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hard drive refuses to boot - Sorry both drives are win 98se by pablo
Sorry both drives are win 98se Paul
December 9th 06 11:23 AM
by pablo Go to last post
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Hard Drive Not Seen by Earl Partridge
Windows 98, 2000 On a Dell machine, originally had Windows 2000 installed, became unbootable, giving "Inaccessible boot device". I added another HD already formatted with Windows 98 as Master, made the original HD the slave. Now booting, BIOS sees both HDs, but My Computer only shows C: HD and...
March 6th 07 10:59 PM
by Gary S. Terhune Go to last post
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R4 ds/dsi firmware-drivers de R4 Sdhc. R4 ultra, R4 new, R4 III upgrade, R4 v3 by Gorka
Hola,, aqui teneis una web donde encontre una recopilacion de firmware o drivers de las R4 Sdhc ,R4 Ultra,R4 New, R4 III Upgrade. R4 Dsi, R4 ui. http://www.r4spain.com/tienda Pinchas en el enlace de arriba y en la parte inferior izda haces click en el boton DESCARGAR, aparecera un menu con...
March 5th 09 10:51 AM
by Gorka Go to last post
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Disk write errors by Bob Ninow
I am working on a problem for a friend from church and have never encountered a problem such as the one about to be described. Sometimes when the system is booting a "Disk write error. Unable to write to the disk drive c:" message is displayed. The error dialog box provides an OK button which...
June 6th 04 07:00 PM
by Murray Go to last post
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Namechamge in repair by Anton
I am trying to fix an old disk with one W98 part. and 3 W 2000 as doesnt boot. They are all copied from another disk and boots as copies. Error msgs stops it. Then inW 2000 CD console I can not see which one is what as got those msgs. to repair them. Cant copies boot? How can I find out which part....
May 18th 08 09:21 PM
by DL Go to last post
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Is there a possibility recover by Tony
a partition after it has been deleted. Can it be recovered without using one of those expensive data recovery company's. Tnanks in advance for any answers. The most accurate information and work arounds can only be found here! Thanks! Cheers
July 25th 04 02:30 PM
by Bert Kinney Go to last post
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lost files I need to find on win install CD why search will not find them? by DJW
I am running windows 98se (just installing it and most of my old stuff) I did a clean install from plain windows 98 to put a creative labs web cam on it. During the cam instalation had a lot of problems. Finally got it to work. But now at boot up it says I am missing vredir.vxd,dfs.vxd &...
December 5th 06 05:47 PM
by DJW Go to last post
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Uses for 20G & Up HDDs by Brad
Hi "Lil' Dave", HDDs have many vulnerabilities, therefore I would not trust them for keeping important files or OS backup. The heads are only microns from the surface of the spinning platters. A sudden jolt could cause the head to bounce off the platter surface, or if "writing", overwrite data...
June 11th 04 12:12 AM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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Windows 98 Games by Beau[_2_]
I have several Windows 98 games that I have tried to install on Windows xp, but have been unsuccessful each time. I was told there was a way to revert my XP to 98 but i do not know how. I was told this would allow installation but not affect XP. Anybody got a clue?
March 28th 07 03:08 AM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Floppy Disk Drive with Delayed Problem by Brad
Hi, I have a Compaq Contura 410C laptop (bought around 1997) which I do not use a lot. When I first power it up (external power, not battery), the floppy disk drive works just fine for about 10 minutes. Afterwards, I have trouble reading floppy disks (drive not ready type of problem). I...
December 3rd 06 05:49 PM
by philo Go to last post
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Documents saved to floppy gone missing, where to?! by Carrie
(Also in XP section in error, sorry). Docs being saved to floppy, 2nd disk used for 2nd batch. 1st disk put back in and message appeared 'disk not formatted would you like to format'. Yes selected. Disk had 14 documents on, cut and paste from the My Docs folder. Recycle bin empty, and docs...
March 23rd 07 10:56 PM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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dear microsoft.public.win98.disks.general readers by [email protected]
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 It's getting a bit tiresome seeing one misguided American after another with their cutsie little yellow or red-white-blue ribbons on their outsized SUVs. Yeah, I guess it's the thing to do; maybe part of that whole soccer-mom culture. Unfortunately,...
September 1st 05 10:39 AM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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Re-format Win 98 hard drive by Sue
Hi, My client wants to donate an old Win 98 computer system to a school. He doesn't want the possibility of ANY of his old files to be accessed. I don't believe he cares about providing them with any usable opperating system left on the computer. I have searched my old Win 98 & Win 95 manuals for...
June 11th 04 03:15 PM
by Lil' Dave Go to last post
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mouse not detected by Bill
Install win98 fresh and mouse is not getting detected. Tried regedit. Maybe IRQ but I am not real familiar there. Any leads would be appreciated.
May 22nd 04 12:59 AM
by AlmostBob Go to last post
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external HD by Slavko Vorkapitch
Hi - I have an ACOM Data external HD connected through a USB 2.0 hub - the drive shows up in the Windows status bar but doesn't appear in Windows Explorer. I am using Win 98 2nd edition. Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance, El Squid
July 29th 04 05:22 AM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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Driver for Dell 64MB USB Flash memory for Chinese Windows 98 SE by Al
Anyone got or know where to download the driver for a (Dell) USB 64MB Flash memory drive for Traditional Chinese Windows 98 SE? Al.
July 9th 04 02:08 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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lost windows 98 disk by [email protected]
I am trying to install windows 2000 and it is asking for my windows 98 disk. I can't find the disk but do have the code. Does anyone know where to get a copy or if you can?
May 8th 04 12:37 AM
by philo Go to last post
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USB 2.0 external CDRW causing system freeze? by Dave
Yesterday I tried to help a friend install an external CDRW drive (a Lite-On 5226S in a Bytecc USB 2.0 case), and a USB 2.0 PCI card (with a Via chipset). They both seemed to show correctly in the Device Manager, and the drive showed in "My Computer", but when a CD was inserted, everything...
May 10th 04 04:55 PM
by Dave Go to last post
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Laptop disk disaster by OUTLOOK TEST
My daughter has a problem with her laptop which holds all her exam course work. I have removed the HDD (Hitachi TravelStar HTS424040msat00) and bought a 2.5 to 3.5 ATA to IDE convertor and put the TravelStar (NTFS type disk) in an old HP Vectra running W98. This has a CD so I removed the CD IDE...
May 24th 06 12:23 AM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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URGENT HELP NEEDED !!!!!!!!!!!! LOW ON SPACE !!!!!!!!!!!! by Spottedfeather
I don't know what happened but I'm severely low on disk space. I was in the living room and had about 400 mb or so of space left. I shut the laptop off and went into my bedroom where I started the computer back up. Now, it tells me that I only have around 100 mb. What happened ? I tried to run...
June 17th 04 05:09 AM
by Jay Perez Go to last post
6 2,042
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