When i try to start WINDOWS 98 on my other computer, it flashes to the loading screen then goes back and says:

C:>

How can i get windows to boot normally?
or what are some commands i can type to fix it?
i have tried safe moder and normal mode and both do the same thing.At the prompt type in CD\windows and hit  Enter

At C:\windows type win and hit Enter....

You'll need to POST alot more info if this doesn't work...Boot to DOS and try the command scanreg/restore. Choose a date prior to the beginng of the problem.Well, the restore failed.
when the C:> comes i typed it in, and then while it was backing up it said it failed.


"win" did nothing.


Additional info:
the other day it said invalid system disk, so i ran a scandisk CHECK and it 'repaired' it, so i think that is the reason its doing this.
i do not have the windows 98 CD but i do have the diskette (floppy disk).

and more advice knowing the above?Boot with the Win98 floppy and at the A: prompt type in sys C:\ and hit Enter.
Remove the floppy and re-boot.

In the meantime i would DLoad and run the diagnostics from the HDD manuf. site to determine if that drive has failed...HDD manuf.
can you explain how i can run those tests? and the website 



P.S.
i tired SYS many times but windows still brings me back to C:>


and the system restore "worked" according to windows, but it didnt work.Whose hard drive is it ? ?
Visit their site for the free tools....once i got the tools how could i run them?


i think the physical hardware is ok, or else scandisk would say its invalid or something right?ReadThis Quote from: brad1011 on July 22, 2007, 09:03:55 AM

once i got the tools how could i run them?


i think the physical hardware is ok, or else scandisk would say its invalid or something right?