Slavaged PC

[pio]

I am trying to put together a PC in our office with parts from other PCs...I'm trying to load Win98 using the setup disks. For some reason I keep getting the message:

CDR101: Not ready reading drive D
Abort, Retry, Fail?

Mind you I have tried 4 CDROM drives and 2 different IDE cables and I keep getting the same error. I even went into the BIOS to have the CDROM boot first to start the setup but it tells me that the CD isn't bootable. I even went as far as trying to load WINNT 4.0 Workstation which I know is a bootable CD. The BIOS sees the different CD drives each time.

Please advise...

Thanks in advance,
Ray

 

[TomCologne]

Are you trying to use the Win98 Setup CD to boot? That doesn't work without the drivers, which are loaded from the boot floppy. If your system doesn't have a floppy drive you will need an emergency boot cd, but I believe the floppy option is easier. Just boot to A: and select the cd rom support option.

You're not alone,

TomCologne

 

[pio]

Thanks Tom...

Stupid me was using the an old boot floppy...I downloaded the current ones from

http://www.bootdisk.com.

Also, I did notice that there were little tabs sticking out on the CDROM drive (you know the ones that hold the CD in place)...well I was placing the CD right on top so naturally the CD could be read...duh, do I feel stupid...

Ray

 

[TomCologne]

Why do I know how this feels?

TomCologne

 

[ANFPS26]

Me, too. (too often, Ha.) Jim

Please come back and let us know if your
problem is fixed and what fixed it!!

 

[jonhiker]

I'm in that crowd, as well!