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HP PAVILION NOTEBOOK WILL ONLY BOOT TO A COMMAND PROMPT SHOWING WINDOWS 98 ALSO ITS CD ROM DRIVE IS CONTINUALLY SPINNING

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There is no support for 21 year old OS, 98
is this a joke>?
eject the CD, and it will not spin.
no PC stated at all just Pavilion notebook.
and the HDD is dead or the OS is corrupted, just like all 21 year old notebooks are.
the service tag on the bottom clearly shows what model PC this is.
called the HP service tag. see all those numbers/
bingo what it really is, is there.

  • 5 more comments 
  • Anonymous Jan 10, 2019

    the last 98 on earth
    what a pity.

  • Anonymous Jan 10, 2019

    I wonder what the infection velocity is on w98, 1 second? on any random web site?
    Xp is 10seconds,we think.

  • Anonymous Jan 14, 2019

    erase the hdd
    install linux free.
    if that fails get a new HDD
    install linux on it.
    windows 98 is no good now, and dangerous, if used on the web.
    NO PC stated is it really 20 years old
    omg, really?> the last 98 box on earth with fans that spin?

  • Anonymous Jan 17, 2019

    another garage sale goes bad.
    wow. $1 , you paid too much,no really.

  • Larry Ng
    Larry Ng Jan 17, 2019

    when we get these posts
    my head hears,
    Mic Jagger(faux) singing "windows 95 eat up my drve" in loop.
    Im making software buy.
    my 640mb memory is all need..... funny song.
    "Bob Rivers Comedy Corp" not wierd Al.
    every word true and still.......https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwb74UQP...

  • Larry Ng
    Larry Ng Jan 17, 2019

    andhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpMvS1Q1...


    this second,is good too.

  • Anonymous Jan 17, 2019

    the not AL list. some are side splitting funny.
    http://www.com-www.com/weirdal/notbyal.h...

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Nov 03, 2008

SOURCE: cd rom message "no emulation" when booting the windows xp installer

when i install my windows xp professional i get a message prompting BOOT TO ATAPI CD-ROM: "NO EMULATION".... how can i fix this?Pls help me on this

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Dec 09, 2008

SOURCE: want to format c drive from window 98 cd using dos?

boot pc in command prompt.....and type format c: /f

Anonymous

  • 4090 Answers
  • Posted on Nov 23, 2009

SOURCE: My pc won't boot from

you are saying two differnt things here.. CDROM and DVD if its a dvd in a CD ROM it will not boot a windows disk if somehow this is written to a DVD Is it original?
Secondly is the Cd ( or DVD drive) actaully working. Being listed in CMOS does not guarantee that.

I know you have listed the drive as DVD but do you have 1 or two drives installed and not have the disk in the recognised drive.; have to eliminatge all possibilities of werror in interpretation here.

So assuming everything appears as it should, then the medial in the drive has to be considered at fault .. dirty disk.. drive needs iris clean, not an original disk, damaged disk, not a boot disk.. just a windows cvopy.;


Anonymous

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  • Posted on Oct 13, 2010

SOURCE: Acer Aspire 5315-2713 Windows XP Boot fails, Safe

If the BIOS does not detect the hard drive, the computer won't boot up because the Windows operating system is on the hard disk.
Try re-seating the hard drive to make sure it makes proper connection, when you boot up again and the hard drive is not detected then most likely the hard drive has failed.
To get the Acer operating again, replace the hard drive, install Windows and the Acer device drivers plus your programs.

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You can download the drivers from the Acer WEB site using a different computer and then install them on your notebook. Make sure you select the model of your laptop and the XP or Vista version of the drivers you that require and it matches the Windows version that is installed on your laptop. Use this link to get to the Acer support: -
http://www.acersupport.com/drivers_download.aspx

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Mar 04, 2011

SOURCE: my hp pavilion dv2000 cd/dvd-rom

1.control panel->system->hardware->DEVICE MANAGER 2.uninstall your driver 3.restart you computer 4.on tray icon a balloon come with a MSG of 'found new hardware' 5.click on it 6.select your driver from it .then select suitable option
if you still have problem buy a you op(win xp,vista,7..).using that disk repair you computer.

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