98SE pausing on boot screen, can hear windows in background!. Hello all, Welcome back to Windows 98 :D I have an old HP Kayak, after a few modem issues i reinstalled 98 over the current installation, retaining all programs etc. Since then i can't get Windows...

hadn't gotten this data on the F12 key which pauses the boot screen and allows you to choose a boot device. However, the CD-RW/DVD drive on this computer is not functioning, so it's another Catch-22. See my other post about where to find an affordable...

Is there any way I can stop the boot prompt by pressing Pause/Break as I would on any other DOS screen to stall the PC for a bit?? Ne ideas what could be causing this problem yes you should be able to pause at the boot: prompt by pressing the PAUSE key try...

is do a repair install as the OS is looking for the old setup and isn't finding it as to many things have changed for it to boot. When you press F-8 you aren't entering the BIOS your pausing the boot to select the boot option. Even if you could boot...

completely sure that no processor details show up on warm boots (restarts) ? I can take an image of what I see if thats anyhelp. Normal boot up from cold. Boot screen from a restart by windows or by...

I get this error. My computer locks up and I had to forceably restart. The boot screen loaded fine, but after that a blue screen flashed and my computer restarted. It doesn't boot with any of the boot methods. And when I tried to install windows again it...

Help: Boot Screen Info. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips () I replaced a 233mhz processor inside of a Compaq Deskpro with a 333mhz processor, which is the maximum the motherboard will take. But...

or the Welcome Screen and any type logins unless I'm corrected. Often on an XP box, after the firmware screen, a black and white boot options screen appears that has any OS that is a boot option, and if you install the Recovery Console that is listed...