"HServ" wrote in message ... I am trying to open a file from a floppy disk that I know is very large. hOW LARGE IS TH FILE? get the error message "Word failed reading from the disk. Try reconnecting to the network or replace...

the fix to be able to install 46gig plus hard drives was only avail from tech support and they no longer supoort does any one else have a copy of FDisk for W98 later than 15 of dec 1999?? or m=know where to get one from???

When I try and do a defrag, after a very short time - it says: "Drive contents changed, restarting". I tried closing down everything except Explorer, Systray, and Defrag. So nothing's running, did a spyware scan - cleared out the 4 tracking cookies. Still the same thing keeps happening. Thanx, jkb

I've noticed that Systray does not now appear in the list in the Close Program dialog box. How do I get it back?

I have just reinstalled everything, with reformatting C: and reinstalling Win98 SE and the usual applications. I have a floppy drive A: and a Zip drive, D:. Now when I go to Accessories/System Tools/ Backup, I am told that there is no backup device installed and if I continue, it doesn't show...

I have a brand new 60GB 7200RPM Maxtor hard drive, running on a motherboard that supports ATA100 max, Does any of you know whether a defrag is needed? TIA, jkb

A coworker was messing around with his laptop yesterday (he thinks BIOS settings) and now can no longer boot WIN98 from his hard drive. When we use an external floppy (IBM ThinkPad 310ED - because there isn't one on board) and a WIN98 boot floppy, we can't get to drive C. I can get to D - CDROM,...

Hello ! Anybody help me ? Problem with installation DAT tape drive's HP C 1533A ( Gb) on Compaq (with SCSI). I dont see my DAT drive's in "My computer" (icon) and I cant use it - in "Steering Panel"Device Manager in my opinion - all's its good : this device its registered as "Other know...

hello,I plan or want to use a hard drive between point a and point b,on my end,i use win98 and the programming I keep on it,is too hard to set up on the other pc which is on winxp,so if I run a hd that is in my win98 machine,will it be able to be read and written to in the windows xp machine as a...

The 2.5" ATA-5 4200 RPM Fujitsu HDD (model MHK2120AT) in my Dell Latitude CPX laptop gets noisy sometimes and makes me nervous. It's about time to replace it before it dies. Any recommendations of a good yet reasonably priced 2.5" ATA-5 4200 RPM HDD?

I have just reformatted my HDD and reloaded all my applications, including NORTON ANTI VIRUS 2003 PROFESSIONAL EDITION. I run W98se and on start up now the Norton Anti Virus program folder (with the directory containing all its files) is displayed after My Desktop has finished loading. Then...

Hello W98 File/Disk Management Newsgroup,,,, :) :) And, THANKS for your advise, time, and help!!!! :) :) Using the following environment: o Motherboard is: SPACEWALKER SHUTTLE HOT-637 o Windows 98 Second Edition is installed (no upgrades, i.e no Service Paks at

After downloading this update I can no longer burn CD's. I keep getting " Buffer Underrun error" This happens a few seconds into the burn. After this the CD burner tray will then not open. The CD burner light and the HDD light are blinking in sequence together. Can anyone please help.

I have a hard drive that's failing (bad sector) and would like to completely copy the contents of the failing drive to a new drive. How would I do that copy so that the new hard drive replaces the old one perfectly (without having to reinstall Windows or other apps) once it becomes the primary?

Hi, I'd like to make a start up disk for windows 98, but the create disk option (under add/remove programmes) directs me to the windows 98 CD-ROM - and I have lost this (also, the CD ROM drive isn't working at the moment). Is there an alternative way of making a start up disk? THere seems to be...

how to omit this password dialog box from my pc automatically because everytime i have to manually using 'esc'button to escape it.thanks

I have an old computer I am selling. I took one of the 2 hrddrives, the cd, and 3.5 floppy out for my new computer when I put it together and formated the harddrive I left in. Now I have put the CD and floppy back in. (I beleive to the correct cables.) The comp was giving the errors: Sec Slave...

how to use timer switch to turn on my computer without pushing the switch button on my motherboard?thanks.

Hi. I just fitted a Datafab PCMSM smartmedia pc card adapter, 128mb compatible, into slot 2. It is has been detected as a plug & play device and has installed as a "Standard IDE/ESDI Hard Disk Controller" and it doesn't show as a drive in Explorer as it is supposed to. According to the maker...

Setup is as follows: Thinkpad 600e, std internal hdd (C-drive), external hdd via USB caddy (D-drive). Win98SE Prob1. Scan of C-drive hangs after finding lost strings(?) will not autofix of allow manual fix. tried running it in safemode, still hangs. Scan of D-drive works fine. Prob 2.