I'm trying to install Windows 98 SE on an old PC and it's not going well. I run into this problem.
Searching for Boot Record from Floppy..OK
Starting Windows 98...
TOSHIBA Enhanced-IDE CD/DVD-ROM Device Driver (ATAPI) Version 2.24
(C)Copyright Toshiba Corp. 1995-1999. All rights reserved.
Device Name : TOSCD001
Number of units : 1
MSCDEX Version 2.25
Copyright (C) MIcrosoft Corp. 1986-1995. All rights reserved.
Drive Z: = Driver TOSCD001 unit 0
TOSHIBA MACHINE
Invalid
drive specification
Path not found - C:\TOOLS\CDROMDRV.SYS
Invalid
drive specification
Invalid
drive specification
After that last line, it leaves me at a bitmap image displaying instructions to reboot with Ctrl+Alt+Del. It doesn't say why I have to reboot, and it doesn't state any error type, it just want's me to reboot for no apparent reason. After reboot, it just boots up from Floppy again and it cycles through the same thing all over again.
The computer has been restored to original specification. Original system recovery "CD-ROM" discs are available and they are not scratched or anything, they are in very good condition. It's a set of 3 CDs, and the first disc labeled "1/3" should be the one holding the OEM version of Windows 98 SE. There is also a boot disk for Windows 98. I'm not sure what the other two discs are for. This computer came with three language support, so those could be holding different language versions or additional OEM discs. But I'm quite sure that the first disc holds the main operating system.
BIOS has been set to optimized defaults. Boot priority is as follows; Floppy, IDE-0, CD-ROM.
Under Standard CMOS settings, BIOS scans and autoconfigures both the hard
drive and the CD/DVD
drive. On POST it finds them both, and it finds the DOS bootdisk and starts preparing for installation, as you can see above. So what's this "invalid
drive specification" about? Why isn't the installation starting?
Updates
Update 1
Booting from CD disc 2
In desperation I tried booting from the second CD. Boot order was; Floppy, CD-ROM, IDE-0. It boots normally from floppy disk, just like above, but then returns following.
File not found - Z:\3LNGINST\TOOLS\PARTINFO.TXT
I accidentally pressed some key on the keyboard, and before I knew it, the following screen showed up.
Create Primary DOS Partition
Current fixed disk drive: 1
Verifying
drive integrity, 16% complete.
After completion another screen showed up.
Create Primary DOS Partition
Current fixed disk drive: 1
Do you wish to use the maximum available size for a Primary DOS Partition
and make the partition active (Y/N)?....................? [Y]
Verifying
drive integrity, 7% complete.
I didn't choose Yes, it was set automatically. After completion the computer was automatically rebooted. Then I got a new screen. This is in Norwegian/Swedish/Finnish. Here's the message in Swedish.
Hårddisken är inte klar för återställning av programvara.
Installationsprogrammet måste skapa nya partitioner (C:, D:, ...).
VARNING! ALLT INNEHÅLL PÅ HÅRDDISKEN KOMMER ATT RADERAS!
Tryck på en tangent om du vill fortsätta (eller CTRL-C för att avbryta).
Let me translate that.
Hard
drive is not ready for restoring the software.
Setup program has to create new partitions (C:, D:, ...).
WARNING! ALL CONTENTS ON THE HARD
DRIVE WILL BE ERASED!
Press any key to continue (or CTRL-C to cancel).
I pressed Enter and it started formatting the hard
drive.
WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK
DRIVE c: WILL BE LOST!
Proceed with Format (Y/N)?y
Formatting 14,67.53M
1 percent completed.
It automatically sets the "y" option and starts formatting.
Rebooting with CD disc 1
After completing this operation it rebooted automatically. I inserted CD disc 1 and there was no issue with "invalid
drive specification" anymore. Instead, a bitmap menu was displayed where it asked me to choose a language. And I thought I had it there for a while but it didn't work out.
After choosing the language, another menu was displayed asking me to choose a type of recovery (restore pre-installed software OR restore hard
drive partitions and pre-installed software).
I opted for the second option.
Then a data destruction warning showed up where I just pressed 1 to Continue. It did something and then just rebooted and the same formatting screen shows up as before. So something is not right. Am I doing it wrong?
