At 02:12 PM 9/23/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Welcome. Sorry but this thread has been snipped and after a
>couple of hundred emails today I don't recall the original
>post, what she was trying to do, or what EBD is. ([something]
>boot disk? External boot drive?) All I recall is I think it
>was an HP PC. The boot disk I sent is the ORIG floppy that
>came with a FULL installation of win98 OEM (not SE or ME).
>This will not matter if you just need to load CDROM drivers.
>You'll see what to choose for that in the menu that will be
>displayed. Of course you need the CD to install windows or to
>reinstall windows. This boot floppy is not any kind of
>'restore' floppy that some name brand PC's come with. In
>addition to installing CDROM drivers (and of course loading
>windows), it will enable you to go to an A: prompt or C: prompt
>(if a HD is installed) and run some diagnostics from the floppy
>drive, or run scandisk or scanreg at the C: prompt. If you
>need to boot from the floppy and it's not doing it or you don't
>know how, you set that in the BIOS. (again, I'm just grasping
>at straws here since I don't know the orig problem! :)
>-Clint
>
>God Bless Us All
>http://OrpheusComputing.com
>Clint Hamilton, Owner
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "ETM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2001 1:28 PM
>Subject: Re: PCWorks: Win98SE boot disk
>
>
>Thank you very much. I did receive it and did send it on to
>her. Will she
>run into any problems if there is eventual need to use the EBD
>because she
>will not have access to the Win98SE CD?
>
>Elaine
>
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>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Clint Hamilton"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2001 2:19 PM
>Subject: Re: PCWorks: Win98SE boot disk
>
>
> > Naa, I wouldn't do that. Usually those name brand PC's have
> > all sorts of proprietary 'setup' files. I emailed it to you
> > already.
> > -Clint
Clint! I think that Elaine is referring to an"EBD" as an Emergency Boot
Disk. So either she is confusing the Rescue Boot Disk from Norton et al or
the only thing close to this anagram is the ERD in NT and Win 2k. I have
been following the thread from the beginning and don't know what the
problem is at present.
Unless her friend has a special edition to Win98 then any boot disk with
the proper files on it should get her up and going. I had a SCSI Boot disk
for Win98 for my Win95 machine for 3 years and it has all the files
including my SCSI drivers of course.
Barry ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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