by jason bigbee on January 21st, 2004

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I start up my computer, but it doesn't go to the Win 98 desktop. I am only able to go into the BIOS screen. What should I do?

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by Nemo_S on August 22nd, 2008
Are you sure your Disk drives are answering up ??

you should be able to see at least a DOS screen...

~Nemo~
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by BuzbyB on August 3rd, 2004
If you are able to, boot on the Windows 98 boot disk and re-install Windows from the CD-ROM. Unless you choose to replace the existing install it *shouldn't* delete any files etc and it will just fix your install for you.
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