Thanks for the info - we thought a battery backup was connected, but it
failed too.
"Don Phillipson" wrote:
> "cms-api" <cmsapi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> > Yes, the PC was on when the power failed. It sounds like the PC is trying
> to
> > boot, but nothing is displayed on the monitor.
>
> Commonly (say half the time) if the power fails while
> a Win98 PC is doing something, you will need to
> reinstal the OS (and possibly reformat beforehand.)
>
> You did not post whether you can boot DOS from a
> floppy and get a disk directory of C:\
> If the hard drive has essential data that you need to
> salvage, the safest route is to put the drive into another
> PC (that boots from its own C:\) and copy data over.
> Copy what you can save before you make any attempt
> to repair the old C: drive, let alone boot from it.
>
> Before reinstallation, you should run as many diagnostics
> as you can find, on both the motherboard and the old
> hard drive. There would be no point reinstalling on a
> damaged MB or to a damaged hard drive.
>
> (I have not been in this position for 20 years. Electricity
> used to fail frequently where I live, so I have used UPSs
> (battery backups) for many years. The cheaper ones
> give you about 5 minutes of full power, plenty to shut
> down safely and without damage.)
>
> --
> Don Phillipson
> Carlsbad Springs
> (Ottawa, Canada)
>
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