Whew, I need some big help lol

[Raptor]

Has the installation of Windows been removed?

Type C: and then type DIR to see if it reports any files.

[utaker1987]

wha? well when i did dir/s it says

Total files listed:
5,162 file(s)       527,508,620 bytes
1,065 dir(s)       7,547.14 MB free

[2k dummy]

Repeat the command but add /p to it (dir/s/p). You will be able to see the files a page at a time. Look for win.com and the directory it is in.

[utaker1987]

nope no win.com

[utaker1987]

wait i only thought it was 2 pages like the first dir i saw, gimmie a sec i have seen

window1  dir
window2 dir

[2k dummy]

If win.com is on the machine it will be listed below one of the directory names. Look at each entry closely. It looks as if someone has tried to reinstall windows and possibly hosed the installation.

[utaker1987]

whew, that was long, but sadly no win.com

[2k dummy]

Do you have access to a windows 9x CD? If you don't have one ask your uncle that gave you the computer.

[utaker1987]

9x CD?

I have my brothers burnt Windows 98SE CD

and i have a regular Running Microsoft Windows 98 cd.

[2k dummy]

Do you have the product key for either of the CD's. You can't complete an installation without it.

[utaker1987]

With SE my brother left me a code which is 5 rows of numbers and a bar code #

are those what you mean?

[2k dummy]

Are the five rows of numbers letter/number combinations? That is probably the product key.

[utaker1987]

yup thats them what do i do from here?

btw: thanks for the help seriously i was expecting to sit here and wait for nothing but you guys are pretty *censored* cool.

[2k dummy]

Judging from one of your earlier posts, your machine is set up to boot from the cd-rom first. You should be aware that any peripherals that require special drivers as well as any video or sound drivers will have to be reinstalled. But we can cross that bridge when we get to it.
1. Insert the 98se CD in to the cd-rom drive
2. Restart the computer
3. When you see "Load from cd-rom" and "Load from hard disk" appear on the screen, be sure cd-rom is selected.
4. When the next menu comes up, select "load with cd-rom support. Watch the screen to see what drive letter the cd-rom is assigned (normally D:)
5. Type format c: and press enter. All data on the hard drive will be wiped out.
6. After the format is complete, type d:\setup and press enter. (d should be the drive letter of the cd-rom drive. If not, use the letter that was assigned during boot up)
This should do a completely fresh install of 98se.

[utaker1987]

it saids format c: is a bad command or file name