Problems with Windows 98 SE/2000NT

Problems with Windows 98 SE

Hello All,
I'm a "newbie" here....so bear with me.
I'm having trouble with a friends HP computer. Here's the problem...Some one before her "borrowed" her pc and installed Windows 2000 NT "over" Windows 98se. ( Long story). I want to remove the 2000NT. I took out the battery because the pc won't let me into "safe mode ". Now when I power up the pc...I get a message saying "Invalid system disk, replace the disk, and then press any key. I've been into the BIO's..still no luck. I can't get into safe mode. Any suggestions ?? I really need some help here !!!! My last resort is to "F-Disk" the pc if I could make a "start-up" disk.

 

This is going to have more to do with windows 2000 than windows 98. Perhaps this should be redirected [<-Moderators would have to this] to that forum or you should post a new request for help in that forum. Users familiar with that operating system may have a better idea of what's going on and how and if you can get yourself out of this fix.

 

Okay, basically , by removing the battery , you made it so the bios setup (customization) entries were forgotten (gone). It no longer knows what hard drive you have installed and therefore has no idea where to look for the boot sector and find the operating system.
Therefore it is asking for you to put in a disk with an OS on it.

The solution is to enter bios setup, load optimal defaults, set the drive to auto defined and autodetect drives.
Normally when you first power on , it will say something like press del to enter setup. DO that.
How to configure your bios