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Recovery by Steve
I had a friend that thought he was helping and installed windows 2000 on my computer and it is not working and I want to get back to windows 98 second edition, but I can't find the recovery disk. Can anyone help what can i do. Please email me with any suggestions.
July 30th 04 01:06 AM
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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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defrag by JF
98SE - 4gig HD - 2gig used. Ran scan disk utility (full scan). Defrag starts normally and runs to 100%, but the 100% comes before it has finished the disk. Ran it again and the disk appears to have not been defragged completely - including the beginning. It runs to 100% and stops in the same place...
July 28th 04 11:21 PM
by Gerry Cornell Go to last post
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w98se by romlws
Hellppp I have the same issue. 98#2 on cd, my laptop cannot read it...My partion from NT fell. all is not well...
July 28th 04 11:16 PM
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Correct Errors Prior To Defrag by [email protected]
I can run my scan disc and defrag programs fine. HOWEVER, if I attempt to run the correct errors option first, that never completes and moves into the defrag program. I have no virus. 78% of my resources are free. I have Dell Dimension XPS T450 and have never had any problem with it before. I run...
July 28th 04 08:06 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Fdisk by Steven Tan
Hi, some kind soul pls assist the following problem:- when I access Fdisk to do partition,I am unable to delete the Logical & Extended drive. I leave as remain 30% as a Extended drive.I then created a Primary drive and formatted. Now the problem is my Extended drive has no
July 28th 04 04:37 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Overwritten windows backup file by Andy
I think I seem to have overwritten a large windows backup (.qic) file with a smaller one. Can i restore /recover all or part of the original back up file.
July 28th 04 04:28 PM
by Andy Go to last post
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Reformatting hard drive to remove virus by Richard Evans
I intend to network a Windows XP notebook & a W98 SE desktop. It appears that a virus has damaged my W98 SE files beyond repair (fortunately I have a tape backup). Should I reformat the hard drive & re-install W98 SE (along with anti-virus software)? If so,is there a how-to guide for doing...
July 28th 04 01:13 AM
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Big disks for Win 98 SE by
I have some PCs running 98SE and NT4. Is it OK to add a 40Gb disk as the slave of the existing master 4Gb disk already in that machine? I want to know for both OSes. Many thanks.
July 27th 04 07:41 PM
by Ron Martell Go to last post
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Why should I buy a third window 98 SE CD? by Rickey Harrod
Why should I buy a third window 98 SE CD? Why, Well the first two are missing drivers that came on it and after using it a while there missing. Ok, where is the information going? Time after time when installing and the process calls to put in windows 98 disk to install a driver or an installation...
July 27th 04 08:30 AM
by Lil' Dave Go to last post
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LS120 floppy disc drive by raymac
When windows detects LS120 it sets up 2 floppy icons in MY Computer. When I click on B it finds the floppy drive and reads both LS120 and standard floppy discs. When I click on A the pc freezes and can only be restarted by using reset button on the pc case. How do I get windows to recognise the...
July 27th 04 08:27 AM
by Lil' Dave Go to last post
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Computer fails to start up by Tim
i hope someone will be able to help me, when i turn on my computer the following message appears: "Incorrect System Disc please insert correct disc and press any key to continue" i can do nothing, then. i don't have a system disc, it won't load up windows. Please help Tim
July 27th 04 01:34 AM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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defragement by [email protected]
when I try to defragement, computer goes to 2% then quits.
July 25th 04 05:44 PM
by Bert Kinney Go to last post
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Scandisk stops? by Tavish Muldoon
Hello, I am running scandisk on a computer - of course I always get the warning 'Scan disk has stopped serveral times...' blah blah blah. Now of course I have left the room during this procedure in hopes it would complete...but no. This dialog window opens up and waits. I want Scandisk to...
July 25th 04 04:21 PM
by Bert Kinney 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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CD ROM activation by Jeff
I get error message "F:\ is not accessible. Device is not ready". "F" is the CD ROM drive and used to work well. How shall I get it back to work?
July 25th 04 12:40 AM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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CD Burning problem by Scott
I was using my Roxio Easy CD Creator 3.5with no problem. After loading AOL 9, Roxio will no longer format CD. I get "invalid file fomate, Disc is bad" I've reloaded Roxio and deleted AOL and tried several brands with the sdame results, can there be another problem with windows that my also...
July 24th 04 07:26 PM
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CD ROM connection to PC by Jeff
I get error message "F:\ is not accessible. Device is not ready". "F" is the CD ROM drive and was working well. How shall I get it back to work?
July 24th 04 04:15 PM
by Jeff Go to last post
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Problems with quick restore by James
Hi everyone! I need some help with windows 98. I have a compaq presario notebook and I've accidentaly removed the partition which comprehended the system recovery files. I only have a quick restore disk, and not a windows 98 setup disk. I can't install windows 98.......what can I do?
July 24th 04 01:47 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Compressing a small FAT Drive by Rookie
I have a Compaq Presario 1245 Laptop. It has a C: drive as usual and then I had created an additional D: drive to put new programs, and the various printers, fax software, scanners, etc in. I find this made it easier to find things when we swapped out to new or additional stuff and I was...
July 24th 04 12:58 PM
by philo Go to last post
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