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Title: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: Playa1471 on June 04, 2004, 11:56:43 AM
any sites or anything would be very helpfull thanks
Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: merlin on June 04, 2004, 11:58:36 AM
www.bootdisk.com what problem have you got and what o/s is this...
Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: dl65 on June 04, 2004, 12:00:27 PM
Playa1471......try here .....

http://www.bootdisk.com/
you should find what your looking for

dl65  ???
Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: Playa1471 on June 04, 2004, 12:00:37 PM
when i turn on my computer it dosent boot up it says insert BOOT diskette in a: so im tryin to get one and maybe itll boot up
Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: Playa1471 on June 04, 2004, 12:09:47 PM
its now writing the disk it keeps having errors in reading the tract.. will it still boot up?
Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: dl65 on June 04, 2004, 12:49:23 PM
Playa1471....If you give us some info .......for example.....
What operating system are you using ?
When did the problem occur ?
Were you or anyone else playing around with settings?
Has you p/c been infected by a virus or Trojan ......this could be the problem......
Tell us and hopefully we can assist you .

dl65  ???

Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: Playa1471 on June 04, 2004, 04:05:01 PM
ok this is wut i know..its a gateway windows 98 it messed up like year 2000 all i used to do is play games it may be a virus i dunno... it did this before and someoen tried to fix it i bought a new hard drive and everything now it says the same thing i dont really know wut u mean by operating systems ooooo and i remmber something someone uploaded it to 2000 after the second time it did this
Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: dl65 on June 04, 2004, 04:24:06 PM
Playa1471.....ok so your p/c is a gateway......and it had Win 98 on it ...but someone updated it to Win 2K...Do you have the Win2k disk and product code.
Do you have a current Anti virus program installed .

dl65  ???
Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: Playa1471 on June 04, 2004, 04:27:26 PM
no and no but i have a windows xp disk and code and stuff
Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: dl65 on June 04, 2004, 04:35:52 PM
Playa....If youve got XP thats even better.......why not just format your drive and load Win xp........
I am sure you'll like it ......


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Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: Playa1471 on June 04, 2004, 04:37:06 PM
how do i format a drive? and how can i , i cant do anything it wont boot up
Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: dl65 on June 04, 2004, 04:37:44 PM
Playa1471.....do yourself a favour and install a anti virus program on your p/c after you get XP loaded.


dl65  ???
Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: Playa1471 on June 04, 2004, 04:38:01 PM
i went to bootdisk.com it kept having errors while writing and i put it in the cpu and didnt do anything.. maybe it was the floppy?
Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: Playa1471 on June 04, 2004, 04:40:28 PM
after i get this new floppy and write it on the disk it shud then work with the boot drive in the a: then i can set up xp and uninstall 98 and then install anti virus?
Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: dl65 on June 04, 2004, 04:41:16 PM
Playa1471.......try another floppy.........if not give me your Email address and I'll send you one and you can copy it to a floppy


dl65  ???
Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: Playa1471 on June 04, 2004, 04:42:51 PM
email is [email protected] im getting a new floppy tonight but send it just incase please  :)
Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: dl65 on June 04, 2004, 04:46:10 PM
Playa1471...ok will send....


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Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: Playa1471 on June 04, 2004, 04:54:43 PM
last question i think  :D, am i supposed to save that on my computer or on a disk? i tried to do it on disk and it said that not enough space on disk then i looked on disk and it didnt have anything saved on it i looked in microsoft word
Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: dl65 on June 04, 2004, 05:01:52 PM
Playa1471......Use the one I sent you it fits on a floppy just fine .....( and it works.....I used it a week ago to do a XP install )


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Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: Playa1471 on June 04, 2004, 05:06:11 PM
thank you im fixin to try it wish me luck :)
Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: dl65 on June 04, 2004, 05:12:23 PM
Playa1471......it should do the job for you ......you know about doing the format thing and using the fdisk

dl65  ???
Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: Playa1471 on June 04, 2004, 05:15:25 PM
hmph ..its not working but i think its becasue inside the computer one of those cords coming out of the box with all the color full wires that says the model and stuff and hazardous area the 2 cords are...P4 and P5
Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: Playa1471 on June 04, 2004, 05:17:44 PM
and when i put the floppy in the light didnt come on either
Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: Playa1471 on June 04, 2004, 05:20:20 PM
just found where to put the  p5 in and it was in the floppy..
Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: dl65 on June 04, 2004, 05:26:38 PM
what else have you disconnected ?.............LOL

just shut down....put the floppy in and startup .......tell me what happens
Do you have another p/c that your posting on ?

dl65  ???
Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: dl65 on June 04, 2004, 05:28:50 PM
playa..your scaring me ........when you talk about the colorful wires .......Have you ever reformatted before ?

dl65  ???
Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: Playa1471 on June 04, 2004, 05:31:19 PM
lol wassup , were making progress... the p5 worked and now it says non system disk or something hit key, its now also letting me go into setup, and the p4 is unplugged still i cant find out where to put it at :\
Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: dl65 on June 04, 2004, 05:36:30 PM
how many wires and what color are they going into the P4
do you have messenger ?

dl65
Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: Playa1471 on June 04, 2004, 05:39:04 PM
yes aol messenger and all colors r the same 2 yellow, 2 red, 4 black
Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: dl65 on June 04, 2004, 05:40:38 PM
the hard drive should have a 4 wire plug in it red, black , black, yellow .........big wide ide plug ........cd will have the same 4 wire plug and a ide plug as well ......the floppy you have plugged in ....so carry on

dl65  ???
Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: Playa1471 on June 04, 2004, 05:41:06 PM
i got yahoo messenger 2 name is pimpn4lif369
aol one is xmastajrx
Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: Playa1471 on June 04, 2004, 05:43:07 PM
so wut do i do now? it lets me into set up now and it says something new.. non disk error or something
Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: Playa1471 on June 04, 2004, 05:43:30 PM
no clue lets try?
Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: Playa1471 on June 04, 2004, 05:50:25 PM
nope dosent work :*(
Title: Re: Where can i get a a: BOOT diskette
Post by: Playa1471 on June 04, 2004, 05:53:47 PM
ok