I seem to have come past the CD-ROM driver issue at least. But now I'm stuck with this problem... it seems to have something to do with the hard
drive. Like... why is is it always trying to format it? Isn't it enough to format it once?
By the way, it needs to be formatted as FAT32, right? Windows 98 doesn't support NTFS? I think FDISK should have taken care of this already. I know this is an old hard
drive, but I connected to my main computer and it was able to read and write to it without a problem. It does have bad sectors though, but it's expected on an old hard
drive like this.
Any ideas?..
Update 2
I seem to be repeatedly getting stuck at the format screen where it asks to press any key to continue. So tried to cancel it this time with Ctrl+C. This leaves me at:
A:\TOOLS>
I can do DIR and CD and I tried to change to Z:
drive. I tried running "setup" but there is no such thing.
Z:\>setup
Bad command or file name
Update 3
Floppy structure
Here's the file/folder structure of the floppy disk.
A:\>dir /s
Volume in
drive A has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 1700-1069
Directory of A:\
1999-10-11 10:44 <DIR> BMP
1998-05-11 22:01 93 880 COMMAND.COM
1999-10-11 10:44 <DIR> factory
1999-10-11 10:44 <DIR> lang
1999-10-11 10:44 <DIR> TOOLS
2000-05-19 15:32 339 CONFIG.SYS
1999-10-26 13:38 0 BOOTLOG.TXT
2000-06-08 08:32 3 691 AUTOEXEC.BAT
4 File(s) 97 910 bytes
Directory of A:\BMP
1999-10-11 10:44 <DIR> .
1999-10-11 10:44 <DIR> ..
0 File(s) 0 bytes
Directory of A:\factory
1999-10-11 10:44 <DIR> .
1999-10-11 10:44 <DIR> ..
2000-06-08 13:09 2 662 3LNGINSF.BAT
1 File(s) 2 662 bytes
Directory of A:\lang
1999-10-11 10:44 <DIR> .
1999-10-11 10:44 <DIR> ..
1998-11-24 08:02 49 575 FORMAT.COM
1998-11-24 08:02 63 900 FDISK.EXE
2 File(s) 113 475 bytes
Directory of A:\TOOLS
1999-10-11 10:44 <DIR> .
1999-10-11 10:44 <DIR> ..
1998-05-06 22:01 49 575 FORMAT.COM
1995-10-27 20:29 28 164 BMPVIEW.EXE
1999-01-26 15:54 15 MAKEPA32.TXT
1998-05-06 22:01 3 878 XCOPY.EXE
1998-05-06 22:01 41 472 XCOPY32.MOD
1998-05-06 22:01 33 191 HIMEM.SYS
1998-05-06 22:01 125 495 EMM386.EXE
1998-05-06 22:01 18 967 SYS.COM
1996-01-31 21:55 18 CLK.COM
1994-04-02 08:20 22 HARDBOOT.COM
1999-02-03 15:46 15 MAKEPA16.TXT
1999-04-14 16:36 7 840 PARTFO32.EXE
2000-05-19 15:01 1 169 PARTFORM.BAT
1996-10-02 01:47 1 642 MBRCLR.COM
1999-07-01 11:58 8 175 BIOSCHKN.EXE
1998-06-23 08:55 5 904 PAR-TYPE.EXE
1998-11-24 08:02 29 271 MODE.COM
1998-11-24 08:02 15 252 ATTRIB.EXE
1998-11-24 08:02 19 083 DELTREE.EXE
1999-04-21 15:01 23 304 NTBB.EXE
1997-05-07 14:19 1 SYS.TXT
1999-07-01 12:23 61 566 F3DCHK.EXE
1998-05-11 20:01 34 566 KEYBOARD.SYS
1998-05-11 20:01 19 927 KEYB.COM
1999-10-26 14:31 910 partinfo.txt
1998-06-16 15:58 5 936 CHKDRVAC.EXE
1998-05-06 22:01 63 900 FDISK.EXE
1998-05-06 22:01 45 379 SMARTDRV.EXE
1992-12-03 19:48 10 695 SCISET.EXE
1997-06-25 15:49 6 YENT
1998-05-06 22:01 25 473 MSCDEX.EXE
1998-05-06 22:01 5 239 CHOICE.COM
1997-07-18 17:41 6 876 MBR.COM
1997-07-01 15:01 6 545 CHK2GB.COM
1998-06-10 20:04 8 128 PARTFORM.EXE
1990-01-04 02:09 19 MAKEPAR2.TXT
1990-01-04 01:00 27 MAKEPAR3.TXT
1990-01-04 01:00 27 MAKEPAR4.TXT
1998-02-13 13:47 15 MAKEPART.TXT
1999-04-14 13:47 5 200 DISKSIZE.EXE
1999-05-06 14:56 7 856 PARTFO16.EXE
1999-01-13 11:13 13 720 CDROMDRV.SYS
42 File(s) 734 463 bytes
Total Files Listed:
49 File(s) 948 510 bytes
12 Dir(s) 268 800 bytes free
A:\>
CONFIG.SYS contents
Here's the content of CONFIG.SYS.
