after format

[phil]

have killdisked a pc that had windows 98 on, it is ide, so got the bootdisk
and tried to reload windows 98, but cant change directory, am only getting
the A prompt does this suggest that the motherboard is not connecting as the
hard drive is ok? So basically cant get the cdrom to boot.

[Ingeborg]

"=?Utf-8?B?cGhpbA==?=" > wrote in
:

>
> have killdisked a pc that had windows 98 on, it is ide, so got the
> bootdisk and tried to reload windows 98, but cant change directory, am
> only getting the A prompt does this suggest that the motherboard is
> not connecting as the hard drive is ok? So basically cant get the
> cdrom to boot.
>
>

If the BIOS recognizes the disk you should use fdisk and format.

[Greg]

Follow these instructions.

Start with your floppy
and all you need to type
in at the A prompt is
formatt c:
When the formatt is done type in.
MD C:\Win98 <enter> This is for 1 HD with no partitions.
Copy E:\win98 C:\win98 <enter> If your CD is normally D.
Remove the floppy and type in
C:\win98\setup: <enter>




"phil" wrote:

> have killdisked a pc that had windows 98 on, it is ide, so got the bootdisk
> and tried to reload windows 98, but cant change directory, am only getting
> the A prompt does this suggest that the motherboard is not connecting as the
> hard drive is ok? So basically cant get the cdrom to boot.

[Jeff Richards]

According to Killdisk -
"To be able to use HDD again you need to:
- repartition HDD using standard utility like FDISK
- reformat partitions using standard utility like FORMAT
- reinstall Operating System using bootable CD-ROM or floppy"

FORMAT will not work until the drive is partitioned.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Greg" > wrote in message
...
> Follow these instructions.
>
> Start with your floppy
> and all you need to type
> in at the A prompt is
> formatt c:
> When the formatt is done type in.
> MD C:\Win98 <enter> This is for 1 HD with no partitions.
> Copy E:\win98 C:\win98 <enter> If your CD is normally D.
> Remove the floppy and type in
> C:\win98\setup: <enter>