Floppy boot problem

[frankles]

Hi

Just arrived. I was downloading security updates from MSN for Win98. The next thing I knew my pc crashed. It kept giving me a CONFIGMG error message. I was able to restore the registry from and earlier date and this got it running. Most of the programmes I had on would not functio and I have reinstalled them when needed. I decided to take pc back to factory setting but found that when trying to boot from floppy it hangs after checking for boot from floppy Help!!

[gwallen4]

Welcome to the PC Guide Forums.

Sounds like the floppy drive is not working.

Could be:

1) Bad floppy disk - try a new StartUp disk.

2) Bad floppy drive - try it on a different computer or try a new one in the same computer.

3) Bad floppy drive data cable - try reseating the connectors.

[Sylvander]

You get this far in the:

BOOT PROBLEM TROUBLESHOOTING WALKTHROUGH
http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/boot/walk/seek0st.htm

Take it from there.

Also download my diagnostic flowcharts from www.erniek.eclipse.co.uk/downloads/sylvanderdiags.zip
and print them.
Then take a look at the FLOPPY DISK DRIVE chart.