I have recently attempted to boot up my computer (see previous post by myself--dated 1/2/06) and this is where I am at in the process. I am able to get to the screen entitled "Windows 98 Start Up menu". I CHOSE option 2--to proceeed "without CD ROM support" as I did not have Windows 98 on a CD available ( I have now managed to find such a CD). At any rate, after choosing option 2, I was given a message "preparing to start your computer", then "Diagnostic tools successfully loaded to drive D", then DOS prompt "A: \>_. Shortly thereafter, and I am sorry I cannot remember the sequence of commands I typed in (but some of them were "SYS.COM, SYS, CONFIG, FORMAT) I received a message Device driver not found: MSCD001 no valid CDROM drivers selected". At the A: \>_ I also received such ERROR messages as "Bad command or file name" and/or "Required parameter missing". Once I received the message "WARNING: All data on non-removable disk drive C will be lost. Proceed with format Y/N. I chose Yes (thinking that I was FORMATTING the hard drive (?). At one point my son my son typed in "ext" at "A: \> " and was given Extract Command Helper/ MS Cabinet Extractor Tool Version (16) 1.00.603.0, Error: cannot open file: windows (null). So, if someone could sort out this mess and tell me exactly what I need to do install drivers (or whatever else) and install Windows 98, it will be greatly appreciated. THANK YOU.From "Proceed with format Y/N" choose Y and press enter.

When it is FINISHED it will ask you if you want to name the drive. Just press enter.

Now from the a:> type in

e:\setup

and press enter

Off you go. Don't make it tougher than it is. Restart the computer and choose to start with CD-ROM support after having inserted a bootable Windows 98 or 98 Second Edition diskette.

From there, go to whatever drive letter your CD-ROM is assigned and type SETUP. Now follow the instructions and don't let the kids use a computer untill they're old enough to drive.