I need help installing windows...

Ivee · Post by **Ivee** » Wed Jan 02, 2002 7:26 pm

Alright heres the situation, i bought a new mobo, cpu, and hdd and had the local computer store install it all but not windows :-\ Now ive got a win98se disk and startup disk. I put both in my computer and turn it on and the computer reads the A:/ drive and nothing happens

did i ferget something or what? Someone help me please!

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Wed Jan 02, 2002 7:47 pm

- You sure that you have a good Startup disk?

- Do you have a Windows Startup disk that came with the Windows CD, or just a Windows boot disk you made yourself?

- WHAT exactly happens when you start the computer with the Startup disk in the floppy? Does it POST (get past detecting the hard drives and testing the memory)? Does it give you an error message? Does the light on the floppy drive come on? Does it dump you at the DOS prompt?

- Does the light on the floppy drive stay on even if you eject the floppy? If so, then the ribbon cable is connected to the floppy upside down.

- You should also be able to install Windows without the Startup floppy - if you have the boot order set to CDROM first in BIOS, then you should be able to boot from the Windows CD.

Ivee · Post by **Ivee** » Wed Jan 02, 2002 9:04 pm

allright the mobo was just installed all goofy so the vid card doesnt fit well but its werkin now, there might be problems installing windows.....but im not sure yet, thanks for your help thus far