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If your system boots to a message:

No OS found

Insert the OS setup disk, then press any key.

Insert your Windows boot diskette and press any key.

If your system boots to a blue banner: (Figure 13)

Press the spacebar, insert your Windows boot diskette, and press

the spacebar again.

Select the option to start the computer with CD-ROM support

so that Windows Setup can access the CD-ROM drive.

After the system boot disk ﬁnishes loading, you should see the A:\

prompt. Above the prompt, you should also see a line saying Drive

: = Driver MSCD001 unit 0 where

is the drive letter assigned to

the CD-ROM drive. Depending on how many devices are

connected to the ATA/IDE cables, the assigned CD-ROM drive

letter could be D, E, F, etc.

Note the CD-ROM drive letter, and insert your Windows CD in

the CD-ROM drive.

At the A:\ prompt, type

(where

is the CD-ROM drive letter)

and press Enter.

At the

:\ prompt, type SETUP and press Enter.

Follow the

onscreen instructions to install Windows.

Press spacebar to boot from diskette or

Press C to boot from CD-ROM

Figure 13

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