I'd like to completely expand all the CAB files on a WIn98 distro CD. What's the best way to do it ? Thanks -- Al Dykes ----------- adykes at p a n i x . c o m

Jonny told me in his last post to me You can't set jumpers to both master and cable select. One or the other, not both. My computer manual says use cable select but do you think they mean only to added ide things on that bus. i did add the cable select jumper to the master with the master...

I've tried a few methods, but I cant get the setup on windows 98 disc to work. Im trying to upgrade from nt. I have two hard drive. I formated the unused one, then the latest way was I copied all of the win98 files onto the hd. When I restart the computer with the boot disc, and...

Installing Win98SE on a Toshiba laptop. The installation locks up at "Setting Up Hardware and Finalizing Settings" Restarted several times but hangs. Is there a work around or fix that I can do? Toshiba Satellite 2060CDS TIA Tim

hi, i just reinstalled win98 and it wont detect my usb mouse.It also wouldnt do this before,although i think that was a fresh install that i did a long time ago as i have not used or turned on this pc for a long while. The message i am getting is "..you can safely attach a serial mouse now." I...

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I'm trying to install a Memorex TravelDrive memory stick under Win98SE. I'm able to download the driver from Memorex's website, and I can unzip it, and I can run setup from the unzipped files. Setup says it has installed the driver, but where is it? When Win98SE's install wizard detects the...

can anyone tell me how to upgrade from windows 98 to xp please.

Lost Product Key for my OLD Compaq Presario. When I perform a restore from the original disk it asks for Win98 Product Key. I have no idea where it is at in the basement. Anyone have a Product Key number for me to input to restore my OLD laptop. I was going to upgrade to XP but machine is not...

I have a laptop that I had Win98SE installed on. Went into hospital, and hubby mucked it up so bad I decided to just format and reinstall. Got to the product key and realized I couldn't find the original case (had the disc in one of those soft sided, multi disc holder) I've searched high and...

When I run Windows 98 Setup, it does the scandisk, and then says "Please wait while setup initializes. Scanning system Registry.. Copying files needed for windows setup..." and then goes back to the command prompt I have an active Fat32 partition of around 39Gb. I have an Intel P3 650Mhz with...

wrote: My computer runs on Windows 98SE, with 1GB of RAM. The memory usage, after startup and everything else, but before I launch any program, can differ up to 240MB ! Sometimes Windows 98SE only uses less than 6% of the total memory, leaving me up to 94% (or...

I recently built a new computer and decided to use Win98 SE for my OS. I am trying to use DOS to setup Windows from te CD, but, at random times during my Setup, the system locks up or displays messages, such as Kernel errors and Stack overflows. What can I do?!

I have a problem that when i open explorer, my computer (windows systems?) my pc crashes. I am running windows 98 with all updates. I have not loaded any new software etc so am at a loss. Any ideas?

Dear All, I have the following problem and I was wondering If someone can help me. When I install windows 98 in my machine which is a P4 3.2Ghz with 3 CDRoms and 2 HDD (80Gb and 120GB the second one in two particions 20MB and 100MB)LAN and sound on board (MSI motherboard) when the installation...

I have a PC with AMD K7 processor, 512MB RAM and 2 hard disks. I have XP Professional SP2 on my C: drive, but have some older software that won't run with XP. I have set up a partition on the other disk (F:) and formatted it FAT32. C: is my default drive and the one my PC boots from. When I boot...

Dear all, I need a setup disk to install Windows 98 to my computer since it is a clear drive which can't read CD data directly, anyone have a copy which can send to me? Thx a lot. Edmond

Hi All Friends of family bought latest Belkin wireless router and Belkin USB wireless dongle for their Win98 machine and thought it could link up. I was sceptical that the Belkin USB dongle would work under Win98 and even though the box says it can the documentation inside says it is...

Is it possible to change the login name on a (networked) win98SE computer that I have passed on to my wife. Currently the computer name is myfirstnameinitial - that will stay so I don't have to reconfigure any network settings The Windows logon is my FirstName Initial Surname with a password and...

In attempting to create a Win98 startup disk via Control Panel "Add/Remove Programs" on an operating Win98 system to enable me to correct Win98 launch problems with another system that has corrupted system files, I am encountering the following even though my Win98 CD is loaded: "Cannot locate on...