I have an issue with a memory key that I cannot fix under 98. This particular machine has network drives mapped under a certain drive letter that the memory key wants to use. I am unable to change the drive letter of the memory key. I go into the device manager and any option to change the drive...

Both of the DVD player and the CD Burner continue to spin and will not allow the computer to start up. It is like they are stuck. Then the computer will not turn off with the power switch (I have to pull the plug.) I can push the eject button and the DVD player will open but it immediately shuts...

RE BOOTING WITHOUT MY SET-UP FLOPPY. Many thanks - I feel like a fool because after trailing through pages of Microsoft 'articles' and following everything they said, everything was eliminated - bringing us to (as you suggested), a floppy disk drive that has had it's day! We always assume it must...

I have 13 Win98SE OEM unopened. Comes with Book with product key on front and the CD in a hard case. Also have 8 Win98 OEM in same condition as above. All in like new condition. They are not proprietary, will load on any computer. $30.00 each or $400.00 for the lot.

Hey, I just bought a DVD Re-Writer and after installing it with my CD Re-Writer I put in a disk a WAH-LA!! My disk drives don't show that I put in a disk. I got some error messages about scsi1hlp and I uninstalled Nero and InCD that I got with my CD drive. After doing so this problem happened. I...

This is an addendum to my previous message. Regarding my search of the Registry to find the entries that this mal- ware program has loaded, when I go into HKEY_CURRENT_USER under Software, I find a suspicious entry: aaa_soft with several sub-folders. It turns out they contain various information...

On my PIII with 98se. On Windows 98se and all programs I find my 2 cd-ROMS when found by the Windows browser ( I hope I'm clear ). But in some programs whith a specific browse tool for the cd-rom they can never find the cd-roms. What can be the problem ? Can anyone help me ? Thank you. Ginz.

I have an old thinkpad 240x with a pcmcia cdrom. I can't boot up from the cdrom as without an operating system the laptop won't see it...so I removed the hard drive from my laptop and using it as the hard drive on my desk top I installed Win 98 SE on it I also made a boot floppy in...

I've been helping a friend in my village with Pc training and general clean-up of her PC. She's elderly and has accumulated a lot of random shortcuts etc on her desktop (through typical shakey finger trouble). No problem cleaning those away. However - I've also found a folder called 'hibernat'...

Can anyone please help? I seem to have overwritten a large windows backup(.qic) file with a smaller one. Can i restore /recover all or part of the original back up file. Family photos all lost!

Trying to upgrade my laptop HD and copy program (EZGig) comes up with = this error and stops. Have run Scandisk dozens of times both in Windows = and DOS. Windows Scandisk says it's OK now, but DOS Scandisk says = there's still one or more invalid long filenames, but can't tell me = which file it...

I installed 1 DVD reader & 1 DVD writer, but when the PC booted up, Explorer shows 8 (eight) drives for each of the 2 devices! Have removed all of them, removed all but one, but on re-boot all 16 drvies always re-appear. Anyone any ideas?

For whatever reason(s), I am unable to boot W98 due to being unable to read FAT. After attempting to "fix" the problem to no avail , and before sending the computer to outside tech assistance, I was wondering if I can install the 98-system hard drive as a secondary drive to another computer with XP...

How do I drag and drop files on c drive onto d drive disk?

windows\HIMEM.sys , windows\DBLBUFF.sys , windows\IFSHLP.sys appears

i ahve a home study course and some of the items,files are on a cd. they are in a rtf read only form. it is neccesary that i change them to a document format to add input and save the input of data. i am unable to save them in another format. i recieve an error statement, "you do not have...

anyone can please tell me what wrong with my laptop.. cuz when i start my computer its just error no. 173 and then 163.. and it didn't start unless i restart my computer again.

I HAVE WINDOWS 98 AND I WISH TO INSTALL WINDOWS 2000 BUT THE MESSAGE ON MY COMPUTER TELLS ME I HAVE TO GET AT LEAST 638M FREE DISK SPACE ON THE DRIVE, HOW DO I DO THIS?

I NEED TO FIND A QUICK RESTORE DISK OR CD FOR A WINDOWS 95 OR 98 COMPUTER. WHEN I TURN ON MY COMPUTER, IT SAYS, INCORRECT SYSTEM DISK AND THAT I HAVE TO REPLACE IT. BUT I DON'T HAVE THE DISK, SO I AM TRYING TO FIND IT. CAN ANYONE HELP ME?

After reading a zip disk the properties function always displays the initial zip 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?