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Upgrade? to XP
My dell PIII 933 got infected. I ended up replacing the
hard drive. My original windows 98 floppy disk & CD will not boot. The hard drive is good. I was thinking the problem is the Win 98 boot disk. Went online & downloaded new boot disk- nothing better than original. If i purchase Win XP as an upgrade, will it load? Will it be recognized as an upgrade? |
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Upgrade? to XP
If you buy the upgrade, you will need your Windows 98 CD as proof of
prior ownership or the installation will not occur. What do you mean when you say "will not boot"? Is the Windows 98 CD damaged or is there a problem with the computer? The Windows 98 CD needs to be readable by the computer so as to be used as qualifying media for upgrade. -- Jupiter Jones An easier way to read newsgroup messages: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...oups/setup.asp Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit. "DanG" wrote in message ... My dell PIII 933 got infected. I ended up replacing the hard drive. My original windows 98 floppy disk & CD will not boot. The hard drive is good. I was thinking the problem is the Win 98 boot disk. Went online & downloaded new boot disk- nothing better than original. If i purchase Win XP as an upgrade, will it load? Will it be recognized as an upgrade? |
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Sounds like the virus altered the master boot record or imbedded itself
in the memory. FDISK /MBR is an undocumented parameter that will create a new Master Boot Record. FDISK does not automatically build an MBR on any drive except the primary master. FDISK will only create an MBR on the primary master drive if the drive does not already have a valid MBR. The 55AAh signature at the end of the sector is checked by FDISK, if not present the MBR is written. Also if the drive is blank, an MBR is written. DanG wrote: My dell PIII 933 got infected. I ended up replacing the hard drive. My original windows 98 floppy disk & CD will not boot. The hard drive is good. I was thinking the problem is the Win 98 boot disk. Went online & downloaded new boot disk- nothing better than original. If i purchase Win XP as an upgrade, will it load? Will it be recognized as an upgrade? |
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