.exe from there (leave the cd out). You'll want to have the win98 drivers for your machine handy. You can download them from HP. "Mickiete" wrote in message ... Retail Win98 -- Thanks Mick West Midlands, UK -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -------------------------------------------- ALL incoming and outgoing mail sent to, or from me on this computer is scanned by Norton Antivirus. For more information, click the link below: http://www.symantec.com/region/reg_e...nav_index.html "David" wrote in message link.net... Retail Win98 or Compaq restore? "Mickiete" wrote in message ... Compaq Armada 1700 4gb HD I have run scandisk with MS-dos 6.2 and no errors have been found on the HD. I have Fdisked and formated the harddrive, was told to SYS C: it too, but am unable to install Win98, the boot disk loads, it gets to "copying files needed for windows setup". "Please remove any floppy disks from your drives and press any key to restart your system". But on doing this I get the following: "Non-system disk or disk error, Replace and press any key when ready". Can anyone point me in the right direction to get my Win98 back on. -- Thanks Mick West Midlands, UK -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -------------------------------------------- ALL incoming and outgoing mail sent to, or from me on this computer is scanned by Norton Antivirus. For more information, click the link below: http://www.symantec.com/region/reg_e...nav_index.html
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#7
June 9th 04, 05:08 AM
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Hmm.. Did you say win98 was working properly before on this machine or is
this the first time you're installing it? Be sure you have the latest ROM version for the laptop. Are you attempting to install win98 from the cd or the hd and where in the install process do you get this error? For complete instructions on how to best install win98 on your computer, go to the win98 drivers page and download sp8906.exe "Installing Microsoft Windows 98 on Compaq Armada Portable Products". Hope that helps. "Mickiete" wrote in message ... As of now I have reinstalled the Bios partition, but on trying to install Win98 I have now got one step forward, it now stops at "error loading system.drv" -- Thanks Mick West Midlands, UK -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -------------------------------------------- ALL incoming and outgoing mail sent to, or from me on this computer is scanned by Norton Antivirus. For more information, click the link below: http://www.symantec.com/region/reg_e...nav_index.html "David" wrote in message hlink.net... You can try installing from your hard drive instead of the cd. Just copy the win98 folder (only folder you need) from the cd to your hd and run setup.exe from there (leave the cd out). You'll want to have the win98 drivers for your machine handy. You can download them from HP. "Mickiete" wrote in message ... Retail Win98 -- Thanks Mick West Midlands, UK -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -------------------------------------------- ALL incoming and outgoing mail sent to, or from me on this computer is scanned by Norton Antivirus. For more information, click the link below: http://www.symantec.com/region/reg_e...nav_index.html "David" wrote in message link.net... Retail Win98 or Compaq restore? "Mickiete" wrote in message ... Compaq Armada 1700 4gb HD I have run scandisk with MS-dos 6.2 and no errors have been found on the HD. I have Fdisked and formated the harddrive, was told to SYS C: it too, but am unable to install Win98, the boot disk loads, it gets to "copying files needed for windows setup". "Please remove any floppy disks from your drives and press any key to restart your system". But on doing this I get the following: "Non-system disk or disk error, Replace and press any key when ready". Can anyone point me in the right direction to get my Win98 back on. -- Thanks Mick West Midlands, UK -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -------------------------------------------- ALL incoming and outgoing mail sent to, or from me on this computer is scanned by Norton Antivirus. For more information, click the link below: http://www.symantec.com/region/reg_e...nav_index.html
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