Hi! Please, if there is anyone familiar with this problem ... I do have IBM ThinkPad 570/Win98SE with Intel 440 chipset, and now after a Windows repair "re-upgrade" round I have lost the Generic Disk Drive entry from the Device Manager due to the IDE Controller loading problem. I have already...

My disk defrag never gets beyond checking for error let it run 8 hours. Any suggestions? alos I don't know how to look for replys on this message board any help there would be appreciated

I've just recently had Win98SE reinstalled. Each time I've tried to defrag C drive, Disk Defragmenter gets hung up on "Checking disk for errors 0%". Likewise, when I try ScanDisk, the application stalls at "Checking file allocation tables" & "Checking folders". Then a message comes up that...

When you don't know how to use something, read the directions. If you had, you would have found that to see an answer, you must click the + in front of a post's subject. See the defrag and scandisk troubleshooters located he http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/how_to.html -- Regards

Shows in box that defragmenting process is running, however, the percentage seldom changes-sometimes it will go up to 2%-but never further. Generally it remains on 0%. Please, will somebody help me??

I am also having the same problem. How do we fix it?

Dear sirs, I am the owner of a windows 98se machine.due to the amount of files stored,my computer has become very slow.whenever i try to run disk defragmenter after going for about 10% it gets back to 0% and shows 'drives contents changed:retarting'.this happens a number of times and goes on for...

Just curious. Does the disk defragmenter in Win 98 overwrite the empty space on the disk when it defragments? I know the defragmentation process reorganizes disk data so everything gets put back in its place for more efficient access, but what about overwriting empty space? Thanks. Bob

I can only use the disk defragmenter tool in safe mode instead of the regular Win98 mode. Does it make a difference whether to use this tool in safe mode or do I have to reinstall Windows in order for this to work?

I am getting a "non-system disk or disk error - replace and strike any key when ready" at start-up when there is no disk in the floppy or disk drives. What else would cause this?

I \'m working on win 98 and my system is down. When I try to start it up it gives me these two errore 1782 Disk Controller Failure and 3C301 Keyboard error. What does this mean and how can I get around it to boot mysystem.

I wish to upgrade to XP on my machine, currently the disc is partitioned. How do I remove the partition prior to installation. Can you help? Thanks

My hard disk is partitioned. I keep on running out of space on Drive C, but have masses of space on D. I have all my data on Drive D, and install applications there whenever I am offered the option to do so. Can I just move remaining applications from C to D, or must I uninstall and reinstall...

Programs of formatting a hard disk checks its surface and excludes the damaged (unreliable) places from further use - this is written in the manual. Clearly, that if after formatting a hard disk something will be written on it, these excluded places will not be used. And will it be fair in the...

hi, my hard disk ( Only D Drive) gets shared automatically whenever i boot the PC. After removing share when i reboot it gets shared again. I have checked for viruses. any solutions. pls. regds, naresh

I use Windows 98, and have found that more than half of my 6Gb disk is used up by .tmp and .PDL files within the temp folder of Windows going back over the lifetime of the system, some of which are up to 200Mb in size. Can I delete these files without upsetting the running of software? I have tried...

I have been attempting to install new HP printer software. As soon as it begins, I get an error message that reads, "Disk Write Error. Unable to write to drive C. Data or files may be lost." I can close it out and move on, but it continues to pop up throughout the installation process. ...

When I am surfing on the internet, a few clicking sounds come from my harddrive, and my PC freezes for a short period. Then the blue screen of death appears, saying: Disk Write Error Unable to write to disk in Drive C: Data or file may be lost. Press any key to continue. After I press a key,...

Somebody please explain, the computer keeps getting this error

I am working on a problem for a friend from church and have never encountered a problem such as the one about to be described. Sometimes when the system is booting a "Disk write error. Unable to write to the disk drive c:" message is displayed. The error dialog box provides an OK button which...