Boot Failure

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Boot Failure

I am in the process of rebuilding this old computer and have the following problems. I need some help in getting pointed in the right direction. I hope I’ve given enough information.

On start up the computer goes through the first part of the boot and you can see all of the hardware detected.
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Then when it gets to:
PM2: 4E
SDRAM at Bank # : 1
Searching for boot record from floppy “Not Found”
Searching for boot record from CD-ROM “Not Found”
Searching for boot record from SCSI “Not Found”

Boot Failure:
Insert Boot Diskette In A:
Press any Key When Ready

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I tried a Win 98 Boot up disk but it didn’t work
I tried an old NAV Rescue disk and I was able to scan the memory but could not scan the master Boot, Boot Records or Files. It then asked me to insert the Batch Files. I don’t have this disk.

I made a new NAV rescue disk from a Win 98se machine. When I tried it in the machine I was having problems with it said this disk was not made from this computer and could damage the files if you proceed.
I don’t know what to do at this point Can anyone help.

Thank you,

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PC 100 Excel Mother Board
400MHz Celeron Processor
AMI Bios 10/13/1999 S
61-1013-00101111-071595 ALI1621 M726MRT
Video card 3dfx Voodoo 16 Meg
On board sound
16 speed Cod-Rom
2gig Seagate HD

 

[johnodq]

Check your floppy connection ! Is the light on all the time ? If it is then the cable needs to be checked. Light on all the time is usually a sign that the cable is round the wrong way.

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[pjump]

Hi, Thanks for the response
The floppy is connected ok. for sure.

pjump

 

[franklin97355]

Your hard drive is not booting. Make sure it is seen by bios and then boot to the win98 startup disk and see if you can go to the C: drive. Let us know what happens.

 

[edfair]

I would suspect that your CMOS settings have been lost by a battery failure.
If it is a recharagable , let it recharge, then set the CMOS and try again. If not a rechargable battery, you could try setting the CMOS as it is booting up and see if it will come up with the correct settings. If so, then a battery change is indicated. Ed Fair
unixstuff@juno.com
Any advice I give is my best judgement based on my interpretation of the facts you supply. Help increase my knowledge by providing some feedback, good or bad, on any advice I have given.

 

[IHateTron]

IS your Hard drive SCSI or IDE? IF it is IDE connected you need to set it in the boot sequence to HDD-O/IDE-0

 

[pjump]

Got it!
I replaced the HD IDE cable and in the CMOS I selected the optimal settings and checked to insure the HD was detected.
After that I was able to boot up and do FDISK, I then reformatted and installed win98. On the first reboot Trend Chipaway detected a virus. I then got my “NAV Basic Rescue Boot Floppy” I went through the rescue steps, Rebooted right into windows. So It was a combination of things.

I want to thank all of you for your help!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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