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    Win 98 SE Help!

    I have an odd problem with a computer(Siemens PG programmer) with 98SE installed. Its really old btw.

    It appears to have a virus (according to McAfee) which has damaged the Master Boot Record (according to windows help).

    It no longers recognises its CD drive, which limits me to a floppy.

    Is there anyway i can rebuild/repair/restore the OS without doing a fresh install, and only using a floppy? (I'm having trouble locating the 98SE disk, it was originally pre-installed)

    Any help/tips links appreciated. I'm getting lost in Google
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    The short answer is yes you can - as to how... This may start you off http://www.downloadjunction.com/product/software/79741/ or this http://kb.iu.edu/data/ailx.html

    I also found this ...

    "But if you want to repair the MBR in Windows 98, enter the BIOS and turn off any boot-sector virus protection, reboot, press the F8 key to bring up the boot menu and choose the command prompt.

    Enter fdisk /mbr

    This doesn't destroy anything.

    Reboot, enter the BIOS and re-enable the virus protection.

    If the command doesn't work from DOS, a Windows 98 boot disk contains the FDISK program, so you would boot from it and enter the command at the A:\> prompt.

    You can get the files for a boot disk from http://www.bootdisk.com/."


    As this is a quote from another site ( http://help.lockergnome.com/lofivers...hp/t16884.html ) - I take even less responsibility than I do for anything else I have suggested (which is none!) Do these things at your own risk! You might want to do some research on FDISK - Google is your friend..
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