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Slow file copy after installation of second hard disk by Gerald Ross
I installed a second hard drive, Fdisked it and formatted it. It seems to work ok. Then I noticed that it took forever to copy a file to either C or D (new drive) on the network. Then I found it also took forever to copy a large file from D to C or vice versa. Any Ideas where to look? -- Gerald...
June 14th 04 10:59 PM
by Lil' Dave Go to last post
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Disk Write Error by Sharon Li
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,...
June 15th 04 03:45 AM
by Sharon Li Go to last post
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how do I make a 98 book disk without 98? by Nikko
I'm helping a friend reinstall Windows 98 on her laptop. The problem is, I forgot to make a floppy boot disk. I've been running XP and got used to having a bootable CD. So now I'm wondering, how do I make a Win98 boot disk without having Windows 98 already installed. I'm sure there's a way, but...
June 15th 04 09:38 PM
by PCR Go to last post
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Window 98SE Boot Error by Oba Warren
On Bootup my system never boots, but displays the error " Can Locate MPR.exe", what does this mean?
June 15th 04 11:59 PM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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a &d drives not accessible by sue
Both my A and d drives show a message "Not accessible, device is not ready" I have tried disabling my Norton Auto Protect but it did not solve the problem...any suggestions?
June 16th 04 12:04 AM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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defragment by cc
Hi all, I am having problems with my defragment. I used to be able to defragment before I had to reboot and re-download recovery disk. Since then unable to defrag. I keep getting the message...error in c drive.Please use skan disk to correct etc... I do this and scan disk runs through and...
June 16th 04 12:06 AM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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Missing by Sally
I can't access CD-Rom. Missing MSVBVM.DLL. HELP.
June 16th 04 03:29 AM
by Sally Go to last post
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Object count in Status Bar. by Ken G.
When I select "View as web page" in Windows Explorer, the object count in the status bar disappears. When you change from one folder to another, the count appears very briefly - just a flash really, then its gone. Is there a way to keep the object count visible when viewing folders in Windows...
June 16th 04 07:39 AM
by Ken G. Go to last post
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CD tray open and close by itself by Miten
Hello, I have win 98 se. The cd tray opens and closes while I am using my system even though I am not attempting any thing with cd drive. any one knows how to correct it? Miten.
June 16th 04 02:59 PM
by Matt Go to last post
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disk sharing by naresh
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
June 16th 04 05:03 PM
by naresh Go to last post
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Floppy drive not shown by Firas
I am trying to add a 5.25 and 3.5 in-one drive. I was able to setup the BIOS. And in DOS mode I can access both drives. But when in Windows 98 normal mode only the first drive shows up under MYCOMPUTER. If I go to windows 98 safe mode I find both drives under MYCOMPUTER and I am able to access data...
June 16th 04 05:05 PM
by Bert Kinney Go to last post
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Need to get windows back... by Marsha
Hi, I have just (for the first time ever) reformatted the C drive on my sons pc. I followed all the details to the letter. It looks like it has reformatted but how do I get back to Windows. I presume I am in dos (have black screen with A:\) I assume this is asking me for a prompt. But this is...
June 16th 04 05:06 PM
by Marsha Go to last post
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non system disk by debbie
ok, i'm a moron. I cancelled an install of 98se from 3.1 and now I get the non-system disk error. The microsoft instructions tell me to type sys c: at the dos prompt, but I can't GET to a dos prompt. When I put in the bootdisk and restart, it tells me invalid system disk, remove and press any...
June 16th 04 11:14 PM
by Lil' Dave Go to last post
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Change to Slave by Matt
Im Havin problems booting my my WIN98SE computer. It keeps pulling a "Windows Protection Error" on me. I tried many of the steps in in KB article 188867 and article 302956 (except disabling items in Device manager and dealing with TSR's). So, I tried to replace my current slave drive on my WINME...
June 16th 04 11:35 PM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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scan disk and defrag,too by crystal
Scandisk tells me I have an error and, once it begins to repair it, I get another error that says "An error occured while scan disk was attempting to correct the previous error. Complete a thorough check of this drive, then run scan disk again and choose to conduct a standard test". When I do this...
June 16th 04 11:37 PM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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URGENT HELP NEEDED !!!!!!!!!!!! LOW ON SPACE !!!!!!!!!!!! by Spottedfeather
I don't know what happened but I'm severely low on disk space. I was in the living room and had about 400 mb or so of space left. I shut the laptop off and went into my bedroom where I started the computer back up. Now, it tells me that I only have around 100 mb. What happened ? I tried to run...
June 17th 04 05:09 AM
by Jay Perez Go to last post
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Compatibility Mode Paging reduces overall system performance by Pam
I have Windows 98SE. My system got locked up and so I Control/Alt/Deleted to reboot. When it rebooted, it got the screen that shows what is in the autoexec.bat file and just stayed there. So, I Control/Alt/Deleted again, pressed F8 to get the safe mode menu. I choose to go into safe mode. Once...
June 17th 04 05:09 AM
by Curt Christianson Go to last post
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disk defragmenter by Adhiraj Somani
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...
June 17th 04 06:02 AM
by Bert Kinney Go to last post
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Drive Not Accessible by George
Suddenly I cannot use my CDRom. All I get is a message saying "J:\is not accessible. The device is not ready". Device Manager says it is working properly but it isn't? I cannot load any new software now so I am really stuck. Anyone got any suggestions please?
June 17th 04 03:19 PM
by George Go to last post
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missing files by [email protected]
Hello, Hello I do hope that someone knows what I am talking about becuase I am not sure. I got an error that said that I am missing a DLL. file. I have just gotten SBC DSL they said that the problem is not related and that I have to. Reinstall the file from the disc. I do not know how to...
June 17th 04 04:52 PM
by Jake Go to last post
1 1,148
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