Re: WXP Recovery Disk Looking for W98 drivers

I've seen many Recovery CD's that start with older operating systems. So
that's not unusual. It does sound like you might have a bad Recovery CD or
perhaps a problem with the CD-Rom drive itself.

--
Don


"MamaBear" <mamabear@att.net> wrote in message
news:03dd01c3553c$733be650$a101280a@phx.gbl...

> I purcahsed a Compaq Presario preloaded with WXP almost 2
> years ago. I tried to use the recovery disk sent with the
> computer, and it keeps saying that it's Starting Windows
> 98", then I get a disk error message and to contact their
> techincal support.
>
> I asked why WXP is looking for W98 on my puter, and they
> told me that WXP doesn't have it's own real mode drivers
> and uses those from W98. That's why my disk isn't
> working. Are they giving me a line to force me to get a
> new "free" recovery disk that will cost $10 in shipping
> for something that will only cost them $2 at the most to
> ship?
>
> To me it sounds like they either did something illegal,
> like loading XP over 98, or someone there screwed up and
> put the wrong disk in with my puter.

Re: WXP Recovery Disk Looking for W98 drivers