I went to bootdisk.com got the 98 se boot disk

and i cant get past boot screen i get

missing operating system or unformatted partition.

when i insert bootdisk i get
Non-system disk please insert system disk and press enter.

help?

i dont know if i made the disk right..im on a computer at library trying to make a disk for puter at home.

Heya,

Welcome to PCHF


and yea are you trying to boot in the library?

i'd think the cd wasnt "made" correctly. Maybe try making another?

(:

If you can use a floppy disk download this program I got a while back it will make an 98se boot disk for you it is dead easy you can't get it wrong just download the file and open it the program will do the rest for you!. it will boot the pc and load the drivers for your cd rom as well it also has fdisk Ect. on it http://www.mp4direct.org/boot98sc.exe

Heres a couple of things to consider. When you downloaded the file from bootdisk.com, did you download the file for creating a floppy, or a bootable cd? Which one are you trying to create? If youre putting it on a floppy, thats pretty straightforward. But if you downloaded the ISO file for creating a bootable cd, you have to burn it as an ISO image. When you put it in the drive and open it, do you see one large file, or multiple files? If its only one large file it wasnt burnt as an iso image, but just copied to the disk. Also , burn at the slowest speed you can to help eliminate write errors. If youre trying to test it and boot it on the library`s computer, they probably dont have the boot order set to cd first, and they may have security enabled to keep you from booting anything.

Hello Badger
Either get an new 98se boot disk from bootdisk.com but get the one with a ramdrive or get the one from madmatt.
Most importantly make sure your boot sequence is set to floppy (A) first.
If it's a cd version your after then obviously make the cdrom the first boot priority.
When the pc first boots look for the message that says "Press (usually Del or F1) to enter Setup"
Other keys can be utilised also.
Have a look at the first "Sticky", the Read This at the top of the 98 Forum.
This will show you what key/s you need to press in relation to the pc that you have.

well heres my problem

I actually have a windows 98se disk i found for my compaq but i dont have thatc omputer anymore i dont know if it was 98 or windows 98se on the acer.


I am trying to make a bootdisk at the library and take it home to try and use on my screwed up acer.

Just the disk.

Here is the thing.

I have fix it utitlies 7 i have it set to boot from cd and it boots.. but when i stick in the 98se CD the one i got with my compaq the computer does not recognize it, so it will recognize the fix it utilities but not the windows 98se.


Something i tried was when the fix it utitilies was loading i quickly removed the fix it cd and inserted the 98se cd only to get some jumbled stuff i dont understand. That is wat happend when i removed the fix it utilties cd while loading in the middle of it and stick the 98 cd in.

I can not get past the

"No operating system or unformatted partition" SCREen. I cant get to a prompt or anything only bios.

So i need something that will automatically boot when i start and restart it.

The sequence that i get when i start up is

acer screen then goes to the black screen with "no os or unformatted partitioin"

When i insert the disk where i downloaded the 98 boot the only difference that makes is instead of saying "no os or unformatted partition" it says NON-system disk reinsert and press enter key.

I bought this disk at the library so it was new.

I downloaded 98se at bootdisk.com then went home and stuck it in the computer. thats as far as i get.