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Thomt
February 19th 05, 08:01 PM
When starting up Windows98 I amrequested to insert a bootable disk. Why
should I suddenly get this problem

Thomt

philo
February 19th 05, 09:59 PM
"Thomt" > wrote in message
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> When starting up Windows98 I amrequested to insert a bootable disk. Why
> should I suddenly get this problem
>
> Thomt
>
>


do you have a floppy in ?
if so remove it

otherwise, redetect the harddrive in the bios...
if you can detect it ok and get the machine to bootup...
but the problem happens again...it's time to change the cmos battery

Hugh Candlin
February 20th 05, 05:30 AM
"Thomt" > wrote in message
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> When starting up Windows98 I amrequested to insert a bootable disk. Why
> should I suddenly get this problem
>
> Thomt

Your hard drive may have died.