DEVICE=A:\TOOLS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
REM I=B000-B7ff for Desktop BIOSes
rem DEVICE=A:\TOOLS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS I=B000-B7ff x=C000-D000
DEVICE=A:\TOOLS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS x=C000-D000
DEVICE=A:\TOOLS\CDROMDRV.SYS /D:TOSCD001
BUFFERS=10
FILES=69
DOS=HIGH,UMB
STACKS=9,256
LASTDRIVE=Z
SWITCHES=/F
SHELL=A:\COMMAND.COM /P /E:2048
AUTOEXEC.BAT contents
:BEGIN
@ECHO OFF
PATH=A:\;A:\TOOLS;
MSCDEX /D:TOSCD001 /L:Z /M:10
smartdrv 1024 128
SET TOOLS=A:\TOOLS
SET COMSPEC=A:\COMMAND.COM
SET EXITDRIVE=C:
SET EXITPATH=\
CALL Z:\SETENV.BAT > NUL
:TOSHCHK
BIOSChkN
IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 goto C_ACCESS
BMPVIEW Z:\3LNGINST\BMP\NO_TOSP3.bmp /X=120 /Y=80
PAUSE > NUL
SET EXITDRIVE=A:
GOTO END
:C_ACCESS
CALL PARTFORM.BAT
:C_EMPTY
IF EXIST C:\*.* GOTO C_NOTEMPTY
call z:\setenv.bat>nul
goto PREPDU
:C_NOTEMPTY
REM ------------------MENU------------------------
:STARTMENU
CLS
BMPVIEW Z:\3LNGINST\BMP\LANGSELC.BMP /X=120 /Y=120
CLK
CHOICE /C:123 /N >NUL
REM L is the language that is selected
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 SET L=%LNG1%
IF ERRORLEVEL 2 SET L=%LNG2%
IF ERRORLEVEL 3 SET L=%LNG3%
SET BMP=BMP%L%
BMPVIEW Z:\3LNGINST\%bmp%\HDDMENU.BMP /X=72 /Y=82
CLK
CHOICE /C:129F /N > NUL
IF ERRORLEVEL 4 GOTO FACTORY_MENU
IF ERRORLEVEL 3 GOTO EXIT_MENU
IF ERRORLEVEL 2 GOTO PARTFORM_MENU
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO FORMAT_MENU
GOTO END
:FACTORY_MENU
BMPVIEW Z:\3LNGINST\%bmp%\qformat.bmp /X=120 /Y=140
CLK
choice /c:12 /N >nul
IF ERRORLEVEL 2 GOTO STARTMENU
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO FORMATF
GOTO END
:EXIT_MENU
BMPVIEW Z:\3LNGINST\%bmp%\9.bmp /XC /X=96 /Y=267
choice /C:1pause /T:1,01 >nul
SET EXITDRIVE=A:
SET EXITPATH=\lang
cls
mode mono
rem keyb xx>nul
cls
GOTO END
:PARTFORM_MENU
BMPVIEW Z:\3LNGINST\%bmp%\2.bmp /XC /X=96 /Y=216
choice /C:1pause /T:1,01 >nul
BMPVIEW Z:\3LNGINST\%bmp%\partform.bmp /X=120 /Y=140
CLK
choice /c:12 /N >nul
IF ERRORLEVEL 2 GOTO STARTMENU
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO PART_FORM
SET EXITDRIVE=A:
GOTO END
:FORMAT_MENU
BMPVIEW Z:\3LNGINST\%bmp%\1.bmp /XC /X=96 /Y=165
choice /C:1pause /T:1,01 >nul
BMPVIEW Z:\3LNGINST\%bmp%\qformat.bmp /X=120 /Y=140
CLK
choice /c:12 /N >nul
IF ERRORLEVEL 2 GOTO STARTMENU
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO FORMAT
