We have a Dell XPS T600 (Pentium 3) running Windows 98, unfortunately it was attacked by a myriad of viruses so we attempted to format it.
For a reason I have forgotten why the traditional way (reinstallation CD to format drive at boot)did not work.
We proceeded by pulling out the CMOS battery in the Motherboard for approximately 30 minutes before plugging it back in.
Now when attempting to boot it will not see the reinstallation disc in the DVD-ROM Drive, However it does show up (so it is recognized). The Drive doesn’t have power lots of the time (I checked a different drive that worked in a different XPS T600 that was the same one).
I tried switching to a new battery and I’ve played around with the settings
I am at a complete loss of what to do.
