[solved]I really am stuck!!!!

Ive got a Dell Pentium 2 computer that was having problems with windows 98 and so I decided to reformat the whole system a computer wiz downtown wrote me out the instructions on how to format my hard drive .... failing to tell me to save my cdrom drivers i preceded with the formatting and after deleting partitions and repartitioning it Now when starting up ,my computer will get all the way to the 3 choices of using cdrom support ext.ext. and locks up solid after I choose. I do have the windows 98 boot disk but not sure how to get that on the c: drive from dos what do I need to do ? or is my computer baked? please help me out email me if you can thanks

 

Ive got a Dell Pentium 2 computer that was having problems with windows 98 and so I decided to reformat the whole system a computer wiz downtown wrote me out the instructions on how to format my hard drive .... failing to tell me to save my cdrom drivers i preceded with the formatting and after deleting partitions and repartitioning it Now when starting up ,my computer will get all the way to the 3 choices of using cdrom support ext.ext. and locks up solid after I choose. I do have the windows 98 boot disk but not sure how to get that on the c: drive from dos what do I need to do ? or is my computer baked? please help me out email me if you can thanks

 

Not sure I'm clear on this. You can boot from a startup floppy and then choose CD-ROM support? Then it locks?

What boot disk are you using that allows you access? Are there 2 different boot disks?

 

Boot from the floppy. Choose CD-ROM support. When you get to the A: prompt, type E: (chances are that that will be your CD-ROM if you have one hard drive and one CD-ROM).

Then, put in your 98 CD and type: setup

 

I take it that you are booting from a floppy disk.
Is this a portable PC with a swappable floppy/CD?

 

im using microsoft windows 98 second edition boot disk

 

That should work fine.

 

my computer locks up when i choose cdrom support but i will try it again, just incase i didnt do somthing correctly

 

will the boot disc supply my cdrom driver to enable it to work?

 

You could try making a new boot disk:
Run this program to create a Win98 boot floppy-->
Or, try the cdgod. It contains drivers for all kinds of CD-ROMs:

http://www.sokuto.freeserve.co.uk/tech/cdgod55.exe

 

no iyts not its a tower setup

 

That disk has generic drivers that work with most CD-ROM's.

 

ill try all this later this mornin for now thanks for your help and have a wonderful labor day

 

Good luck, and you, too .

 

Your CD drivers are on the Floppy start up disk.(should be anyways) Try going to Bootdisk.com and making a new boot disk.(follow instruction on site) Then boot with the floppy and 98cd both in the PC. At the choices, select "with CD support" and give it time to get to the A: prompt. Type Eor whatever your cd drive is at this point.) At the E: prompt type SETUP and that should get things rollin.