I/O Error

Joxer · 01-10-04, 10:32 PM

I am working on a friends computer and had to format her hard drive. She was previously running Win98 and wants it reinstalled on the formatted hard drive. However, when I try and boot up with the Win98 bootup disk, I get a "Disk I/O error" I have tried a couple of disks and even tried making them with different versions of windows (WinXP, WinME, and Win98). Could it possibly be the floppy drive that's messed up?

belboz · 01-10-04, 10:59 PM

01-10-04, 10:32 PM	#1
Joxer DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 1,211	I/O Error I am working on a friends computer and had to format her hard drive. She was previously running Win98 and wants it reinstalled on the formatted hard drive. However, when I try and boot up with the Win98 bootup disk, I get a "Disk I/O error" I have tried a couple of disks and even tried making them with different versions of windows (WinXP, WinME, and Win98). Could it possibly be the floppy drive that's messed up? __________________ "It's almost like I'm wearing nothing at all.... nothing at all.... nothing at all...." -Ned Flanders Check out Castle Larkshire!

01-10-04, 10:59 PM	#2
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