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    No operating system

    For got about 98 not being bootable. Made a boot CD to get it on its feet, and look at the drive in question a little closer. I just hope the registry is intact. If the worse is true, and the OS was un installed, I remembered I have a 6 month old Image of the C Drive. I can use it to piece...
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    HDD Failure or actually missing OS?

    I made a boot CD, and will try it tonight. Should have thought about that before, but its been a long while ago since I did the original install. I also remembered I did an Image of the C drive, which I stored on my D drive, about 6 months ago. If I have to, I can try to use it to get back the...
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    HDD Failure or actually missing OS?

    Its been a long while since I've done an install, and I probably need to make a bootable DOS CD before I can get the 98 CD to start an install. I've been able to see the 98 CD from Linux, so I'm pretty sure its good. I tried a couple of other CDs, and Linux can see them, so the drive works...
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    HDD Failure or actually missing OS?

    OK, I get home from work, and try to boot my computer. It POSTs normally, detects hardware, Verifies DMI Pool. At this point it should go into AVG Boot scanner, but instead shows a black screen with a prompt to INSERT SYSTEM DISK. Its never done this before, so I just hit ENTER, and it responds...
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    No operating system

    During boot, my computer responded with a prompt to insert system disk. This was the first time this has ever happened, so I ignored it and hit ENTER. It then responded NO OS. So I decided to hit CTR+ALT+DEL and try a reboot. Same thing happened. I tried to boot a couple more times, making sure...