Cannot access DOS

go to www.bootdisk.com.
they have images of bootabe win98 diskettes.

Once using the diskette you can start the setup from the diskkette too.

Leopold

Sounds like you have not made the reformatted HDD a system disk... When you reformatted, did you tell FORMAT to make it a system disk? If you didn't then it's easy enough to add all the required system files - IF you can boot from a floppy.

When you tried to boot from your W98 startup disk what happened? Did it boot OK but not give you the options you needed? Or still the same "Invalid System Disk" error? Is the computer attempting to access the floppy drive? (you'll probably hear the floppy drive 'grinding' if it is)

Is your floppy drive included in the boot sequence in BIOS?

The other possibility is booting straight from a CD - most Win98 install CD's should be bootable CD's. You just have to change your BIOS boot sequence to look for it. NOrmally, you would change the BIOS so that it looks for the CDROM drive before the HDD, but in your case if the HDD is not a system disk, then you could put the CDROM after the HDD (or C: drive) in the BIOS.

I can't help you with how to change the startup sequence though, I have only played with a HP once, and I can't remember how to get into the BIOS.

'luck
Stu

You need to go into the bios and tell it to boot to the floppy first.

Lee