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Win98 Not recognising 80Gb HDD by Matt
Hi All, I could use some help, please: I have an 80Gb HDD which is being recognised by the BIOS but Win98 Fdisk only sees it as a 10Gb Drive. How do I get Win98 to regonise the full size of the drive? Thanks in Advance
May 16th 04 05:52 PM
by Bill Blanton Go to last post
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Driove Not Found error by Tom
I recently upgraded my motherboard to gain an AGP socket; and now Windows 98SE says it can't find the B: drive (it's a 5.25" FDD) - although when I insert the Startup disk, the DOS DOES find and access the drive just fine! Any I deas? Someone suggested a BIOS upgrade, but with Command.com able to...
May 17th 04 12:22 AM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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will not defrag by eliz
system stuck on "checking for errors". It goes from 0% to 1% then back to 0% complete. why? What can I do to get it to defrag. thanks a bunch in advance.
May 17th 04 04:27 AM
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Out of Space message for C drive by Gupta
I keep getting out of space message. When I remove files or software from the drive, it shows availble space. However, as soon as I reboot, all space vanishes. I wonder if this is due to a virus? Help Please.
May 17th 04 02:01 PM
by Satish Go to last post
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Any ideas on DLLHOST ? by Bernard Rother
Hi, whenever I start up my email ( OE ) a pop up indicating that there is a problem with DLLHOST appears. I close it and carry on. When I exit OE then the pop up appears again ..... I haven't a clue ? I'm on Win98SE and most of the references on Google are Win NT / 2000 etc. Any thoughts on this...
May 17th 04 05:19 PM
by Bernard Rother Go to last post
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Maximum size of HD on a Win98SE platform by William A. Huntley
What is the maximum size of an IDE HD under Win98SE? I have seen something about anything above 137 GB requires a controller card. If this is the case, what make/model of controller card is recommended and also, if there is an upper limit, does partitioning to 137 GB partitions solve...
May 17th 04 09:46 PM
by Ron Martell Go to last post
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Windows 98SE by Steve Poulos
How can I get a copy of Windows 98 SE?
May 17th 04 11:48 PM
by Richard G. Harper Go to last post
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Free disk Space Reported Error by Paul Gerdes
Randomly, my system locks up. Upon reboot, EVERY TIME it says that "reported free disk space is in error". I have had this same prob. a few years ago on another machine, but don't recall what the cause was. Anybody have any ideas or recommendations?
May 17th 04 11:53 PM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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Help: Can't write to or read from CD R/W from System but can from some programs by Lew
When I try to write (transfer files) to my CD R/W drive from My Computer I get the following message: F:\ is not accessbie. The device is not ready. The same message occurs when I try to open a disk also from My Computer. I can write to disks from digital photo programs (Kodak EasyShare,...
May 18th 04 03:39 PM
by Lew Go to last post
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lost registration number by cracker
Hi guys, I have a hewlett packard pavilion pc running windows 98 which I have re-formatted, but I have lost the windows product key book and now I cannot set the pc up Any help is appreciated
May 18th 04 04:50 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Missing Hard Drive by Ric
My operating system does not recognize the second hard drive. The drive was working ok, but now when I start up it is not showing up in Explorer or My Computer. I am having problems with C drive but don't know if that is related to the second drive problem. The C drive gives a message on startup...
May 18th 04 11:46 PM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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Windows 98 cd rom installation by Derek
Has anyone got a copy they could let me have on floppy to install cd rom drive on windows 98 please?
May 19th 04 12:20 AM
by Jon_Hildrum Go to last post
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lost 256 color by williams
when i deleted windows 98se,and reinstalled same.somehow ilost my 256 colors.when i go on the internet a window pops up telling me you must be running 256 color mode or higher.you can change the color depth from the control panel display ICON.WHEN I DO THIS AT THE COLOR WINDOW IT SHOWS 16 COLORS...
May 19th 04 02:45 AM
by williams Go to last post
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3.2G HDD for Old 386 Compaq PC by Brad
Hi, One of my computers is an old Compaq 386 (Dos 6.2 OS) with 40M HDD. I would replace the 40M HDD with a 3.2G I recently bought. I have a "setup" floppy for this computer. Due to the BIOS limitations, is there a way I can use this HDD, even if I have to partition it into smaller logical...
May 19th 04 03:51 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Old PC in a new drive by Lucas
Hello. I've installed a new, larger hard disk drive and I want to copy the C: drive into the new one. How can I do it? Thanks, LC
May 19th 04 05:40 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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error 2116 by Gerry
a drive "U" on C drive became no longer a shared network drive, when I attempt to make it a shared drive again I receive an error message "error 2116" What might be happening? What do I do to "reshare the drive as the main drice C is still a shared drive?
May 20th 04 06:01 AM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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Scan Disk Defrag stop - Disk Surface Corrupted? by Laura Lee
After a recommended driver update, Scan Disk and Defrad stopped working. I attempted to run a Defrag by another application (System Mechanics) and I get a warning message that it encountered a problem indicating physical corruption on the disk surface. I run System File Checker and I got news that...
May 20th 04 08:56 AM
by philo Go to last post
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Vertical vs Horizontal Mounted HDD by Brad
Hi, With a horizontal mounted HDD, gravity may be pulling down the heads (top sides of platters) closer to the platter surface? If this is true, then a vertically mounted HDD is better? Thanks in advance, Brad Before you type your password, credit card number, etc., be sure there is no active...
May 20th 04 08:26 PM
by Ron Martell Go to last post
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CD-ROM problem by Alex
I asked about a problem with my CD-ROM a few few minutes ago and got a response, before I do it I want to know if I just delete the entire item in the device manager and how do I reboot? Thanks Here is what I and the replier wrote: I wrote: When I Insert a CD program in my CD-ROM, my...
May 20th 04 09:10 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Can't use my CD-ROM by Alex
When I insert a CD program in my CD-ROM, my computer doesn't recognize that it's there. I went to Device Manager and there is an yellow circle with an exclamation point next to where it says: "Mitsumi CD-ROM controller with double speed drive". When I click it it say: "not present, not working...
May 20th 04 09:18 PM
by pjp Go to last post
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