Thanks etung,

Once I figured out that the .vmx file was in a "bundle", I was able to locate it, open it, and add the line to delay the bios screen. I then got into the setup, changed the boot order, and successfully booted from the setup disk. Selecting 'R' for the recovery option, I then got put into the recovery console. But I noticed right away some behavior different from what is outlined in several places as to what happens next. First, I was not prompted to select what operating system I wanted to repair nor asked for any password. I was just dumped to the C prompt at C:\... Nothing runs from here....I can not run Bootcfg or chkdsk and even running cd reveals nothing in the directory. Its as if I am sitting at a C prompt with no disk at all to work with. I am still hesitant to do a reformat in hopes that there is something simple I am overlooking and that while in the recovery console session, the reason I am having problems is that it is not pointing correctly at the hard drive where the system is installed....

Actually, even when I sucked it up and gambled on a reinstall hoping my previous applications would be preserved, I could not even get past the users agreement because the function keys are not being translated to the Windows window.... so even if I wanted to reinstall I can't!

Any further help would be much appreciated...

I have had it installed for a over a month but it is likely I used the easy install program. On a hunch, because the windows startup program was telling me the disk volume was 4 gigs, I pulled off a failed USB drive that I had left on the machine. Sure enough, that was the device that the Windows setup program was pointing to because when I reran setup again, it failed to find any drive. So you must be right that the SCSI drivers necessary to mount the Mac hard drive were not installed initially. You are also correct, fn - f8 worked...

I have downloaded the SCSI drivers and am now trying to figure out how to use them during setup.

Etung,

I really appreciate your continuing to follow-up on this with me. Without
your help, I would probably have abandoned everything by now. I feel I am
90% of the way there...

I get that I need to point the floppy disk at an image file, but I am
sorry to say I have no clue how to make an image file out of the SCSI
driver that you linked me to. What is the process for making a single file
into an image on the Mac hard drive that VMware or Windows can then read
when it comes time in the process?

Thanks again,
James