Okay, first of all, I have no idea what I'm doing. I don't know much about computers at all.

Here's the situation:

My hard drive died, so I installed another one (a used one) that a relative gave me. After starting up, everything was fine. But I had trouble accessing the Internet, plus there were way too many files, applications, etc., on the desktop. So after getting some advice from a friend, I decided to reconfigure the hard drive and start with a clean slate. So I used a boot disk labeled "Windows 98 Boot Disk Adaptec AIC - 78XX Driver". No errors...everything was fine.

Now, after starting up, I see the Windows 98 screen for a split second, and then I see a black screen with the following:
(Top third) Info about Diskette DRIVES, Pri. Master Disk, etc.
(Middle) "PCI device listing..."
(Bottom third) "Microsoft (R) Windows 98 (C) Copyright Microsoft Corp. 1981 - 1998" and "C:\>"

I don't know what to do at this point...

What do I type after the C:\> prompt in order to get to the desktop?

Am I supposed to be re-installing Windows? (It SEEMS like it's still there)

Thanks for your help!Did you format the hard drive?
yes - reinstall windows
no - cd\windows
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I tried option 2, typing cd\windows and win , but I got the MESSAGE "Bad command or file name".

I guess I have to reinstall Windows???
If so, how do I go about doing that?

Sorry... I'm very clueless!Boot from startup disk with CD Rom support. Watch the screen as it BOOTS. It will tell the drive letter of CD Rom (normally E:). Insert the windows CD and type E:\setup. Or you can change the boot sequence in the bios and boot directly from the windows CD.What do I type after the C:\> prompt in order to get to the desktop Dee_T:
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