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[clifrockh]

Hello,

I have a problem. My compaq 5360 with win98se will not restore from the discs. I get a stack overflow message sometimes or it will simply stop and not go any further. I thought i could go into dos and change my stack setting but I am getting two messages-

"invalid media reading drive c" and "invalid command interpreter enter correct interpreter (eg.,C:\Command.com)" or something to that effect may not be exact. I have my old windows startup floppy that I made back in 1998, and a cdr backup that I made for some reason years ago as well. If I try to boot without any discs at all it says "missing operating system". Any ideas or suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Clif

 

[Praetor]

What hardware do you have? QUESTIONS 101.

"invalid media reading drive c" and "invalid command interpreter enter correct interpreter (eg.,C:\Command.com)" or something to that effect may not be exact.

Sounds like either the OS is shot (easy case) or your harddrive had a failure (not so easy)

 

[mgoldb2]

Well I think one option (This option is only valid if you allow to use the restore disk from a completly formated computer) Would be get boot disk (if you dont have one you can easily get one for free). Fdisk the partitions then recreate the partions. Then format the c:\. One warning this will cause you to loose all your data on the computer.

After you completly format the computer try using the restore disk and hopfully it will work.

I think the windows 98 boot disk should include fdisk and gain you access through dos to your c drive.
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

DOS command needed (I doing this from memory so I not sure if I get this all right it been a good 6-7 years since my dos days.

boot from boot disk
first type fdisk
should be directions then
delete partions and recreate partions
then type format c:\
then try using you restore disk when this is done

 

[clifrockh]

my hardware

I have a 10 gig hard drive but not sure on brand, cd-r from ? with software from nti, PII 350 or 450 mhz ( not sure )amd kII proc,floppy, and factory cd drive. I can check the brands when I get home ( at work now). thanks for any replies.

Clif