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cd rom drive by Randy
-----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....
May 8th 04 05:39 AM
by Randy Go to last post
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Device is not ready by Randy
I had to short the battery on the motherboard to reset the password. now, the cd-rom and the other hard drive are not recognized. What do I Do?
May 8th 04 06:29 AM
by CJT Go to last post
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defragment by darleen Pennington
I have my computer scheduled to run once a week to defragment drive C but it never goes past 0%. What is causing this?
May 8th 04 10:12 PM
by Gerry Cornell Go to last post
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Hard Drive Error- Reports full over 3 gb free by David
I keep getting error messages that my hard drive is full, but when I go to My Computer in WIN98SE and click on C drive properties it tells me I have 3.6 GB free. Any Ideas on fixing this. It has done this several different times. I have deleted files several times and after I do this it will...
May 8th 04 10:42 PM
by Gerry Cornell Go to last post
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windows 98 on floppy by Kat
help my daughter erased the harddrive on my laptop, the floppy drive and cd drive are quick change, I have 98 on cd but when I boot up with the cd drive in, I get an error message, is there anyway I can get my copy of 98 put onto floppies so I can reload windows to my laptop?? thanks so much
May 9th 04 01:31 AM
by AlmostBob Go to last post
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Flashed BIOS - IDE controller problems by Storm
Hi, I have been having a bit of a problem with one of my machines, and I was hoping someone could help. Here's the story: I flashed the BIOS on my TCommate MB, P2BXA Rev. 1.02, with a BIOS directly from the manufacturer. It updated the BIOS from v. 1.01 to 1.06. The specs on the machine are as...
May 9th 04 03:44 AM
by Jon_Hildrum Go to last post
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no fixed disks present by Keith
I was given a used computer and when I turn it on it runs through the normal checks and then before Windows comes up it gives me a message that says: DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER I insert my Win98 boot disk and press enter and it reads the disk and gives me the MICROSOFT...
May 9th 04 03:58 AM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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spool32 caused a stack fault in module KERNEL32. DLL at 016f:bff7a292. by Nan Pritchett
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
May 9th 04 09:58 PM
by Nan Pritchett Go to last post
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Can't re-format, drive contains files in use by windows. by Isaac
I'm trying to re-format my w98 hard drive by right clicking the C: drive and clicking format. Once I do this I get the following message: Windows cannot format this drive because it contains files in use by windows. It doesn't tell me which files or how to fix this. If anyone knows a solution...
May 10th 04 03:31 AM
by Isaac Go to last post
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Missing hard drive by Peter Pan
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...
May 10th 04 11:30 AM
by Peter Pan Go to last post
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USB 2.0 external CDRW causing system freeze? by Dave
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...
May 10th 04 04:55 PM
by Dave Go to last post
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Ide Controller Drivers not loading by Simon
I have a Win98SE PC, fitted with 2 hardrives (1 x Primary Master, 1 x Primary Slave) and a CD-Rom on Secondary Prinary. This config has been working fine, until suddenly the D: is not accesable in Windows. Device Manager shows a yellow "!" on the IDE Controller, and it only shows one hard drive,...
May 10th 04 08:41 PM
by Lil' Dave Go to last post
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spool 32 by rick pritchett
we are running windows 98. we can't get our new printer on line! do you know how? here is what the computer says: SPOOL32 caused a stack fault in module KERNEL32.DLL at 016f:bff7a292. Registers: EAX=0076fffc CS=016f EIP=bff7a292 EFLGS=00000216 EBX=87140be0 SS=0177 ESP=00772018...
May 10th 04 10:37 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Driver for Mobile Flash Disk by ovais
I am unable to install the mobile flash disk on my win98 based computer
May 11th 04 01:06 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Display on Laptop HELP! by Mark
Hey everyone. I have a Dell Latitude CPt laptop and I installed Windows 98 on it. Everything's working, but the display is only about half the screen, and I can only get 16 colors. It won't let me make the screen any bigger. I've tried the "Setting; Advanced; Monitor; Change" and then the ...
May 11th 04 02:24 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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My cd I burned help by ya1theman
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)
May 11th 04 07:42 PM
by ya1theman Go to last post
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Continued - Windows Explorer is slow reading directories by Mario
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.
May 11th 04 11:37 PM
by Mario Go to last post
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Windows goes into stand by by AJS
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...
May 12th 04 02:33 AM
by AJS Go to last post
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Windows says 20GB HD is only 2GB by John
Like the Subject line says; Windows 98 states my 20GB hard drive is only 2GB in size. I have re-formatted and fdisked the drive, checked the jumpers and even made sure that my PC's BIOS acknowledges that the drive is 20GB. But, why would Windows say it is only 2GB? I am stumped and other than...
May 12th 04 02:46 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Corrupt windows operating system by Betty
Due to windows operating system being corrupt, chatted with a MSN tech. Recommended uninstalling windows from my disk & then reinstalling. Forgot to ask...using Win 98 now. Should I uninstall & reinstall Win 95 with my disk & then uninstall/reinstall UPGRADE Win 98 disk? I'm trying to say it...
May 13th 04 09:14 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
1 2,540
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