Any advice for reformatting Win98...

[MsGini]

when it says there is no keyboard detected?

Someone put Win2000 Pro on it and it was killing it, so I have been trying to reformat the HD and set it back to Win98.

I get the part of the screen that says to hit DEL to go into setup, but since it doesn't detect the keyboard I have now way to get there, or do I?

 

[fastco]

No need unless you need to change your boot sequence. Boot from the WIn98 floppy, get to a command prompt and type format C: When formatting is complete switch to the cd drive and type setup. D:/setup with the Win98 cd in the drive.

 

[MsGini]

If I could USE the keyboard

then I could make those changes.

I'm saying that it says "Keyboard error or no keyboard present" so I can't use any keyboard functions.

The mouse doesn't seem to be doing anything either.

 

[iss]

are these PS\2 keyboard and mouse? if not try using PS\2 since usb iis often aproblem on installs.

 

[MsGini]

Not USB, although I did try them when 2 other ones didn't work.

 

[alidabiri]

try this:
get win98 floppy boot disk from here: www.bootdisk.com
using another pc, since this one is deaf and mute. lol
start your pc with the 98 floppy boot disk & choose cdrom support option
see what happens.
then you have to fdisk, format, and then install 98