windows me won't boot

my son just returned from college with his computer which
was running windows me. It won't boot with or without the
startup disk. I tried to reinstall (it was an upgrade
version}. Startup says it can't find windows 98 files on
the computer (and of course he lost the old windows 98
disk). Any suggestions?

Mike
Thu Jul 15 19:09:23 CDT 2004

Can you boot the PC using a floppy? If so, can you see the hard disk? You
can test this by entering
DIR C:\
at the A:\> DOS prompt.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP
mcmaltby@hotmail.com


amos <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> my son just returned from college with his computer which
> was running windows me. It won't boot with or without the
> startup disk. I tried to reinstall (it was an upgrade
> version}. Startup says it can't find windows 98 files on
> the computer (and of course he lost the old windows 98
> disk). Any suggestions?

anonymous
Thu Jul 15 19:39:23 CDT 2004

yes and yes.
>-----Original Message-----
>Can you boot the PC using a floppy? If so, can you see
the hard disk? You
>can test this by entering
>DIR C:\
>at the A:\> DOS prompt.
>--
>Mike Maltby MS-MVP
>mcmaltby@hotmail.com
>
>
>amos <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>> my son just returned from college with his computer
which
>> was running windows me. It won't boot with or without
the
>> startup disk. I tried to reinstall (it was an upgrade
>> version}. Startup says it can't find windows 98 files
on
>> the computer (and of course he lost the old windows 98
>> disk). Any suggestions?
>
>.
>

Mike
Thu Jul 15 19:51:05 CDT 2004

What error message do you see when you attempt to boot the system? "Won't
boot" can cover many scenarios hence my earlier question.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP
mcmaltby@hotmail.com


anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

> yes and yes.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Can you boot the PC using a floppy? If so, can you see the hard
>> disk? You can test this by entering
>> DIR C:\
>> at the A:\> DOS prompt.

anonymous
Thu Jul 15 20:06:35 CDT 2004

there is no error message. If safe mode is chosen the
next message is its now safe to turn off your computer
and it powers off. Thanks.
>-----Original Message-----
>What error message do you see when you attempt to boot
the system? "Won't
>boot" can cover many scenarios hence my earlier question.
>--
>Mike Maltby MS-MVP
>mcmaltby@hotmail.com
>
>
>anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
>wrote:
>
>> yes and yes.
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> Can you boot the PC using a floppy? If so, can you
see the hard
>>> disk? You can test this by entering
>>> DIR C:\
>>> at the A:\> DOS prompt.
>
>.
>