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lost disc by
I can't find my windows 98 disc and i connected an etherton nick card and it is asking me to re down load this. Is there any way I can down load windows 98 from the internet
May 14th 04 12:18 AM
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safemode by
i think pc is in safe mode !my screen is all faded and not allowing full use of system.have rebooted pc shutdown etc. stillthe same,can anybody advise...i am a complete novice thanks
May 14th 04 06:00 AM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Problem with CD drive after downloading windows updates by MADMOMMY63
-----Original Message----- I have recently downloaded 19 updates from the windows updates and have been unable to get my CD drive to function since. When I load any cd the hour glass replaces my pointer and the computer freezes. I have to shut down the computer before I can resume any...
May 14th 04 11:25 AM
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help me by madmommy63
recovery disk will not load when put into cd drive. but, every other cd i put in loads?? help
May 14th 04 11:29 AM
by madmommy63 Go to last post
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cd drive wont load recovery disk by madmommy63
my cd drive will not load the recovery disk, but will load other cd's when i put it in, it starts to load, i can hear it, but then it stops and nothing happens, i use my cd cleaner, i know my disk is good cause i just used it 2 months ago and i put it back in its case and into my file cabnit. any...
May 14th 04 12:51 PM
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CD ROM causes PC to crash by Sham
I tried to Install Norton Anti Virus 2004 Professional. My system crashed. I was able to uninstall the bungled installation but since then I have a problem. MY CD ROM causes my PC to crash, sometimes even without a CD in the place when I close the drive the PC crashes, at other times it won't crash...
May 14th 04 02:03 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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recovery disk by madmommy63
RECOVERY DISK WILL NOT LOAD WHEN PUT INTO THE CD PLAYER NEED HELP PLEASE
May 14th 04 02:58 PM
by blanche [email protected] Go to last post
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Computer slowed way down by HM
Hi, Running Windows 98SE Pentium II 160 MB Ram I had a 40 GB hard drive go bad a Maxtor (DiamondMax Plus 40 Ultra ATA 66 7200 rotational speed). Went to Staples they installed a Maxtor 120GB (DiamondMax Plus
May 14th 04 05:12 PM
by HM Go to last post
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Max Hard Drive Size Windows 98SE Supports by Ryan
Same as above, What is the max hard drive size Windows 98SE supports, based solely on the operating system. Ryan
May 14th 04 07:49 PM
by Greg Go to last post
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CD ROM drive by natasha
the CD ROM drive on my computer won't read any disks. A yellow light comes on under the drive, but that's it. I've tried more than one, just in case it was the disk itself, but I always get an error message. Either "Device not ready" or "No disk in drive." I looked in...
May 14th 04 10:22 PM
by Imayavaramban R Go to last post
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Lost Hard Drive by Ric
I started up my old Windows 98 computer the other day and went to Explorer. When it opened I noticed the second hard drive was not there. I opened My Computer and also the same thing. I had recently moved the computer, so I opened it up and checked the connections and then re- started. I still...
May 15th 04 01:28 AM
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Reinstall Floppy A drive by Jeannette Lombardoczi
It sounds like a loose connection. Especially since this only happens part of the time. Check all your cabling and make sure everything is solidly in place. " wrote in message ... Something...
May 15th 04 02:41 AM
by Jeannette Lombardoczi Go to last post
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Disk not formatted by Jeannette Lombardoczi
You didn't say if you were successful in formatting the disks on other machines. If not then I would suspect the disks. Over time they (the disks) sometimes become unusable. Magnetic objects will also affect them... scrambles the data and makes them unusable...your speakers, the telephone...the...
May 15th 04 03:01 AM
by Jeannette Lombardoczi Go to last post
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cant format by BR&Y
im trying to reformat to reinstall on a clean disk i used the fdisc tool and now need to format the disk but when i type formatc: i get a" bad command or file name message" ,i also tried extractebd.cabformat.com but get the same result i have the boot disk and the install cd what can i do to get...
May 15th 04 03:05 AM
by Jeannette Lombardoczi Go to last post
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Recovery CD by Karen
Microsoft says I have to get a recovery CD from HP since my windows 98 came from there but HP no longer has recovery CD's for 98. I let one of my husband's idiot friends do some work on my computer and now I don't have backup ability and I'm having problems with my computer so need to back up...
May 15th 04 01:31 PM
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reinstalling win 98 by ozzie
I had a virus in my computer. I have removed it and my operating system was wiped out at restart. I am trying to reinstall from win 98 recovery disk. But fdisk starts and repartiones the disk but then stops and restarts again. I used a start up diskette. When i try to format, it says format is not...
May 15th 04 03:32 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Getting WINDRIVE F: off and out of my laptop by Peter Brower
I recently aquired this Toshiba Satellite 2180CDT. It has a 4 Gig HD with MC AFEE NUTS & BOLTS installed. Whenever I attempt to install an application from a file on my HD the program tells me it is unable to do so due to lack of disk space on Drive F:...near as I can tell WINDRIVE F: is a virtual...
May 15th 04 03:51 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Win 98 replacement disk by Dave L
I have a valid copy of Win 98 second ed disk and it is cracked and no longer usable for updating drives etc. Is therea source for replacement disks? Thanks, Dave
May 16th 04 07:23 AM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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40g hard drive shows as 1.9g by Alfredo Pacini
Hey I have two hard drives one of them is 20G and the other is 40G (this is my secondary hard drive). When I was insatlling win 98. The software formateted the 20G hard drive, and no problem. And then it told me I had to format the 40G as well. I was ask If I wanted to activate large disk support...
May 16th 04 07:30 AM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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VMM32.VXD what to do?? by DAVE
i am running WIN 98SE on a 166 PC,, ( i had it rebuilt and was running great for 2 weeks) i shut it off after every use and was using just for internet. so when i started up tonite i get this error message. "cannot start Windows. because VMM32.VXD was not found or is damaged. need to run setup...
May 16th 04 04:20 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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