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    whateverdave Posts: 3, Reputation: 1
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    Jun 22, 2008, 09:44 AM
    Drive not ready. Insert boot disk into drive A:
    I am currently trying to upgrade from windows 98 to windows xp. I have upgraded the RAM to 256. When I reboot I get "Drive not ready.. Insert Boot Disk into Drive A:". I have gone into the BIOS and have changed the boot sequence to boot first from the hard drive then the cd rom. It still doesn't work.. I changed it to boot first from CD rom. It won't boot from CD rom. Is there some kind of 3 & 1/2 inch floppy that I can boot from? Where can I download this program?

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    Jun 22, 2008, 05:48 PM
    FIRST THING... I would recommend you reconsider this.

    Windows98 operates quite nicely on 256mb of ram.
    WindowsXP operates like a door stop on 256mb of ram. I don't recommend anything less than 1gig of memory if you want to retain your sanity at all.

    Before we go any further, can you upgrade this computer to 500+mb of ram, preferably 1 gig, or not?
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    Jun 23, 2008, 06:18 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by whateverdave
    I am currently trying to upgrade from windows 98 to windows xp. I have upgraded the RAM to 256. When I reboot I get "Drive not ready.. Insert Boot Disk into Drive A:". I have gone into the BIOS and have changed the boot sequence to boot first from the hard drive then the cd rom. It still doesn't work.. I changed it to boot first from CD rom. It won't boot from CD rom. Is there some kind of 3 & 1/2 inch floppy that I can boot from?? Where can I download this program??

    David M
    I will have to buy more RAM. When I upgrade to 512 RAM I will try it again..
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    Jun 23, 2008, 09:30 PM
    Drive not ready.. Insert Boot Disk into Drive A:".

    What ever process you are doing is looking for a diskette

    What process are you doing to get this message
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    Jun 23, 2008, 10:42 PM
    " I don't recommend anything less than 1gig of memory..." for a speedy WinXP install.
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