Topic: windows 2k pro and xp pro ???

[F.O.Bean]

i dunno how to check my BIOS guyz....

also, i tried it once already, it asked if i wanted to accept the cd rom under #1, or if i didnt want to recognize it on #2, i chose to recognize it, then it said i didnt have any FAT or FAT32 partitions on my c drive, i was like wtf, its NTFS file system for windows, but let it load w/ out hitting anything and then

A:|| or something like that

when i hit a button, enter i believe, it said it was reading drive d, 'abort, retry or fail?'

so thats when i didnt know what else to doa nd nothing i did werked and shut her down

[F.O.Bean]

should i do this in 'safe mode'??

[sygdwm]

to check your bios: when you boot up it will say how to really fast (as in dont blink) usaully (tab, ctrl, f?, etc. once your in bios look for boot options. set your floppy 1st, cd 2nd, hdd 3rd, and so on. now boot from the 98 floppy. at the a prompt (a:) type>>>> fdisk c:. it should something like this:


a:/fdisk c:

then follow the steps it gives you.

this should keep you busy for a while. j/k

[sygdwm]

you dont need safe mode yet.

[mirth]

When trying to boot from the CD make sure there's no floppy in the drive as your system is likely set up to try to boot your A drive first.

[F.O.Bean]

so i should boot from the floppy first or the cd first???

[mirth]

CD

[mirth]

You shouldn't need the floppy

[F.O.Bean]

i thought i did, since that was the 98 boot disk???

i confuse easily, sorry

[sygdwm]

   what he said.

[F.O.Bean]

+T darkstarjwedi, i will be sure to let ya know how i did when i do this

[mirth]

Right click My Computer, Manage, Disk Manager.

[F.O.Bean]

*Don't do* what I did and just try to upgrade/downgrade.  I lost a lot of stuff that wasn't backed up when my Win2k installation went into some futile loop and wouldn't let me back into my WIN98 files.



...Kk  <~~noob

so youre saying to reinstall completely, delete the old partition, and create a new one right??

[sygdwm]

yes, yes, and yes

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