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Answer» Quote from: bigbass on September 23, 2009, 02:27:52 PM This is a old PC, P11 450 MHZ Memory 640MB HD 13.5GB, I tried to use xp by it's self to see if it would boot, no good... Quote from: bigbass on September 24, 2009, 11:06:43 AM Objective... To install an OS system, I have Win98 disk witch is oem, I have a win98se witch I used before and also have winXP Pro corp..witch I had on this 1. Make and Model Number. What is the make and model number of the computer, if brand name; otherwise make and model number of motherboard (e.g. "Gateway G6-350") ? 2. CD-ROM Drive. a. Is this the original CD-ROM drive ? b. Have you successfully booted from this CD-ROM drive in the past (on this computer) ? From which CDs ? c. Is there more than one CD/DVD drive on the computer ? 3. Windows XP CD. a. Which CD do you have ? "winXP Pro corp"... I would expect an "original" Windows XP Professional CORPORATE CD to boot... b. What Service Pack level is it at (e.g. RTM, SP1, SP2, SP3) ? c. How "exactly" is the CD labeled (more precisely what identifying information is written on the exterior of the CD) ? Also include anything like "VRMPVOL_EN". 4. CD Boot. You said the XP boot was "no good". What did you observe? a. Does the CD-ROM drive light come on briefly during system startup? b. Does the CD-ROM drive light come on and off for longer intervals as if it is reading the CD? Do you think system was reading the CD? c. What informational and/or error messages display during CD boot attempt? MAKE---MICRON Electronics Model--SE44BX2-P11450-MT--ATX Mother Board--512KL2 cache Original CD Rome drive--Pioneer DVD 6.0x w/Software Decode Yes have booted from this CD before--Microsoft WIN98--OEM Yes--Have a HP CD-Writer Plus # 8250i Not going into all the CD that I have that worked at this time,I will use the WIN98 CD for this install and if I need to upgrade I'll use the other CDs Service pack level was SP2 CD Labeled-Microsoft Windows 98 For DISTRIBUTION with new PC only for product support contact the Mfg of your PC Yes--the light comes on briefly no it doesn't come on longer intervals and when it tries to boot is says no valid CD ROM device drivers selected, device driver not found OEMCD001 Made new boot disk, WIN98se OEM from Boot disk still would not boot with WIN98...This sys has been formatted as one drive C: I did run a service scan on C: no bad clusters,no problems with this drive.... I think it's reading the drive until it can't find the device driver to load Win98 as it loads the diagnostic tool in drive D: Thank you 1. Operating System. You intend to install Windows 98 (First Edition) from your Microsoft WIN98--OEM CD. 2. Boot Device. If you've booted the Win98 CD before "directly" from the original CD-ROM drive, that's the path you should take. "CD-ROM" should be listed in BIOS as your first boot device. This means you would not be using a Win98 floppy boot disk (so it shouldn't even be in the drive). 3. CD-ROM Drive. I see no evidence that you're successfully reading the CD. I'd SAY you aren't even accessing the CD-ROM drive, except I'm not sure what the light flicker on system startup means. I think BIOS is searching IDE bus looking for the presence of devices. Start with the POST diagnostic screen and verify the CD-ROM drive is properly identified by the BIOS and note how it reports location on the IDE ports. Location probably indicated on screen as: o PM - Primary Master (IDE port 0 - Master) o PS - Primary Secondary (IDE port 0 - Slave) o SM - Secondary Master (IDE port 1 - Master) o SS - Secondary Slave (IDE port 1 - Slave) Post how the diagnostic screen reports what device it finds on the IDE channels (ports). Maybe someone has suggestions on how to configure CD-ROM drive (IDE port and drive Master/Slave/Cable_Select jumpering) so BIOS boots from it. To display POST diagnostic screen during boot, enter CMOS setup and "enable" Boot-Time Diagnostic Screen from Boot Menu. While you're there "disable" Quick Boot Mode. Ensure First Boot Device is set to "ATAPI CD-ROM Drive". Save changes and exit.The PC would not boot anymore so I put in the microsoft win98 boot disk and ran fdisk and then format, left the boot disk in and re-started the pc with the win98 os and from the point it would not boot into the os... The cd rom is listed as the first boot and the H/D as second... I guess you are right in that the cd rom is not working or I should of been able to boot into win98.. I'l go into the BIOS and look at what you want to know.. ThanksIs the floppy drive listed as the "Third Boot Device" ? I'm not positive you have a "bootable" Windows 98 CD. I'm taking your word that you have "directly" booted to this CD in the past (without the assistance of a boot floppy).Hello, The floppy disk is the third boot device I don't remember if I booted with the WIN98 by it's self, but I did use the cd to install at one time... First boot is ATAPI CD ROM Drive....I'll get back to you when I get the other INFO... Thanks I enabled Boot time Dig screen, disabled Quick Boot, save and exit boot pc and the only thing that came up was P11 450 640 Ram than it flashed WIN98 screen and went to C: prompt..... The pc didn't give me what you asked for...!!! or I'm doing something wrong.... Thanks From what I understand I should be able to boot this PC from UBUNTU CD witch I have as it has it's own drivers, I tried booting from Ubuntu and could not boot...I don't know if the cdrom is bad or the H/D is bad, I would think if the H/D is bad than I wouldn't get anything on the screen..I don't know... Thanks BigBassIf Ubuntu didn't boot it's the CDRom unit...OK, What I'm going to do is use the HP CD Writer Plus, thats in the computer and remove the CD Rom, set the writer to master, plug in the cable, make sure sure the BIOS is set to boot from the writer first, boot with the UBUNTU CD and see what happins... Thanks BigBass :WELL" It didn't work, I don't see why as the light on the CDROM is lit and as I understand it Ubuntu has it's own drivers so it should of booted, I don't know what else to do with this PC, is there something that I didn't do right..?? Thanks for your help BigBass |
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