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Bought an operating-systemless PC last night that is supposed to boot to C. Id has a PC/DVD Drive (12x), and that's about it. No bells and/or whistles. I put a bootable CD in that is supposed to install WinLite. I've installed this on three other computers just like this new one so far with no problems.
The new Boot-Only Computer seems to start booting-up Win98 (weird) and then stops, goes to the c-Prompt. Twice. I put in the OS Install Disk and nothing happens. I reboot the PC and all i get is the Win98 start followed by C-prompt. I check the DIR, it brings me the root directory of C which lists a few sub-directories, but it won't let me go beyond that. I switch over to D. I check the directory there, same deal; root directory but any attempt to go deeper is met with "Bad Command or File Name". EVEN FORMATTING THE DRIVE IS A BAD COMMAND OR FILE NAME!!!
After checking lots and lots of commands, the only two i can get to work are switching between C: and D:, and "DIR".
Taking the system back to RePC today to swap-out for a different one, but I gotta ask you... did i do something wrong? Every other time I've installed this system on a boot-only PC it's been as simple as inserting the disk and following the prompts.
HELP MEEEEEEEE!!!
The new Boot-Only Computer seems to start booting-up Win98 (weird) and then stops, goes to the c-Prompt. Twice. I put in the OS Install Disk and nothing happens. I reboot the PC and all i get is the Win98 start followed by C-prompt. I check the DIR, it brings me the root directory of C which lists a few sub-directories, but it won't let me go beyond that. I switch over to D. I check the directory there, same deal; root directory but any attempt to go deeper is met with "Bad Command or File Name". EVEN FORMATTING THE DRIVE IS A BAD COMMAND OR FILE NAME!!!
After checking lots and lots of commands, the only two i can get to work are switching between C: and D:, and "DIR".
Taking the system back to RePC today to swap-out for a different one, but I gotta ask you... did i do something wrong? Every other time I've installed this system on a boot-only PC it's been as simple as inserting the disk and following the prompts.
HELP MEEEEEEEE!!!
