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Computer wont boot up

  • 17-08-2004 6:51pm
    #1
    waterboy99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43 ✭


    I have a pentium 2 pc running windows 98. Everytime i boot up my pc it gives me an error message as if theres a floppy disk in the floppy drive but there isnt and ive put a new floppy dive in and still the same problem. none of the F-commands work, please someone help


Comments

  • #2
    Auburn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 302 ✭✭Auburn


    Exactly what error message is it giving you?


  • #3
    waterboy99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43 ✭waterboy99


    Invalid system disk
    Replace the disk, and then press any key


  • #4
    Champ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 677 ✭✭✭Champ


    Hmmm does the BIOS detect the harddisk properly? I'm guessing it does since it use to boot up just fine?

    I guess you've tried booting up with a 98 boot disk? What does fdisk tell you about the partitions' status? In the very least it should pick up the harddisk.


  • #5
    Sir Random
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 771 ✭✭✭Sir Random


    waterboy99 wrote:
    Invalid system disk
    Replace the disk, and then press any key
    It looks like it's talking about your HD, not a floppy. That's the message you get if it can't read the boot files from your hard drive (same as having a non-bootable floppy inserted).

    Try booting from a bootable floppy, and see if you can access the hd through DOS. You could also shove the drive in another PC as a "slave" and check it that way.

    I'd say your HD is seriously corrupted (virus screwed up the system files?) or else it's physically damaged.


  • #6
    stevenmu
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,689 Mod ✭✭✭✭stevenmu


    A quick fix may be to create a bootable floppy on another windows 98 pc (open a command prompt, type "sys a:"). Find the file sys.com , it should be in the c:\windows\command directory and copy that to the disk. copy Fdisk.exe (or maybe it's fdisk.com) too, it may come in handy later on. Boot your PC off the disk and type "sys c:". When it's done take out the floppy disk and restart.

    If you don't already put some serious thought into backing up your data, you HD could be on the way out...


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  • #7
    ct5amr2ig1nfhp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,019 ✭✭✭ct5amr2ig1nfhp


    Hmmm,
    I have 3 win98 machines in the last week that have just given up. Same error message.

    I haven't had a chance to look at the machines, but the only reasons I can think of is power cuts/storms have damaged something. (Machines are in 3 different parts of Dublin too)

    None are connected to the net. I haven't ruled out a virus/trojan.

    ambrose


  • #8
    waterboy99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43 ✭waterboy99


    The guy that owns the pc told that he used to just turn it off at the switch without shuting down properly.


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