A little history first. This is a computer I built for my 5 year old several years ago, PC100 Systemboard motherboard, WD 80G hard drive, 128M RAM. No internet, PRINTER at this time. I installed WIN 98.

The on-board video was weak so the first thing I did was upgrade the RAM from 128 to 384. I attempted to install WIN XP but upon registering decided I wasn't going to buy a second licence. With no apparent method of uninstalling WIN XP I booted up with DOS and GOT an A: prompt. I attempted to change to C: but was unable to do so. The DIR of A: reveals nothing in the autoexec.bat and config.sys files.

I removed the hard drive and installed it in my Gateway and formatted it, non-quick format. I re-installed it and all I seem to get now is NTLDR is missing. I downloaded a the MultiTask Utility from Eddie Maintenance in an attempt to boot up from the CD Rom. After several attempts I burned the image files to a CD. I guess I need to reburn it IAW his specific directions. It currently just gives me the flashing cursor.

Any suggestions will be highly appreciated. At this point I have no IDEA how I was able to install WIN 98 the first time along with the Systemboard drivers. If I remember correctly, I booted up with a WIN 98 Startup floppy which will not work at this time.

At the A: prompt what happens if you type C: and hit Enter ? ?
If you formatted it NTFS on the Gateway it will not be recognised.
If C: shows up after trying the above then type format C: /U and hit Enter.
You should now be able to proceed.you need to re-partition the drive again. with Win98 Fdisk. it is on the startup floppy. first delete all partitions and CREATE one new one. then reboot with the floppy again and then format C: /s optionally since the win98 boot floppy has CD support just do D:\setup with win98 cd in CD-ROM drive to install win98. it'll notice the unformatted drive and ask if you want to format it some point before install.