MY HARD DRIVE WHICH CAME WITH MY DELL LATITUDE C600 BECAME CORRUPT. I RE-PURCHASED ANOTHER DRIVE OF THE SAME STORAGE, 20GB. AFTER I TRIED TO RE-BOOT, I DISCOVERED THAT IT HAD WINDOWS 98 ON IT AND BESIDES THAT, INSTEAD OF BOOTING INTO THE START UP MODE, IT BYPASSED THE START UP FILES AND DISPLAYED A COMMAND PROMP C:\>
I NEED TO KNOW THE EXACT COMMAND TO TYPE IN TO COMPLETE THE BOOT PROCESS. ALL OTHER METHODS TO BOTH SUCH AS RE-INSTALL CD, F2, F8, SETUP, SAFE MODE, F12, ALT+F1,CTRL+ALT+B FAILED. IF AND WHEN I CAN BOOT UP, I CAN THEN WIPE CLEAN THE EXISTING DRIVE AND RE-INSTALL XP PRO WHICH INITUALLY CAME WITH MY LAPTOP. PLEASE, PLEASE, I NEED SOMEONE WHO IS KNOWLEDGABLE WITH COMMAND PROMP LANGUAGE WITH WINDOWS 98