Hi,

when i turn the computre on i get the kb ok, and no operating system, {well something like that} and the the 2 beeps,
Well i just did up to the end of the format, {God i hope i did this right!] The Message, .. Volume lable (11 characters, Enter for none)? pressed enter, Then it said, 634,585,088 bytes total disk space,
634,585,088 bytes available on disk,....16,384 bytes in each allocation unit,.......38,732 allocation units available on disk...Volume Serial Number is 3C3C-1AED,...Then i got the A:\> I did C:, C:\>dir, enter,..........Volume in drive C has no lable, Volume Serial Number is 3C3C-1AED, Directory of c:\, File not found, 634,585,088 bytes free, I have not done the e:\setup yet because im not sure if i did that bit ok,

Fantastic, everything looks fantastic there, your OK to continue.

YEA! I thought i had done it wrong,

Hi, I have been trying for ages to get into that setup screen, When i type e:\setup
i just get the message, Bad command or file name, I have been trying for ages and nothing works, Help its driving me mad!
If i put the windows cd in and type E:\dir, it says Directory of E:\ SHORTCUT LNK 255 08-2104 9.16
WIN <DIR> 08-21-04 1 file (s) 255 bytes,.... 1 dir (s) 0 bytes, then if i type e:\dir win, it lists AUTORUN INF, DRIVERS SETUP EXE SETUPTIP TXT TOOLS DIR WIN98 DIR. 3 FILES AND 5 DIR, Then if i take the disk out, says,...CDR101: Not ready reading drive E, Abort, Retry, Fail?

OK Gayle, not to worry. That's definately the 98 Setup CD you have in there right? Can you do e: and then dir /w

Can you tell us what you see?

Hi, this windows 98 cd is from microsoft, it just says Microsoft at the top and windows 98 at the bottom, it also has the product key number on the bar code sticker on the back, i know it is not the origanal one because i remember it had compaq written on it, I can't remember how i ended up with a replacement but i had a few disks for the compaq but can't find them, {this computer has not been use for 3 years, now i know why! lol} I also have xp cd here shall i try that one?
Well i did as you said and it says SHORT LNK [WIN] 1 file 255 bytes,