just installed a new harddrive (20)gig 7200rpm maxtor and a new floppy drive.. try to boot up system using a win98 boot disk and it wont work..getting a (boot failure please insert a boot disk) message.. I already rechecked the cable connection and also try the floopy on my other computer and it works there fine.cables are ok also...so can anyone please help me on whats is wrong...bios is seeing the hard drive and the floppy ok...I was going to install win 98 as the operating system after I can boot up...thanks
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