I am running 98SE and need to reformat the hard drive. I have copied many of the files and folders off onto CD disks. After formatting and then copying the files back to the reformatted hard drive, they ALL show read-only attr ibutes. Some files need to be open for writing while others should,...

Hello !!! I am using win98 FAT 32 file system, a mont before i have found a file lock utality Compaq's Presario Vault Ver.1.00 to lock phsically the files, it worked very cool. But unfortunatly i have had to format my partition c:, all was okay but the locked file could not recovered since then...

I can't get win98 to start even in safe mode because it says "Invalid page fault at explorer.exe ..." At the C:\windows directory I see an explorer.exe file with 180,224 bytes. When I try to edit the file or rename it the computer says "File not found". I can find every other file that I see in...

Running Windows 98SE. I attached a hard drive to a FireWire card and, after marking it as removable (thus disabling write-behind caching, which was causing some problems), it seemed to be working OK. EXCEPT when I try to copy large files to it. I'm thinking the limit might be 32MB ... 27MB files...

I lost the ability to pull down new from file in the explore or mycomputer. What can I do? Thanks.

Hi, "*.RBO" is known as a worm extension. When I type in "*.RBO" to find files with this extension I get no files found eventhough there are many files with that extension. Thanks AJS

Where are the cookies located? I can't sign into my yahoo mail because of an error that says it's my yahoo cookie. How can I find and delete that cookie? dennis

Hi, I still use an older pc with 2 hd's and win 98 2nd. The first disk 10 GB the second 30 GB. Both hooked to the same ide controller. Worked fine for about 2 years. But now: There are no problems with the first disk, but when I try to access one of the two

Hi Brad, It seems to me that just a couple of days ago someone wanted to try something similar. Unfortunately, I didn't pay it any mind. :( I would get busy contacting the various mobo mfgrs. and see if they have something to fit the bill. -- HTH, Curt

I just bought a laptop. I have many files on my Windows 98 computer that I would like to have on my new computer. I can‘t figure out how to get them over to it. It‘s been suggested that I get a flash drive, but I can’t find one that will work with Windows 98.. The old computer has a...

I just bought a laptop. I have many files on my Windows 98 computer that I would like to have on my new computer. I can‘t figure out how to get them over to it. It‘s been suggested that I get a flash drive, but I can’t find one that will work with Windows 98.. The old computer has a...

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...

Hi, I formatted a floppy disc. It was already empty. Is there a way to unformat, return factory settings, make completely empty? Thanks

I have a floppy disk that cannot be read and I want to destroy the disk. I have pulled apart the case and cut up the film part of the disk. Is the data stored on the film only? I was told not to touch the round disk in the middle when handling the disk. Is information stored there as well?

Hi. When I click the A Drive icon in "My Computer" (with a disk in the drive), it "thinks" about it for a moment (with crunching and whirring sounds), then asks me if I want to format the disk - I don't, I just want to access it. When I click "no", it stops and won't open the new window. This has...

I have a LARGE number of 3.5" floppies (1.44Mb, 2S2D) which I created on a Windows 98se OS. But my new HP notebook (running XP) AND my friend's Dell desktop, also running XP, give a "disk not formatted" message when they try to read from them. When put back into my Windows 98se machine they...

Can I ask a question about a floppy disk drive in this ng or is it just for hdd issues? -- { : =( DaffyD® If I knew where I was I'd be there now.

Hi, I have a Compaq Contura 410C laptop (bought around 1997) which I do not use a lot. When I first power it up (external power, not battery), the floppy disk drive works just fine for about 10 minutes. Afterwards, I have trouble reading floppy disks (drive not ready type of problem). I...

The floppy drive installed on my PB platinum has died so I have installed a USB floppy drive. I now want to restore my factory settings and need to insert the boot disk at start up. Unfortunately my computer still tries to read the old drive and goes to my new USB drive 2nd. I can't therefore get...

Sometimes, after I change diskettes, Windows 98SE fails to recognize the new diskette. Specifically, it believes the two floppies have identical file structures- same folders, same files, same usage, same everything. Pressing "F5" to refresh the drive accomplishes nothing. Only rebooting Windows...