Solve : Booting win/98?

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Answer» I picked up a eMECHINE off walk (trash). I fired it up, operating system not FOUND. Changed hard drive booted. It asked for floppy I put in Win/98 now it shows A:\> I don't know what it wants. Spects 500Mh 32mb DREAM 128 L2 cache 4.3 HD I know it is a old computer but would like to get goingWas this a Win98 boot disk? If so, then a legal copy of WIndows would need to be loaded after the drive is formatted. A:> I don't know what it wants? What is the exact message. That will tell you.Wow! You were really lucky.Found an E-machine that someone didn't kill before they put it out of the house. When starting with floppy in drive. Black screen shows what all is in computer inside box. under box. Searching for Boot Record from CD-ROM..not found Searching for Boot Record from Floppy..OK Starting A:\>_ anything I type is a bad command. Is it wanting a command or a disk as GX1_Man posted. I got it off street so I have no legal or outherwise disk for it. Thinks Yal Street 1 I am real luckey Exactly what do you have for a boot floppy disk?You will need a copy of Windows at LEAST for this exercise. A free bootdisk can be had at www.bootdisk.com Quote A:\> I don't know what it wants Maybe it wants a hard drive...did you look inside to see if there is one ? ?I have a win/98 boot disk I downloaded I been using. I think that do to the fact that when I fired this up it SHOWED it didn't have a OS I need to install one. I'll see what I can come up with. When turning on with out floppy, I get 105-CMOS setting wrong and 107-CMOS Display Wrong. Been reading up on this will try to reset. Thinks all for your input.Replace the CMOS BATTERY...part # CR 2032, about the size of a dime. While your in there see if it has a HDD...take of HD cover found water inside. It's JUNK You took off what? It powers on, so it may be usable yet.

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I picked up a eMECHINE off walk (trash). I fired it up, operating system
not FOUND. Changed hard drive booted. It asked for floppy I put in Win/98
now it shows
A:\> I don't know what it wants.
Spects
500Mh
32mb DREAM
128 L2 cache
4.3 HD
I know it is a old computer but would like to get goingWas this a Win98 boot disk? If so, then a legal copy of WIndows would need to be loaded after the drive is formatted.

A:> I don't know what it wants?

What is the exact message. That will tell you.Wow! You were really lucky.Found an E-machine that someone
didn't kill before they put it out of the house.

When starting with floppy in drive.
Black screen shows what all is in computer inside box.
under box.
Searching for Boot Record from CD-ROM..not found
Searching for Boot Record from Floppy..OK
Starting

A:\>_

anything I type is a bad command. Is it wanting a command or
a disk as GX1_Man posted. I got it off street so I have no legal
or outherwise disk for it.
Thinks

Yal Street 1 I am real luckey
Exactly what do you have for a boot floppy disk?You will need a copy of Windows at LEAST for this exercise. A free bootdisk can be had at www.bootdisk.com Quote

A:\> I don't know what it wants

Maybe it wants a hard drive...did you look inside to see if there is one ? ?I have a win/98 boot disk I downloaded I been using.
I think that do to the fact that when I fired this up it SHOWED it didn't
have a OS I need to install one. I'll see what I can come up with.
When turning on with out floppy, I get 105-CMOS setting wrong
and 107-CMOS Display Wrong. Been reading up on this will try to reset.
Thinks all for your input.Replace the CMOS BATTERY...part # CR 2032, about the size of a dime.

While your in there see if it has a HDD...take of HD cover found water inside.
It's JUNK You took off what?

It powers on, so it may be usable yet.

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