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Primary Slave Master by Dubbz
Hi my question is that every time I restart or start my computer it requires my windows 98 CD to use as boot record to start windows without the cd in the drive my windows 98 doesnt startup it just stops at the logo screen. how do i change my boot record from my cdrom to my actual harddrive where...
June 11th 04 03:00 PM
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formatting a USB Hard Drive by adami
How can be formatted an added external USB Hard Drive on a PC with WIN 98SE system? In 98SE at the DOS/fdisk command menu there is no option to switch to Drive 2 to start the formatting procedure. Must the new hard drive be formatted before installing the USB2.0\WIN 98 Disk Driver software on the...
June 11th 04 03:07 PM
by Lil' Dave Go to last post
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Virus Message by John
Please help- I keep getting this message - Trojan horse Downloader.Dyfica.2.P C:\System Volume Information\-restore{993D74BB-OOO1-4166- 8DEO-4DA5CD7245E7}\RP11\AOOOO564.dll I have a anti virus system but it does not detect this virus - what does this mean Thanks in anticipation John
June 11th 04 03:10 PM
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Re-format Win 98 hard drive by Sue
Hi, My client wants to donate an old Win 98 computer system to a school. He doesn't want the possibility of ANY of his old files to be accessed. I don't believe he cares about providing them with any usable opperating system left on the computer. I have searched my old Win 98 & Win 95 manuals for...
June 11th 04 03:15 PM
by Lil' Dave Go to last post
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Zip disk property shows no free space by Joey
After reading a zip disk the properties function always displays the initial disks capacity even though you have an empty disk in the drive. The Microsoft Backup program thinks the disk is full and will not write to it. Is there a fix?
June 11th 04 03:34 PM
by Joey Go to last post
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cant use 98 cd and floppy at same time by spence
I am trying to install win 98 on a 95 laptop, formatted the hard drive etc but how can I install 98 if I have to switch drives (completely take out floppy to put in 98SE disk. is there a solution? a friend told me there is a way to copy the floppy to the hd then start but how? help greatly...
June 11th 04 03:38 PM
by Lil' Dave Go to last post
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scandisk want to run a surface scan at almost every boot by J
Friday Morn During bootup scandisk informs me of need to run a thorough suface scan. I sometimes let it do this: takes nearly 3 hours. And after a couple of boots, it wants to do it again. Nothing is wrong with the drives.
June 11th 04 04:59 PM
by J Go to last post
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Nothing can open by Ben
Whenever I start the computer up, I cant go into any program. I'll double click on a shortcut and it will think for a little bit then nothing. Also, my computer will not come up. I have to gain access to my HD through run but still no programs run. I have done a virus scan and come up with nothing,...
June 11th 04 11:36 PM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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Drive's not respondeing by Rachel
I am having a lot of trouble with my Drivers and Controllers. I am getting a message telling me my C: Drive is running in DOS Mode. Ever since I have gotten this message, my D: and E: Drives are not responding (under My Computer they do not even show up ). Can anyone tell me how to get my C:...
June 11th 04 11:38 PM
by Ben Myers Go to last post
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CDROM by Rachel
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June 12th 04 05:31 AM
by Bert Kinney Go to last post
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hard disk problem by anuj
my computer show rough capacity of my drive c: (first drive)11.1gb instead of 19.6gb
June 12th 04 08:31 PM
by Ron Martell Go to last post
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Win98 Error during bootup by Danny
Windows 98 2nd ed.booted up fine before.No hardware failures . Now I copied some autocad drawing files which were on the root directory to a folder called "transfer" which I created on the Root C:\ wanting to transfer my files to another machine. After a reboot when I put in new IP address to put...
June 13th 04 12:21 AM
by philo Go to last post
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cd/dvd's by granny
Unable to play DVD's in my cd-rom. Is this a download problem or hardware problem? H E L P ! ! I had both on Win '95....but not w/Win '98.
June 13th 04 07:00 AM
by granny Go to last post
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MXI Clip Drive USB Device by Philip
When I use my MXI Clip Drive USB Device (124C 0100 Flash Disk) with my notebook computer running Windows 2000 Professional, it works fine. It was not necessary to install any driver. When I try to use it with my home computer running Windows 98 Second Edition, it does not work. Install New...
June 13th 04 11:51 AM
by AlmostBob Go to last post
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Keyboard Layout by Kevin
I want to change the keyboard layout on my laptop to German. When i try to do this i am asked to insert windows 98 cd disk. My lap top was purchased second hand and I do not have a windows 98 cd disk. How can i resolve this?
June 13th 04 11:56 AM
by AlmostBob Go to last post
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Partitioning HD by Jason
I was thinking about partitioning my HD and was wondering what problems that could include. Would I be able to save programs in the portion seperate from which I would be running windows in? Say, If I wanted to use a Popup killer and saved it D:\ partition, would there be any conflicts even though...
June 13th 04 11:24 PM
by Gerry Cornell Go to last post
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Legal but can't reinstall Windows by Bruce
Had problems reinstalling Windows after virus damage and uninstall operation. Tried this discussion group but no help. Finally successful and here's how. 1. Returned hardware back to original condition, A:=floppy, C:=hard drive, D:=CD drive. (I should have followed article #188127 before I had...
June 14th 04 07:44 AM
by Bruce Go to last post
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Scandisk locking up by Dave
Hi & Help!!!!! I had a very hard compter crash a week ago, and now when I start up my computer it goes into Scandisk, starts scanning, and then "locks" up at 36%. Then I reboot, exit out of Scandisk, then Win 98 loads up(very very slowly) and things go good. I can shutdown neatly, but I cannot...
June 14th 04 05:07 PM
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Scandisk and DOS by Keith
I have a very sick laptop. It's so bad that Windows 89 wont load. There are lots of bad sectors being reported by scandisk. So far I am at 30% and it's taken me almost three weeks to get this far. Everytime scandisk encounters an error it stops and askes if I want to repair it. Is there a way...
June 14th 04 09:23 PM
by Ron Martell Go to last post
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creating primary dos partition after fdisk win98 by Jenny
I have a primary 10 gig drive with no letter assigned. I have a secondary 2.5 partitioned drive with C: and D: letters assigned. I fdisked the 10 gig and now I want to create a primary dos partition on the 10 gig and assign drive C to it. The computer hangs up after I select the fixed disk at...
June 14th 04 09:25 PM
by Ron Martell Go to last post
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