The enchanted broomstick Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 Ok i have a seriously killed laptop on my hands, it got a virus that killed loads of the processes and deleted a fair old chunk of the registry. Its ONLY got a cd-rom drive no floppy. I tried restoring the System.1st file to re-run the installer setup wizard but it needs the file PRECOPY normally found in c:\windows\system\precopy so it wont run even with the windows 98 cd. Is there anyway of using a bootdisk method on it but through command prompt? help would be great! :"> cheers, stu :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 Could you not format the hard disk from the C:\ prompt and then try booting from the CD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johneh Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 if you needed a floppy drive you could use a usb external 1 i should think but thats all the help I cna provide, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 My windows 98 se cd boots straght from the cd (I even just checked). It comes up with the menu Boot From Hard Disk Boot From CD ROM Do This Boot From CD Rom Boot With CD Rom Support d: cd win98 format c: Reboot your pc Boot From CD Rom Boot Win98 Setup Done :- Boot From CD Rom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The enchanted broomstick Posted July 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 (edited) Yeah of course Danny your cd will boot straight away, probably because your computer works properly :- you would not believe how screwed this is!! well i think i may have just about got it, i have re-built the registry and overwritten the old one with the new one, its now allowing me to install windows 98 from scratch so i shall see how this gets on. It seems that there was a big problem in the system.that (for some reason spell check changed (d a t) to (that) ? file which doesnt help! :( cheers, stu :D Edited July 22, 2005 by The enchanted broomstick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 But windows98 setup shouldnt need anything at all on the hard disk. Doing it my way will give you a blank canvas and a good start. I doubt theres anything up with the hardware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted July 23, 2005 Report Share Posted July 23, 2005 she looks like a startled rabbit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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