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re: Question about 'Why can't I start Windows when I boot from a floppy?'
Sunday, November 25, 2001 at 10:30 am
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Posted by robojam (17 messages posted)


It's difficult to tell exactly what you are saying here, but one thing that I noticed is that you put "I search for my SYS, C:". I assume that what you mean is that you tried to run 'sys c:' (notice no comma) on the machine. If you get to see the splash screen, then that is not the problem. You should include some more details, then we might know what the blue screen is, or what files are missing. What you have done is a bit like taking a car into a garage with a problem and not saying what the problem is other than it doesn't run.


On Sunday, November 25, 2001 at 2:26 am, Chell wrote:
>I have a question about Why
>can't I start Windows when I boot from a floppy?
:


>
>
>Problem 1: My other computer will not start... It gets to the windows 98 screen
>when you first start the computer. After that a blue screen pops up with a statis
>bar in the bottom of the screen, it reads searching for some files... After that
>a box pops up in the middle of the screen. It says it has fixed the problem and
>push enter to restart the computer.. Than is endlessly repeats itself.
>
>Problem 2: I put in my floppy disk of WIN98. I search for my SYS, C:, and all
>that. It says that there is a missing parameitor (sp) What does that mean?
>
>Question: Could somebody please help me? My email is s0meeb0dyy@hotmail.com the
>0's are zeros just so you don't mistake them. Thank you! :)


Written in response to:
Question about 'Why can't I start Windows when I boot from a floppy?' (Chell: Sunday, November 25, 2001 at 2:26 am)

Responses to this message:
*sounds like a problem with the registry... (amaralliya e. thenardier: Sunday, November 25, 2001 at 11:28 am)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-Question about 'Why can't I start Windows when I boot from a floppy?' (Chell: Sun, Nov 25, 2001, 2:26 am)
-re: Question about 'Why can't I start Windows when I boot from a floppy?' (robojam: Sun, Nov 25, 2001, 10:30 am)
*sounds like a problem with the registry... (amaralliya e. thenardier: Sun, Nov 25, 2001, 11:28 am)
*re: Question about 'Why can't I start Windows when I boot from a floppy?' (sekirt: Sun, Nov 25, 2001, 2:45 pm)
-re: Question about 'Why can't I start Windows when I boot from a floppy?' (Everett: Sun, Nov 25, 2001, 6:23 pm)
-re: Question about 'Why can't I start Windows when I boot from a floppy?' (Dino LaMana: Wed, Jan 22, 2003, 1:55 pm)
-re: Startup problems (Everett: Wed, Jan 22, 2003, 3:04 pm)
*re: Startup problems (Dino LaMana: Wed, Jan 22, 2003, 10:06 pm)
-re: Startup problems (Dino LaMana: Sun, Jan 26, 2003, 12:51 pm)
-re: Changing file attributes (Everett: Sun, Jan 26, 2003, 2:26 pm)
-re: Changing file attributes (Dino LaMana: Sun, Jan 26, 2003, 10:06 pm)
-re: Changing file attributes (Everett: Mon, Jan 27, 2003, 10:42 am)
*re: Changing file attributes (Dino LaMana: Mon, Jan 27, 2003, 4:35 pm)
-re: Changing file attributes (Natasha: Thu, Dec 16, 2004, 8:57 am)
*Restored Registry (Muncin98: Sun, May 1, 2005, 9:43 am)
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