re: Question about 'Why can't I start Windows when I boot from a floppy?'
Saturday, December 15, 2001 at 1:57 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by James M. O'Shea
(1 messages posted)
The boot sequence may need to be set to boot from a floppy. When you turn on your
computer there is usually a messge of how to get into "setup". The key is usually
F1, F2, F10, or DEL. When in set up, go to "Boot Sequence" you want the floppy to
be accessed first, the CD second and the IDE hard drive third. There should be instructions
in setup on how to do this. If you make some changes, but are not sure you want them,
you can exit without saving. While in there, before you set the boot sequence, try
setting the default settings, often it is F9, but look on the screen for instructions
to this as well.
On Saturday, December 15, 2001 at 12:49 pm, Steve N wrote:
>Your BIOS may be set to look at your CD drive first when booting up and not to your
>floppy drive. You go into setup as your computer is starting up. You need to know
>what you are doing if you make changes or you might make them worse. Get help
>
>
>On Saturday, December 15, 2001 at 10:04 am, Scott Dinwiddie wrote:
>I have a question about Why
>can't I start Windows when I boot from a floppy?:
>My system has failed me. Evertime I try to startup I get a message that says " Windows
>protection error, Must restart computer" restart and I get the same message. I cannot
>get it to startup with the start up diskeyy either. any suggestions? your help is
>greatly appreciated.
>
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