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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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