I have 40 Gig hard disc with window 98 on it I want to keep my old program that run on window 98 But I also have newer program that won't run on win 98 So I planned to install win XP on the same disk I planned to use Partition magic 7 to create new partition so that I can install my win XP But...

recovery disk will not load when put into cd drive. but, every other cd i put in loads?? help

my cd drive will not load the recovery disk, but will load other cd's when i put it in, it starts to load, i can hear it, but then it stops and nothing happens, i use my cd cleaner, i know my disk is good cause i just used it 2 months ago and i put it back in its case and into my file cabnit. any...

Hi, Running Windows 98SE Pentium II 160 MB Ram I had a 40 GB hard drive go bad a Maxtor (DiamondMax Plus 40 Ultra ATA 66 7200 rotational speed). Went to Staples they installed a Maxtor 120GB (DiamondMax Plus

It sounds like a loose connection. Especially since this only happens part of the time. Check all your cabling and make sure everything is solidly in place. " wrote in message ... Something...

You didn't say if you were successful in formatting the disks on other machines. If not then I would suspect the disks. Over time they (the disks) sometimes become unusable. Magnetic objects will also affect them... scrambles the data and makes them unusable...your speakers, the telephone...the...

Hi, whenever I start up my email ( OE ) a pop up indicating that there is a problem with DLLHOST appears. I close it and carry on. When I exit OE then the pop up appears again ..... I haven't a clue ? I'm on Win98SE and most of the references on Google are Win NT / 2000 etc. Any thoughts on this...

When I try to write (transfer files) to my CD R/W drive from My Computer I get the following message: F:\ is not accessbie. The device is not ready. The same message occurs when I try to open a disk also from My Computer. I can write to disks from digital photo programs (Kodak EasyShare,...

when i deleted windows 98se,and reinstalled same.somehow ilost my 256 colors.when i go on the internet a window pops up telling me you must be running 256 color mode or higher.you can change the color depth from the control panel display ICON.WHEN I DO THIS AT THE COLOR WINDOW IT SHOWS 16 COLORS...

-----Original Message----- I have recently downloaded 19 updates from the windows updates and have been unable to get my CD drive to function since. When I load any cd the hour glass replaces my pointer and the computer freezes. I have to shut down the computer before I can resume any...

Hi, I am using a Gateway SOLO 9150, 366MHz, 354 MB RAM computer. A few days ago the computer starts acting weird. Whenever I open "MyMailList" (Proventure), the computer goes into stand by mode. I set everything to "Never" in the Power Management so that it is always on. I also changed the settings...

Try creating a new boot disk. http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm Ben "Nancy" wrote in message = ... I have a 98SE boot disk. Booted to the A drive. Hit=20 shift F5 to get me to DOS prompt. Entered in format...

When booting with floppy, floppy in F: drive (USB) is not recognised. Likewise, when running some apps that prompt for a floppy disc, F: drive is not recognised and program can not execute. How do I fix this? Thanks all

-----Original Message----- my computer no longer see's drive f or e and i cannot update without the cd drive. also at the same time i cannot run disk defrag. my system seems to be running but after hours it is still at o% coompleted. please help. . You need to shut down most things running....

we are trying to install hp photo smart printer series 7660. we have called hp to install, hit dead end. We were told to call microsoft to repair file. we are not computer savy. please help!!! thank you in advance! thanks again, stressed mom

OK, you can stop looking into this now, everyone!! I just can't cope with the deluge of responses!! Although I have still not found a solution to the problem, I did find a workaround: I changed the mobile drive from the Secondary Slave to the Primary Slave. -----Original Message----- I have...

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...

Hi i burned a data and audio disc, but my computer only reads the disc as an audio disc. i used nero smartstart 6 to burn my cd I have a windows 98 SE Dvd Rom Drive Please help, Email me back with the solution (email)

Would appreciate any tips or suggestion on where to start tracking this down. Thanks. Petre. Hi Petre, A coupld of years back I had the same problem when opening Windows Explorer.

The file 40c37.exe dated 5/19/04 is in my Windows directory (Win98). I discovered it when I ran msconfig and it displays on the "Startup" tab. I ran Ad Aware, my virus checker (both updated after 5/19/04) and McAfee Uninstaller. None of them recognizes it. When I try to delete it, I get a message...