win98

"Robe1835" <Robe1835.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> hi! there. i'm trying to do a quick restore on my system using quick
restore
> cd's but ramdrive is not reading those, I also did a system reboot using
> win98 floopy disk and did a delete partition then did a new partition
after
> that did a format to formate C: and D: drives and I still can get it to
read
> quick restore cd's to complete windows installation, is there any way you
can
> help. thanks in advance. Robert

1. Do some homework at
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html
because you need reliable checklists etc. There may be
important differences between customized Restore CDs
and standard installation CDs.

2. The reference to RAMdrives reading CDs is wrong.
You may need to run disk diagnostics for your brand
of hard drive, and replace the drive if unreliable.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

You need to provide the description of what you are doing before the error
message appears, step by step, and then the exact error message, verbatim.
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"Robe1835" <Robe1835.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:327569E0-EE7E-4E0E-8B52-17BB85ECECD9@microsoft.com...
> hi! there. i'm trying to do a quick restore on my system using quick
> restore
> cd's but ramdrive is not reading those, I also did a system reboot using
> win98 floopy disk and did a delete partition then did a new partition
> after
> that did a format to formate C: and D: drives and I still can get it to
> read
> quick restore cd's to complete windows installation, is there any way you
> can
> help. thanks in advance. Robert

Robe1835 wrote:
| hi! there. i'm trying to do a quick restore on my system using quick
| restore cd's but ramdrive is not reading those, I also did a system
| reboot using win98 floopy disk and did a delete partition then did a
| new partition after that did a format to formate C: and D: drives and
| I still can get it to read quick restore cd's to complete windows
| installation, is there any way you can help. thanks in advance. Robert

Ramdrive? Do you mean the CD-ROM drive? Here is how mine went...

Well, I don't know whether it would be the same for you, but this is
what I did on my Compaq 7470. Remember, this totally wiped out
everything & restored to factory default condition. This does an Fdisk,
so, if you want to backup first, it must be done to CD or another HDD
altogether.

It took a phone call or two to Compaq to run my QuickRestore from double
CD's after an HDD crash, since the instructions that came with the them
were lacking. They are bootable-- BUT I couldn't figure out how to get
them into the CD-R/W drive. It was dumbfounding. Here's the actual
process:

1. Turn on computer. (So that you'll be able to...
2. Open CD tray; put in CD 1; close tray.
3. Turn computer off, then on. CD will boot.
(Computer did stuff, some of it twice, maybe. How long?)
4. When asked to insert a Diskette, hold down CTRL and press "R"
three times.
(Big secret? Lucky the guy was still on the line; he wanted to
go; eventually, he did.)
5. At the error message (something like "Not ready reading drive
N"), hit "R" for "Retry".
(This took a second phone call; he said sometimes it takes 3
Retry's.)
6. When prompted, put in QuickRestore CD 2.
7. When prompted, put in QuickRestore CD 1, again.
8. When prompted, remove it.
(Windows screen came up; it seemed to go back to DOS; it rebooted
to Windows again; it did some unzipping; it rebooted; it did a
SystemSave; it rebooted; it installed some drivers; it asked some
questions, and I told all.)

That's what I wrote, some of it from memory, during & after the process.
The only other item in my notes is, "NEVER NEEDED ANY DISKETTE",
capitalized. I remember wondering what that diskette asked for was
supposed to be. I don't remember how much time passed between steps;
overall, I believe it was less than an hour, maybe much less.

This QuickRestore, to "factory", from the CDs, is far more involved than
the one from the D: partition. I don't really want to do it again. So
many reboots! And I may have left some out in the notes! There is a lot
to like about Compaq, but QuickRestore from CD's is not one of them...
well, it did work, though. I hope I haven't given away a big secret.


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