SET EXITDRIVE=A:
GOTO END
REM ------------------ MENU END ------------------------
:FORMAT
bmpview Z:\3LNGINST\%bmp%\1.bmp /XC /X=145 /Y=235
choice /C:1pause /T:1,01 >nul
CLS
IF (%QFORMAT%)==(NO) GOTO FULLFO
FORMAT C: /Q /V:"" <A:\TOOLS\YENT >NUL
call z:\setenv.bat>nul
goto PREPDU
:FULLFO
FORMAT C: /V:"" <A:\TOOLS\YENT
call z:\setenv.bat>nul
goto PREPDU
:FORMATF
CLS
IF (%QFORMAT%)==(NO) GOTO FULLFO_F
FORMAT C: /Q /V:"" <A:\TOOLS\YENT >NUL
call z:\setenv.bat>nul
goto PREPDU_F
:FULLFO_F
FORMAT C: /V:"" <A:\TOOLS\YENT
call z:\setenv.bat>nul
goto PREPDU_F
:PART_FORM
bmpview Z:\3LNGINST\bmp\1.bmp /XC /X=145 /Y=235
choice /C:1pause /T:1,01 >nul
MBR /!
HARDBOOT
REM ====================== Triple Select ======================
:PREPDU
XCOPY z:\3LNGINST\*.* C:\*.* /E /S /V >NUL
ATTRIB -H -R -S C:\TOOLS\CDROMDRV.SYS
COPY A:\TOOLS\CDROMDRV.SYS C:\TOOLS /Y
SYS C: >NUL
goto REBOOT
:PREPDU_F
copy A:\TOOLS\SMARTDRV.EXE C:\ /Y
ATTRIB -H -R -S C:\SMARTDRV.EXE
copy A:\FACTORY\3LNGINSF.bat c:\
c:\3LNGINSF.bat
cls
REM ====================== Dual Select END ======================
REM --------------- END ------------------
:REBOOT
SMARTDRV.EXE /C
bmpview Z:\3LNGINST\BMP\reboot3.bmp /X=120 /Y=140
:FOREVER
pause >nul
goto FOREVER
:END
SMARTDRV.EXE /C
%EXITDRIVE%
cd %EXITPATH%
echo on
CD structure
S:\>dir /s
Volume in
drive S is T3ELK4SC
Volume Serial Number is 2042-5BC9
Directory of S:\
2000-08-22 14:14 <DIR> 3LNGINSF
2000-08-22 14:14 <DIR> 3LNGINST
2000-06-15 15:57 <DIR> CRC
2000-06-15 12:04 387 667 767 T310C1NO.W98
2000-09-07 15:36 273 setenv.BAT
2 File(s) 387 668 040 bytes
Directory of S:\3LNGINSF
1601-01-01 02:00 <DIR> .
1601-01-01 02:00 <DIR> ..
1999-10-27 10:51 1 806 AUTOEXEC.BAT
2000-08-22 14:14 <DIR> BMP
2000-05-19 15:29 265 CONFIG.SYS
2000-08-22 14:14 <DIR> POSTINST
2000-08-22 14:14 <DIR> TOOLS
2000-08-22 14:14 <DIR> WIN98SYS
2 File(s) 2 071 bytes
Directory of S:\3LNGINSF\BMP
1601-01-01 02:00 <DIR> .
1601-01-01 02:00 <DIR> ..
1997-04-22 09:43 718 1.BMP
1997-04-22 09:44 718 2.BMP
1999-01-04 02:38 718 3.BMP
2000-07-05 11:22 60 118 Cdchg2.bmp
2000-07-05 11:22 60 118 Cdchg3.bmp
2000-07-05 13:37 60 118 Fin.bmp
2000-07-06 14:18 120 118 Menu.bmp
2000-07-05 13:34 60 118 Nor.bmp
2000-07-05 11:53 35 318 Progress.bmp
2000-07-05 13:40 60 118 Swe.bmp
2000-07-05 12:09 84 118 Wrongcd2.bmp
2000-07-05 12:09 84 118 Wrongcd3.bmp
12 File(s) 626 416 bytes
Directory of S:\3LNGINSF\POSTINST
1601-01-01 02:00 <DIR> .
