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roberholtzer   11-07-2009 at 05:59:59 AM

Im working on my mother in laws computer. i turned it on and it says Boot Failure Insert BOOT diskette in A: Press any key when ready. i inserted the system Restoration CD. Booted from CD, then it goes to the system restoration program, i hit F1 to continue, then it says, First hard drive does not contain a Fat 16 or FAT32 windows partition. what do i do?

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TheViper   11-07-2009 at 06:02:33 AM
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Boot disk A is typically a floppy disk drive, not a CD drive.

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roberholtzer   11-07-2009 at 06:09:03 AM
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all i got is the cd. what do i do about , First hard drive does not contain a Fat 16 or FAT32 windows partition

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anort3   11-07-2009 at 07:58:17 AM
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You trying to load Windows 95/98 on an XP machine? XP has NTFS.

Diskette in A: is a floppy for sure.

What OS is on the machine and whats the hardware?

Probably a dead hard drive.

------------------------------ EP-45 UD3R/ E8400@3.6 wZerotherm Nirvana/4gb Corsair DDR2-800/EVGA 9800GTX+/Corsair 750TX/2xWD Black AALS 640gb RAID 0+1 Windows 7/2xWD Cavier 250gb RAID 0 Windows XP Pro/Seagate 160gb Backup/X-Fi Xtreme Gamer/Logitech Z-2300/Samsung SynchMaster 906BW
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roberholtzer   11-07-2009 at 08:05:10 AM
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98 i think it has cd and 3.5 floppy

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anort3   11-07-2009 at 09:08:52 AM
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Wow I havent seen 98 in years. Likely the hard drive is dead........I cant imagine its new lol.

I dont think Microsoft even supports 98 any more. I wouldnt bother trying to reinstall it. You are going to have to find all the updates yourself. You are just asking to be part of a bot net if you connect to the internet. Almost no new software or hardware will run well if at all on 98. Even if its 98 SE there is just no driver support. Hell you cant even have files over 4gigs on 98.

I think its time the old Mother in Law moves in the 21st century. At the very least get her XP. Although with parts failing on her computer im sure it needs an upgrade as well.

------------------------------ EP-45 UD3R/ E8400@3.6 wZerotherm Nirvana/4gb Corsair DDR2-800/EVGA 9800GTX+/Corsair 750TX/2xWD Black AALS 640gb RAID 0+1 Windows 7/2xWD Cavier 250gb RAID 0 Windows XP Pro/Seagate 160gb Backup/X-Fi Xtreme Gamer/Logitech Z-2300/Samsung SynchMaster 906BW
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jitpublisher   11-07-2009 at 03:48:31 PM
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Sounds like the old hard drive has finally gave up. Time for a newer system.

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