CD ROM drive failed during WIN98 install. Replaced CD drive and tried again. Ran FDISK again and I must have messed up somewhere. Now when I try to install 98 I get a message like this: Windows 98 has detected that drive C: does not contain a valid fat or fat32 partition. There are several...

I want to install Norton NAV 9.0, but need Windows 98 root certificate. I run Windows Updates, install all latest updates, but can't find this root certificate, I download it, How install this root certificate in Windows 98 Second Edition? Thanks

Anyone else installed win98SE after using Bootitng to partition their drive? Install appeared to freeze at opening "welcome" screen-perpetual hourglass, waited about 5 minutes. Then see that it created an error on the C drive (when installing from cab files on slave drive) to which scandisk...

Then I get all kinds of errors after that including: SUWIN GPF at setupx.dll, "serious error, cannot write to c:", "emm386 found error, halted system". I had a similar problem with random installation errors a few years ago. Possibly my worst weekend ever, with over 26 attempts to reinstall...

I'm having problems running win 98 cd cause I don't have the product key to put in it cause the person I got the cd from don't remember the number to the disk can someone help me with a product key -- sulvi12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sulvi12's...

Some how I am missing this font which means some web pages I cannot read if they use this font. I have looked on the Win98SE CD, but cannot find them to reinstall. Any suggestions? Thanks

Hello and thanks in advance, I have a 98SE that after POST and before the OS fully loads, there are two screens black and white (DOS Like) and a Windows 98 Color Screen that comes between them. They have various lines like: C:\ Mode REM C:\ REM TSHOOT Code page funtion C:\ etc. What and how can I...

I can't remember the setup switch for win 98 and ME to force setup to rewrite all the windows files. Can someone help me? I thought it was /nd, but i'm not sure. thanx -- dickg

Win98SE I recently tidied up and moved lots of the desktop icons I logged off When Ilogged back on they were back in some old state I had before Is all the layout stored in the registry ? What's the best way to 'save' this layout for the next time ?

I bought a MP3 playerthat will only run on WIN98 2nd edition Have a disk with this but need to know how to uninstall and install 2nd edition. Any help would be appreciated.

I have read most of the posts and nothing seems to fit my problem I am trying to install win 98se on a new 80 GB WD HD on a gateway 1.5 g computer. the computer belongs to a friend and had a lot of unidentified problems before I took over. the present indications are. 1.formatted hard drive with ...

I'm trying to install Win98 under new Dell Optiplex GX520 PC as a virtual PC using VMWare. The problem is that VMWare reports that no bootable CD was inserted. Could the cause of the problem be that new PCs don't support Win98? Perhaps Win98 contained some 16bit parts or something similar? What...

Hi, How do I register my Windows 98 if I have no Internet connection? I did not recieve a postal registration form when I purchased it. I tried using a computer at a net cafe (right now) but ended up registering it instead in my name (and besides, I believe the software on this computer is...

Hi I cleaned my computer from windows 2000 Pro then I partitioned my hard disk to 3 partitions C, D and E. Then I formated C (format c: \s) and I formated D (Format d:) and formated E (format e:)

Hello all. I really need some help with reinstalling Windows XP on one of my two computers. There were some problems and I thought reinstalling and reformatting the hard drive would be good. The computer had Windows 98 originally and I had purchased an upgrade to Windows XP. So I have a...

I have partitioned and formatted my HD. At the CD Rom promt.. I type set up and get this Msg. Windows Setup Requires 734003. -- Bill R.

Have just done a repair/overwrite of a Compaq Presario running Windows 98 second edition. The system will only boot to the hard drive if there is ANY bootable CD in the drawer where it gives you the option to boot from cd or hard drive. Otherwise you get the message "Operating system not found on...

To make a long story short my son downloaded something and didn't want me to know. He did not install it but instead choose to delete files. It crashed my computer, it tells me explorer.exe is messed up and windows will have to be reinstalled. When I try to reinstall windows from start up, it...

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