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debbie - 15 Jun 2004 10:15 GMT

ok, i'm a moron. I cancelled an install of 98se from 3.1
and now I get the non-system disk error. The microsoft
instructions tell me to type sys c: at the dos prompt,
but I can't GET to a dos prompt. When I put in the
bootdisk and restart, it tells me invalid system disk,
remove and press any key to restart. Help!

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AlmostBob - 15 Jun 2004 10:43 GMT

your pc is set to boot from hard drive first and does not see the boot disk in
floppy drive, during boot up tap whatever key combination flashes on the
screen momentarily to enter setup
Esc F1 Ctrl-Alt-Esc and enter BIOS setup, change the boot order to A: C: not
C: A:, or floppy hard drive not hard drive floppy, depends on how your bios is
worded
then should be able to see the boot disk

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| ok, i'm a moron. I cancelled an install of 98se from 3.1
| and now I get the non-system disk error. The microsoft
| instructions tell me to type sys c: at the dos prompt,
| but I can't GET to a dos prompt. When I put in the
| bootdisk and restart, it tells me invalid system disk,
| remove and press any key to restart. Help!

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Lil' Dave - 16 Jun 2004 23:14 GMT

Accurate. Availablility of sys.com on the bootdisk is another matter.
We're also assuming the bootdisk is of 98SE variety.

> your pc is set to boot from hard drive first and does not see the boot disk in
> floppy drive, during boot up tap whatever key combination flashes on the
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> | bootdisk and restart, it tells me invalid system disk,
> | remove and press any key to restart. Help!

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