If the boot manager manages the boot process by writing new partition information, then the problem will be with that process. It is not uncommon for a boot manager to boot a specific OS by 'hiding' the other partition. If the partition manager has an alternative way of working, then you may...

I copied the Windows 98 Startup disk to C:. When it rebooted, it tried to find the A:. I tried to EDIT the *.bat files, but the computer indicated it was a Bad Command. Do I need another file such as a DOS file?

I;m trying to install Windows 98 SE on a Dell Dimension XPS R350. I've got a new OEM version of the software (unused and sealed). I've tried doing a clean installation by formatting the hard drive and doing a setup from the CD. The installation goes well to start with until it starts to look for...

I have received a computer with Windows 98 installed and would like to know which version this is. How can I check withpout a doubt that I have either Win98 or Win98SE installed? Thanks C.

I have pretty new computer and I couldn't install Windows 98SE. I have Asus P4C800-E, P4 3.00 HT, and 80 GB S-ATA. How can I install Win98SE onto this computer, I was trying setupcor's comand. Please help me!

I would like to restore my old computer as if I had just installed W98SE on a blank drive, but I don't have the disks (it came with the OS installed). There is a folder on the drive called DISKS and I assume all the installation disks are in there. Is there a way to tell the OS to wipe the drive...

Hi there, Here's the story: I bought a homemade athlon 1.8 ghz computer that came with an adaptec hard drive controller with a maxtor 120gb hard drive with windows 2000 professional. I attached a 15gb hard drive from my old sony vaio computer that has win98 on it. I made the win98 hd a slave to...

Yep. After re-installation of 98SE I get that dll-missing in a pop-up. Click ok and it's gone. Everything else seems to work just fine so far, but I'm not sure how to fix the dll. Can't find any resources on this particular file. Anyone out there who knows or has seen it before? As soon as all is...

Has anyone managed to get Windows 98SE working smoothly on a Toshiba Satellite Pro 410CDT notebook PC? I formatted the HDD and did a clean install of Windows 98SE and installed the updates from the Microsoft website. I have three problems. 1. Windows shuts down correctly if I've only used it for...

i turn on the computer wth the startup disk,and regaurdless of what i try the computer gos to the windows 98 and then to the compac presario then it hangs up at that point. ive tried going threw the safe mode and it does the same thing. can any one please give me some advise as what to do?????

I have an old Compaq Presario 5600i with around 300MB of available RAM, which is ideal for running Win98, but not much else. I tried running WinXP on it but found it to be intolerably slow and want to downgrade to Win98 again. The problem is that the floppy drive has since died, so I can't make...

My W98 fonts are 100MB but Win3 20MB. I was thinking to point W98 to Win3's fonts and save space. I'm wondering how to detect which are unicode? Directory of D:\WIN98\FONTS (Size sort order) ARIALUNI TTF 24,131,012 01-12-99 8:59a BATANG TTF 15,519,828 01-11-99 5:42p

wrote: I am trying to install Windows 98 as a way to then upgrade it to XP on a box You dont need to install 98 if you want to end up with XP. The XP install is happy to look at the 98 CD to verify that its upgrading that. and it goes fine through the first installation...

Ive just reformatted my Hard drive and and having problems reinstalling 98SE. I can make it was far as when it does scan disk then it says copying files needed for windows or something like that. Then the screen goes blank and it takes me back to a dos prompt. Any body knows why or how to fix it?

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I reformatted the hardrive and get through the fdisk successfully. I copied the start-up disk (fat32ebd file) from the win98 cd through tool/mtsutil/fat32ebd/. At prompt I enter "format c:" get the error message "Bad Command" I have even tried "extract ebd.cab format.com" command I still get the...

My son's laptop has been acting up, so we decided to fdisk and format the harddrive. All went well; however, his Gateway Solo has an interchangeable 1.44 disk drive and a CD-ROM. When I inserted the Startup disk, I chose option 1 - start computer with CD-Rom support. The computer couldn't find...

I apparently have lost the almighty product ID Key code or seriel number for my old Win 98. I have a number that states the ID code but it is not the same. It even says 'Certificate of authenticity but no key code. the software cam with my old Aptive and niehter IBM or Microsoft want to help me.

I have a PC equipped with Pentium 133 MHz, 64 MB ram, 40 GB, Win 95. Is it possible to install Win 98 or Win XP ? If yes, where can I download the files from ? Is the download free of charge or not ? Many thanks

" Identify the brand of hard drive, go to the drive maker's web site and download their diagnostic software. It runs from a floppy disk and will tell you the health of your hard drive. If the drive has failed, you will have to replace it. If it is OK, then we will have to sort out what...