Anyone help with a problem i am having using a boot up disk (probably due to lack of experience)?
Problem started with only being able to get 2 screens in before everthing coming to a halt with a disk request message. Restarted with boot disk, everthing seems to proceed well (floppy drive working through out) until i end up with an A prompt.
What do i enter to proceed to completion of boot up?
Any help appreciated.

Just above A prompt is listed CD Rom Drive, might be E: Type in CD Rom dive letter E: hit enter, then type setup. This is if you are trying to install windows.
What are you using the boot disk for?

Sorry.... but a "boot disk" per se isn't going to get

you thru the completion of boot-up. It is leading you

to the A: prompt which is a DOS prompt. At this point

you can format the Hard Drive and install an operating

system.


RD.

In case you get lost Reformat Reinstall FAQ (http://www.cyberwalker.net/faqs/how-tos/reinstall-faq.html#ref-rein-win98)

hi Chris...I just read your profile, Seems that for an "IT Tutor" you don't know how to use a boot disk???? and maybe i'm just an eejit but what is windows 97?
strange goings on in Cheshire it seems ;)

Originally posted by andyswork@beci.net
Just above A prompt is listed CD Rom Drive, might be E: Type in CD Rom dive letter E: hit enter, then type setup. This is if you are trying to install windows.
What are you using the boot disk for?
Thanks...I was using it due to the problem that i was getting in the first place where i could only get to the second start up sceen before the message requesting a disk appeared.

chris: Give us a clear, detailed description of the problem.

What, specifically, are you trying to do?

What happened to cause the current problem?

Was any hardware or software installed very recently?

What OS is being used?