Re: I give up...........

Fine. Maybe we're getting somewhere. IIRC, the XPS 266 system is not able to
boot from CD-ROM. So go to www.bootdisk.com and download the file 98BOT10A.EXE.
Use it to create a Windows 98 boot floppy. Insert floppy in drive. Insert Win
98 CD in CD-ROM drive. Boot the system from floppy, switch to the R: drive, and
enter the SETUP command at the DOS prompt. That will start up the Windows 98
install. If it does not, the Windows 98 CD may be defective.

And PLEASE! Tell us the exact hardware configuration you are dealing with!!!

.... Ben Myers

On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 23:04:10 -0400, Vince <holvbphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Christopher Muto wrote:
>
>> done everything but tell us the details... the suggestions you received in
>> your previous thread (called "ready to go nuts," where this comment really
>> belongs since we are not mind readers) were based on the limited information
>> that you provided. ask a precise question get a precise answer... if you
>> care to detail what you have done, what drives are in the system, what size
>> they are, what controller they are connected to, what type of ide cable was
>> used for the hard disk, what bios revisions, if you are booting the new os
>> from the floppy or cd, what the results of running dell diagnostics were,
>> etc... then perhaps we can provide some meaningful pointers. if it wasn't
>> the ram, the my next guess would be that you are using a relatively new hard
>> drive with a relatively old ide cable.
>>
>> ps. i find it very amusing that this experience is going to make you more
>> discerning regarding the next computer that you pick out of the trash.
>>
>> "Vince" <holvbphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:HfaIe.9193$_R1.197@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>>This DELL XPS where I've been trying to re-load the OP system
>>>
>>>is a nightmare, no matter what I try it just won't go.
>>>
>>>I've done everything you good folks advised and its just no good
>>>
>>>Lastly after what I read on this NG be sure when it comes time to
>>>
>>>buy a new PC it won't be DELL.
>>>
>>>Thanks for you help
>>
>>
>>
>WHEW!
>
>The problem looked more like a software one.
>
>i.e. when I try to used the WIN98 3 1/2 it ask if I want to used the CD
>or not, I reply #1, get two messages and then she dies.
>
>When I try to use MADBOOT with the full 98SE CD, it saids it can't find
>the SETUP file, then when I used the 98 upgrade today it got as far as
>asking for the product key and then told me I had no right to use same
>asking for the full version.
>
>As I stated in my first posting this is not my first time, re-loading an
>OP system.

.

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