Question : Problem: DELL INSPIRON 7500

On boot the display shows Microsoft Windows 98
copyright MS Corp 1981-1999
C:\>

and that is it. Windows never loads!!

The laptop used to run win98 and so i got hold of a Quick Boot CD which says win95, 98, ME & XP

Booting from this CD takes me to a Menu which says

MS windows 98 Startup Menu
1 Start Computer with CD ROM support
2. Start Computer without CD ROM support
3 View Help File

Choosing option 1 leads me to

Preparing to start computer
This may take a few minutes....
The diagnostic tools were successfully loaded to drive D
MSCDEX version 2.25
Copyright MS Corp 1986-1995
      Drive E: Driver MSCD001 unit 0

To get  help, type HELP and press ENTER
A:\>


I was hoping that the CD would reinstall an OS. I have looked on the CD using another computer and it appears to have nothing on it.

On the laptop, if i do a DIR E: it shows no files found so it looks like the CD is empty?

How can I get this laptop going again? Is there a utility that would allow me to check what OS is suitable for this laptop?

Answer : Problem: DELL INSPIRON 7500

These "multiboot" options would depend on the OS's that are to be installed. If they are all windows flavored OS then this guide should be helpful http://support.microsoft.com/kb/217210

If you are going to use Linux flavored OS or a mix of Linux and windows, you would install the Windows OS frst and then install the Linux OS and the Linux OS would usually have a bootloader option such as GRUB  or LILO that will setup a multiboot system with the other linux or windows OS already on the system.