re-installing win 98 on Inspiron 7000

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I was having hard disk problems and couldn't
boot win 98 so I reformated the c: drive to FAT32
using PartitionMagic 8. Backed up all user files first.
Tried to re-install win 98 using the original cd-rom.

1. Using a standard win 98 boot disk with cd-rom support:
Starts : Oak Technologies ...etc,
Device Name : MSCD001
then stops.

2. Boot using win 98 cd-rom with cd-rom support:
Starts : Oak Technologies ...etc,
Device Name : OEMCD001
then stops.

3. Do I need the original boot disk that came with the Dell?
If so where can I get one or is there some kind person
out there who can send me one or e-mail me one as an attatchment?

Thanks in advance,

jozien

 

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On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 21:28:45 +0000, Joe Zien <jozien@cybercomm.net>
wrote:

>I was having hard disk problems and couldn't
>boot win 98 so I reformated the c: drive to FAT32
>using PartitionMagic 8. Backed up all user files first.
>Tried to re-install win 98 using the original cd-rom.
>
>1. Using a standard win 98 boot disk with cd-rom support:
> Starts : Oak Technologies ...etc,
> Device Name : MSCD001
> then stops.
>
>2. Boot using win 98 cd-rom with cd-rom support:
> Starts : Oak Technologies ...etc,
> Device Name : OEMCD001
> then stops.
>
>3. Do I need the original boot disk that came with the Dell?

 

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On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 21:28:45 +0000, Joe Zien <jozien@cybercomm.net>
wrote:

>I was having hard disk problems and couldn't
>boot win 98 so I reformated the c: drive to FAT32
>using PartitionMagic 8. Backed up all user files first.
>Tried to re-install win 98 using the original cd-rom.
>
>1. Using a standard win 98 boot disk with cd-rom support:
> Starts : Oak Technologies ...etc,
> Device Name : MSCD001
> then stops.
>
>2. Boot using win 98 cd-rom with cd-rom support:
> Starts : Oak Technologies ...etc,
> Device Name : OEMCD001
> then stops.
>
>3. Do I need the original boot disk that came with the Dell?

No,but it sounds as if your harddrive is defective?

 

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Henning wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 21:28:45 +0000, Joe Zien <jozien@cybercomm.net>
> wrote:
>
>
>>I was having hard disk problems and couldn't
>>boot win 98 so I reformated the c: drive to FAT32
>>using PartitionMagic 8. Backed up all user files first.
>>Tried to re-install win 98 using the original cd-rom.
>>
>>1. Using a standard win 98 boot disk with cd-rom support:
>> Starts : Oak Technologies ...etc,
>> Device Name : MSCD001
>> then stops.
>>
>>2. Boot using win 98 cd-rom with cd-rom support:
>> Starts : Oak Technologies ...etc,
>> Device Name : OEMCD001
>> then stops.
>>
>>3. Do I need the original boot disk that came with the Dell?
>
>
> No,but it sounds as if your harddrive is defective?
Thank you for the reply

I went to the Dell support site and downloades the startup
floppy and re-installed win 98.All is well.

Thanks,

jozien