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Help Please!! I am so lost!

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Dyngoe

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Hi y'all,

I need help quick. I'm booting win98se on my "new" PAckard Bell P133. I've installed windows, but each time it fails each time it restarts. It goes through the hardware diagnostics and even flashes Win98 startup screen, but then shows a command line of Easy-Bios and asks me to state where Command.com is. I am really confused. Please help.

As Always,
D
 
before you installed win98. Did you format the drive like this: format c: /s ? If not, then boot off the 98bootdisk and type "sys c:" (without quotes). That should do the trick.
 
Thanks Urrban,

However, I am still having trouble. I figured out it has to do with the Maxtor HD I have. It says it is using Easy_Bios instead of ROM bios. This "seems" to be the problem. Anyone know how to turn this off or whatever? Thanks in advance.

As Always,
D
 
Yea you could do that, or goto FDISK delete then create a brand new partition. Then do the command (without quotes) "fdisk /mbr", that should get rid of it. Good luck!
 
Get rid of EZ-BIOS:
- boot from diskette
- type fdisk /mbr
- type fdisk, delete trashed partitions, create new partitions
- reboot

Now, if FDISK doesn't give you the full capacity of your drive (like showing 400MB for an 8GB drive), it's your PB's BIOS not recognizing the HD (it's most likely limited to 8GB, but with Packard-Bell anything is possible). Therefore, you need a BIOS patch, otherwise known as a drive overlay, like EZ-BIOS. Now, it is possible to run Win98 with EZ-BIOS installed:

- boot from a diskette
- install EZ-BIOS using the Maxtor
- Now every time you want to boot from diskette, boot from the HD, and press Ctrl when the EZ-BIOS text comes up


-PJ
 
I dont meen to make you paranoid mate BUT I had exactly the same prop with a compaq p120, I traced it to a virus. Go to a clean machine, create a virus checker boot disk and check the P133. Once your sure the machine is clean check EVERY disk/CD you put in the machine, When EVERYTHING is safe, formatt the hd (format c: /s)
And start installing. Good luck!
 
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