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Need to create Windows 98 start-up; no CD by J Lo
Hi, I can't find my Windows start-up disk and need to recreate one without my CD (already tried making one with control panel). Help! J Lo
August 22nd 04 06:40 PM
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Windows 98 CD has been snaped in half by
Could you please tell me if it means buying a whole new CD or wether a can get a replacement.
September 14th 04 01:36 PM
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Can't see CD-Roms by Evan
Last night I downloaded the Windows 98 updates and installed them this morning. Now I can't see my CD-rom drives. The computer acts like they aren't there. I tried detecting plug and play devices, but to no avail. Does anybody have a fix for this problem?
September 14th 04 01:30 PM
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product key by ewing519
Windows 98 installed at dealers. Staples is reformatting and has already wiped the computer so no product key available. Dealer is now bankrupt and the xo number doesn't match my registration. Anything I can do or is it Windows upgrade time?
September 15th 04 08:23 PM
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W98 startup disk by Jack Saba
I need to creat a W98 startup disk for another PC and I can't seem to find the right place to download it. Where can I go? Thank You Jack Saba
September 15th 04 10:53 PM
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bad sectors by archana
I have windows 98 OS.When i switch on my sysytem,the scandisk starts automatically and detects bad sectors in the c drive.should the bad sectors be compulsorily removed.if so how?kindly give me suggestions. added to this,the sysytem processing speed has also gone down.when i try to defragment,after...
September 20th 04 04:34 AM
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How can i get to the C:\Cabs folder? by Javier
How can i get to the C:\Cabs folder
September 21st 04 02:48 AM
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Missing Drives by Ray
When I go to mycomputer I no longer have the drive for my cd-rom or my dvd drive - how do I get them back. I also had a drive for my digital camera reader and that is gone to. Please help. I am using win 98....
September 24th 04 07:24 AM
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Roll Back by Kev
Hi, I was wondering how you get Win98 SE to roll back to the last known safe configuration. There is some valuable data that I need to retrieve, but it is in a profile folder. Windows has been reinstalled and all profiles have been lost. Thanks in advance. Kev
September 24th 04 01:29 AM
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how to download win98 boot up disk by april
could somebody please direct me to a website in which will give me the option to create a windows98 dos boot up disk? i am in a huge hurry to help a fellow college student fix up her poor laptop which is running winme and i need to change it to win98, i have all of the software, but need the dos...
September 27th 04 01:16 PM
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Upgrade from Win98 to XP by donihan
Here is my sad tale. I moved my Gateway PC that was operating beautifully about two miles to a new home. I lovingly and carefully packed the computer in the original box using the styrofoam insert. When I got everything hooked up and pushed Start, I got this god- awful noise that I instantly...
September 10th 04 01:43 PM
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Strange message and not booting????? by Ted Wilson
My Win98 will not boot. I get a message in DOS: "While initilalizing device WDCTRL the Micro House(tm) 32 bit disk for Microsoft(MH32bit.386) has detected a hardisk with a geometry thta cannot be supported." What does it mean? How can I solve this? Help please! Ted
August 23rd 04 04:41 AM
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UP GRADE by martin
HI IF I UP GRADE FROM WIN 98 TO WIN 2000 WILL I LOSE ANY INFORMATION THAT I HAVE SAVED, EG PHOTOS AND PROMGRAMS. THANKS.
August 25th 04 12:11 AM
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add 2nd HDD with DOS 4.0 to win98se by Joe
Greetings Everyone, I have an old 1980 IBM with a HDD of information in DOS 4.0 version. I would like to add this HDD to another machine that has win98 se on it. Can I do this? I am pretty sure I can. I would just have to use the command line from win98 to retrieve any data on it....
August 28th 04 11:31 AM
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Mass Storage Device Driver by fredje
Hello: I am new to this forum so please be easy with me. I need a mass storage device driver for (Windows 98 SE). I have several USB 16 Mg. flash drives and I want to use them on my Computer which has Windows 98 SE. Since my version of Win does not support these drives I am asking if anyone has...
August 29th 04 02:56 PM
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IDE Controller Issue-Software or Hardware Problem? by Tom Young
Hi all: Computer has an Athlon 1.33 processor, a Quicksiler motherboard (Compaq) and running Windows 98SE. Under System Properties Device Manager there's an exclamation point next to "Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)" and a red "X" through "Generic IDE Disk Type01." Device Manager is also...
September 1st 04 12:27 AM
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reformat issue by Stacy
Hi, I partitioned 100% and formatted using Win98SE boot disk from Win2000 OS. After restart it just keeps coming back to A prompt. I can't get 98SE cd to read it just sits at the A prompt. I would like to reinstall 98SE any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks, Stacy
September 3rd 04 03:53 PM
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Boot Disk failure by Chink!
A PC running Windows 98 now says Boot Disk failure. I havent been making any modifications or upgrades to it. Sometimes it boots Ok but usually crashes. I tried using a boot floppy but could not get Win98 to boot with cd-rom support. I assume I need a new hard drive...? Any help welcome
September 6th 04 11:53 AM
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backup disks by tom
i am wanting to make a set of syustem backup floppies for and old win 98 laptop i need to know how to do that and if it can be done from the gui ior needs to be dione from the dos prompt and if frm the dos prompt the command to do that
September 5th 04 02:19 AM
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drive failure imminent by cameron
I have just recieved a message on my start screen telling me that my hard drive is going to fail.I'm running norton utility's and my sensors are confirming this as well.I have backed up my files on a rescue disk(floppy) and also burned important files onto a cd.My question is have I done enough to...
September 26th 04 09:46 PM
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