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by fulfergirl

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Think my hard disk was bad so I switch with another one now I get no operation system and said can't read A drive but the A drive good it was just working the start show my floopy is istalled when I put win 98 in to installed the message was can'tread A drive Help I ready to pull all my hair out Thanks BJ

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by gigelul

Hi,
First you must check if all flat cables are in right place and in correct position (marked wire at pine1).
After you can boot from floppy drive, power off computer and attach the HDD with correct jumper setting (depends by what other driver you have-generaly master on first/primary IDE).
If the new HDD don't have an OS installed the "missing operating system" message is normal and you must partitioning the drive, format these partitions and install an OS. If you boot from an original Win98 CD all these operations will be done in installation process wizard.

Boot from different drives (floppy, HDD, CD-ROM) require to modify in BIOS boot sequence.

by europanorama

have you ever done such work? if not you should learn it first by reading elementary informations-maybe with a book or online. there could be endless hurdles(problems).

by cluseau1

It's very easy to accidentially loosen your a drive cable while installing a new hd or CDR. Make sure to reinsert the a drive cable firmly. You need a good friend who is good at basic pc repair....

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