RE: My dead computer is now beyond dead! Any suggestions

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Is the Win 98 "disk" a different HDD?
or is Win 98 "disk" a different CD?

What CD are you talking about here?
"The CD is not defective, since a disk loaded by it runs fine in my other
computer."

You never said that the OS CD from eMachine #1 with possible bad hard drive
ever loaded successfully. You said loaded OS on problem HDD with eMachine #2
OS CD while in eMachine #2. eMachine #1 will not run with OS from eMachine #2
on HDD when placed in eMachine #1. Only "possibility" is they are exact same
model.

So get a replacement OS CD for eMachine #1.
or
install win 98 and upgrade to Win XP.

Is Win 98 OS CD a full retail version?

Being this is OEM PC you should have been working with OEM Tech Support!!!
and possibly still can!!!!

SEE. Live Chat Support in Middle of page.
http://www.emachines.com/support/product_support.html

We can't help you anymore here. I don't think.

--
Dennis S.
I''m from Illinois. I hope I helped you. Good Luck.


"Toller" wrote:

> My computer was running "Winfixer" repeatedly. I don't know what it is,
> except I sure didn't put it there and wanted to get rid of it.
> To do that I ran an antivirus program call "Stinger".
> Before "Stinger" completed, my system would and rebooted, over and over
> again.
> In safe mode I got as far as MUP.SYS
> I took it to a repair shop. They said it was full of viruses and I had to
> reload the operating system.
> I did, but it still stopped at MUP.SYS.
> I connected the drive to my 2nd computer and formatted the disk (it denied
> having FDISK?!)
> I loaded the operating system again, and it stopped at MUP.SYS.
> I put an old WIN98 disk on the computer, and it runs fine.
> I connected the disk to my other computer and loaded that computer's
> operating system on it. (both WXP, but different models of emachine, and
> the 2nd one is on DVD which the 1st computer does not have)
> It runs my second computer just fine.
> I put it on my first computer. It stops at AGPCPQ.SYS. Progress, it is
> about 3 steps later than MUP.SYS.
>
> It was suggested to me to run disk diagnostics on the disk. They showed a
> dozen errors.
> I ran a lowlevel disk formating process. It said the disk was bad. I tried
> loading the OS again but got the same results.
>
> In disgust I took my W98 disk and loaded WXP on it. I got the same results;
> it hangs at MUP.SYS.
> So it is not the disk.
>
> What the hell is it? The CD is not defective, since a disk loaded by it
> runs fine in my other computer. Memory?
> The computer runs W98 fine, but I understand that is less demanding.
>
> I am reloading W98 at the moment, and expect that to take another half day.
> Had I known what I was in for, I would have bought a new computer; but do I
> have any other options at this point?
>
>
>
.

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