someone gave me this computer and when i turn it on the messages i recieve are
Hard disk 0 install wbac13200f
floppy a detected
drive not ready error
insert boot diskette

this person did not give me any diskettes with this computer, i have a cd for windows 95 and 98 plus floppys for 3.11 but like i said i am so new at this please help me. i am trying to get this computer running for my son's before christmas. thanks

You need a startup disk. You may have one lying around, or you can make one on a different machine (my computer/control panel/add remove programs/startup disk). Once you have the disk, put it in the floppy drive and restart the machine. This will give you a basic OS that you can check out the hard drive with.

Originally posted by cromwell:
You need a startup disk. You may have one lying around, or you can make one on a different machine (my computer/control panel/add remove programs/startup disk). Once you have the disk, put it in the floppy drive and restart the machine. This will give you a basic OS that you can check out the hard drive with.
I made a startup disk but its a 98 and i wanted to install 95 cuz of the message i am getting..see below..someone help please

now it says tools were successfully loaded to drive d..
drive e: is now my cdrom??? i am confused...
now windows setup requiers largest executable program size to be at least 442368 byutes to run??? now what??

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[This message has been edited by blazinbitch2000 (edited 12-17-2000).]

The win98 start up disk creates a temporary ramdrive, where necessary utilities are stored for setting up the computer before installation. Once you finish the install or reboot the computer without installing, your CD ROM will again be D drive.

The executable program size message refers to conventional memory. That's the first 640K that DOS uses. Windows setup uses DOS and conventional memory up to a point. Therefore it requires a minimum amount of memory to run. In this case 432K. I don't understand that one, when booting to a start up disk you should have plenty conventional memory available, since it only loads minimal drivers and TSR's. (Terminate Stay Resident programs.)

Please post some system info, and after booting to the start up disk type mem and see what the memory readout says.

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Thanks for the prompt reply.. i am rebooting with the startup disk in the computer..
after typing mem at the a: prompt cdr101:not ready reading drive e
abort retry,fail?
i slipped the 98 cd rom in e: drive <should be my d: drive>
i tried e: d: c: for mem nothing...said bad command or file name..
HELP cheryl