1601-01-01 02:00 <DIR> ..
2000-05-19 09:15 33 POSTINST.BAT
1 File(s) 33 bytes
Directory of S:\3LNGINSF\TOOLS
1601-01-01 02:00 <DIR> .
1601-01-01 02:00 <DIR> ..
2000-07-06 14:49 3 593 3LNGINST.BAT
1998-11-24 08:02 15 252 ATTRIB.EXE
1995-10-27 18:29 28 164 BMPVIEW.EXE
1999-01-13 11:13 13 720 CDROMDRV.SYS
1998-05-06 20:01 5 239 CHOICE.COM
1996-01-31 19:55 18 CLK.COM
1998-11-24 08:02 19 083 DELTREE.EXE
1998-05-06 20:01 125 495 EMM386.EXE
1999-07-01 12:23 61 566 F3DCHK.EXE
1998-05-06 20:01 49 575 FORMAT.COM
1994-04-02 06:20 22 HARDBOOT.COM
1998-05-06 20:01 33 191 HIMEM.SYS
1998-05-06 20:01 25 473 MSCDEX.EXE
1998-05-06 20:01 12 663 RAMDRIVE.SYS
1998-05-06 20:01 45 379 SMARTDRV.EXE
1997-05-07 14:19 1 SYS.TXT
1995-09-27 14:25 6 813 VOLCHECK.EXE
1998-05-06 20:01 3 878 XCOPY.EXE
1998-05-06 20:01 41 472 XCOPY32.MOD
1997-06-25 13:49 6 YENT
20 File(s) 490 603 bytes
Directory of S:\3LNGINSF\WIN98SYS
1601-01-01 02:00 <DIR> .
1601-01-01 02:00 <DIR> ..
1998-12-04 20:00 222 390 IO.SYS
1998-05-06 20:01 18 967 SYS.COM
1998-05-06 20:01 93 880 command.com
3 File(s) 335 237 bytes
Directory of S:\3LNGINST
1601-01-01 02:00 <DIR> .
1601-01-01 02:00 <DIR> ..
1999-05-31 09:51 1 576 AUTOEXEC.BAT
2000-08-22 14:14 <DIR> BMP
2000-08-22 14:14 <DIR> Bmpfin
2000-08-22 14:14 <DIR> Bmpnor
2000-08-22 14:14 <DIR> Bmpswe
2000-05-19 15:30 265 CONFIG.SYS
2000-08-22 14:14 <DIR> POSTINST
2000-08-22 14:14 <DIR> TOOLS
2000-08-22 14:14 <DIR> WIN98SYS
2 File(s) 1 841 bytes
Directory of S:\3LNGINST\BMP
1601-01-01 02:00 <DIR> .
1601-01-01 02:00 <DIR> ..
1997-04-22 09:43 718 1.BMP
1997-04-22 09:44 718 2.BMP
1999-01-04 02:38 718 3.BMP
2000-07-05 11:22 60 118 Cdchg2.bmp
2000-07-05 11:22 60 118 Cdchg3.bmp
2000-07-05 13:37 60 118 Fin.bmp
2000-07-06 14:18 120 118 Menu.bmp
2000-07-05 13:34 60 118 Nor.bmp
2000-07-05 11:53 35 318 Progress.bmp
2000-07-06 14:08 40 518 Reboot3.bmp
2000-07-05 13:40 60 118 Swe.bmp
2000-07-05 12:09 84 118 Wrongcd2.bmp
2000-07-05 12:09 84 118 Wrongcd3.bmp
2000-07-05 13:52 48 118 langselc.bmp
2000-07-05 11:47 57 318 no_tosp3.bmp
15 File(s) 772 370 bytes
Directory of S:\3LNGINST\Bmpfin
1601-01-01 02:00 <DIR> .
1601-01-01 02:00 <DIR> ..
1997-04-22 09:43 718 1.BMP
1997-04-22 09:44 718 2.BMP
1998-06-13 00:07 718 9.bmp
2000-03-08 15:02 78 486 Hddmenu.bmp
2000-03-08 15:31 25 318 No_tospc.bmp
2000-03-08 15:37 36 518 PARTFORM.BMP
2000-03-08 15:42 36 518 Qformat.bmp
7 File(s) 178 994 bytes
Directory of S:\3LNGINST\Bmpnor
1601-01-01 02:00 <DIR> .
