Win '98 error message on boot up

SPL

Hi All,

We booted up our pc with a disk in and got the message:

"Invalid system disk replace the disk and then press any key"

We removed the disk but the message keeps coming back, even after powering off and back on again. We have just sold it on ebay as well !!  Help!

culpepper

check all your drives to see if youve got a floppy or cd in em.

SPL

Thanks for the quick response but already done that.

Still in distress!

SPL

Any ideas anyone? ???

robnye

do you have a winows boot disk?

if you do, put that in and power off and on

when it comes to the A: prompt

type scandisk c:

this will then check the harddisk for errors

LincsLad_3

Check in the BIOS to see if the HD is being recognised, and also check what the Boot sequences is (ie Floppy, HDD0, HDD1, CD-ROM, etc).

culpepper

you can get a boot disk here if you havent already got one

http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

maybe you need to reinstall the OS if it is detecting your HD etc but not getting any further?

SPL

Thanks for the help guys. I found an emergency repair disk, whacked that in and now I get the message:

"Please insert master cd 1"

NOW WHAT!!!!!

SPL

It is a Packard Bell PC by the way.....

robnye

i think it is asking for the windows 98 install cd

LincsLad_3

"Insert master CD 1"

Don't Packard Bell PCs come with a 'restore' CD which, when run, sets the PC back to 'factory settings' - possibly not exactly what you want to do as it may wipe out all data and programs installed after the PC was purchased !