1601-01-01 02:00 <DIR> ..
1997-04-22 09:43 718 1.BMP
1997-04-22 09:44 718 2.BMP
1998-06-13 00:07 718 9.bmp
1999-05-05 13:26 78 486 Hddmenu.bmp
1998-07-13 11:36 25 318 No_tospc.bmp
1998-07-13 11:41 36 518 PARTFORM.BMP
1998-07-13 11:45 36 518 Qformat.bmp
7 File(s) 178 994 bytes
Directory of S:\3LNGINST\Bmpswe
1601-01-01 02:00 <DIR> .
1601-01-01 02:00 <DIR> ..
1997-04-22 09:43 718 1.BMP
1997-04-22 09:44 718 2.BMP
1998-06-13 00:07 718 9.bmp
1999-05-06 08:14 78 486 Hddmenu.bmp
1998-07-10 16:25 25 318 No_tospc.bmp
1998-07-10 16:29 36 518 PARTFORM.BMP
1998-07-10 17:08 36 518 Qformat.bmp
7 File(s) 178 994 bytes
Directory of S:\3LNGINST\POSTINST
1601-01-01 02:00 <DIR> .
1601-01-01 02:00 <DIR> ..
2000-05-19 09:15 33 POSTINST.BAT
1 File(s) 33 bytes
Directory of S:\3LNGINST\TOOLS
1601-01-01 02:00 <DIR> .
1601-01-01 02:00 <DIR> ..
2000-05-19 14:52 3 898 3LNGINST.BAT
1995-10-27 18:29 28 164 BMPVIEW.EXE
1999-01-13 11:13 13 720 CDROMDRV.SYS
1998-05-06 20:01 5 239 CHOICE.COM
1996-01-31 19:55 18 CLK.COM
1998-05-06 20:01 125 495 EMM386.EXE
1999-07-01 12:23 61 566 F3DCHK.EXE
1998-05-06 20:01 49 575 FORMAT.COM
1994-04-02 06:20 22 HARDBOOT.COM
1998-05-06 20:01 33 191 HIMEM.SYS
1998-05-06 20:01 25 473 MSCDEX.EXE
2000-07-06 14:41 910 PARTINFO.TXT
1998-05-06 20:01 12 663 RAMDRIVE.SYS
1998-05-06 20:01 45 379 SMARTDRV.EXE
1997-05-07 14:19 1 SYS.TXT
1995-09-27 14:25 6 813 VOLCHECK.EXE
1998-05-06 20:01 3 878 XCOPY.EXE
1998-05-06 20:01 41 472 XCOPY32.MOD
1997-06-25 13:49 6 YENT
19 File(s) 457 483 bytes
Directory of S:\3LNGINST\WIN98SYS
1601-01-01 02:00 <DIR> .
1601-01-01 02:00 <DIR> ..
1998-12-04 20:00 222 390 IO.SYS
1998-05-06 20:01 18 967 SYS.COM
1998-05-06 20:01 93 880 command.com
3 File(s) 335 237 bytes
Directory of S:\CRC
1601-01-01 02:00 <DIR> .
1601-01-01 02:00 <DIR> ..
2000-06-15 12:07 181 422 T310C1NO.ALL
2000-06-15 12:09 215 427 T310C1NO.CRC
2000-06-15 12:07 2 157 T310C1NO.HID
3 File(s) 399 006 bytes
Total Files Listed:
104 File(s) 391 625 352 bytes
42 Dir(s) 0 bytes free
S:\>
Now which line or lines need to be changed? Do I really have to change
drive letter Z: to C:?
Proposed solutions
Solution #1
Ramhound proposed to change the boot order to following; CD-ROM, IDE-0, Floppy
This didn't help. In fact, here is the result of it.
Searching for Boot Record from CDROM..Not Found
Searching for Boot Record from IDE-0.. OK
Missing operating system
Any other ideas?...
Solution #2
Rik proposed to run Z:\setup. Now that I have found a way to drop to DOS prompt with Ctrl+C as described above (Update 2), I did try running setup but there is no such command or file in there. So that didn't work.
