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Uses for 20G and Up HDDs by Brad
Hi, The largest HDD I have is 10G, with over 6G free space. I already had to replace a couple HDDs. Anything I want to save, has been "burned" on CD Roms. If your computer is not used for collecting videos or music, or used as a server, why in the world would anyone want a 20G or larger...
June 8th 04 10:25 PM
by Lil' Dave Go to last post
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cdrom by rleedee2
CDROM not working, I have tried reinstalling but I can't get it to work. I do notice that at startup there a lot of error messages regarding the cdrom. looking at the startup line by line I see a lot of errors in my config.sys file referring to C:\HXCD- ROM\CDROM.SYS on lines 20,36,49,58,66 and on...
June 8th 04 11:45 AM
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Video Card by Peter
hi to all, Thank you in advance for reading this. I recently started using a older model of a laptop. this is a dell Latitude CPi. When i booted it up with windows 98 the screen resolution was awful. Right now the only options are 16 or 2 colors. I can only go to 640x480 resolution. I have...
June 8th 04 09:15 AM
by peter Go to last post
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CD ROM not found by Windows 98 by mark
After a failed attempt to add a CDRW along with the existing CD ROM, I was no longer had a "D" ddrive. I returned the CD ROM to its original configuration without the new CDRW but no luck. I have tried everything I can think of. Windows does not see the installed CD ROM. Any ideas?
June 8th 04 05:09 AM
by Shadowhawk Go to last post
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Loading WIN 95/98 OS To Dell Latitude CPx H CD Drivers by Dell
I am in need of further assistance in bringing the above system back to life after the Hard Drive was wiped. At this point I have succeeded only in getting a C: prompt after FDISK, FORMAT /S, & Partioning Drives. I have no problem reading the floppy A: drive. In order to install the OS I will need...
June 8th 04 01:33 AM
by Ben Myers Go to last post
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windows 95 by rabbit
I have files on a 31/2 disk from windows 95. I have windows 98. How do I open the files? I need step by step insturctions. thanks:
June 7th 04 11:11 PM
by Greg Go to last post
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only 1.99 gb storage by Phil
Hi can anyone give me some advice - I recently reinstalled windows 98 to my pc after it wiped all of the files one day ! I have a 20gb hard drive but im getting a message that the disk is full, when I look at the C: drive it only shows 1.99 gb, can anyone help please. Phil M UK
June 7th 04 08:41 PM
by Bert Kinney Go to last post
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drive a is not accessible by davoud
hi there, I have attached a new floppy drive recently and it was working fine but now i am getting a message saying drive a is not accessible. any help please? thanks in advance
June 7th 04 07:40 PM
by davoud Go to last post
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uninstalling by Denie
How do I uninstall Windows if I can't get out of DOS?
June 7th 04 07:20 PM
by Tom Montefusco Go to last post
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allocation file by kwev
I have an allocation file preventing my norton defrag. to work.system mechanic says,but windows defrag does.Norton is 2x fasterthan windows so I prefer norton.Can you help??
June 7th 04 07:14 PM
by Tom Montefusco Go to last post
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Message to Curt - Windows 98 attempting to load then fails by Martin
Curt, Sorry for my late reply - tried scanreg /restore and got bad command or file name message. Any other suggestions? M Hi Martin, You might try restoring a good copy of your Registry, *prior* to running QuickClean.
June 6th 04 11:51 PM
by Curt Christianson Go to last post
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Scan Disk Fails by Don
I am running Win 98 second edition and when I run scan disk it tells me it restarts 10 times. I boot to safe mode and the same thing happens. Any ideas what is wrong and how to fix it? Thanks
June 6th 04 11:26 PM
by a Go to last post
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Loading WIN 98 OS To Dell Latitude by Dell
I am having difficulty loading WIN 98 OS to a used DELL Latitude CPx. The hard drive had been wiped and I am starting from new. Can anyone help with the sequencing of loading this? I have a WIN 98 Startup disk and the Operating System CD. I tried loading after booting with the startup disk and...
June 6th 04 10:15 PM
by Ben Myers Go to last post
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boot CD by Jim
Can anybody out there tell me where I can download a boot CD or floppy disc so that I can install 98 windows SE on my laptop computer.I have the 98 windows SE CD but need the boot disc in order to install it. My laptop computer is a 98 IBM computer with 10 GBS harddrive. Thanks and God bless you...
June 6th 04 09:40 PM
by Curt Christianson Go to last post
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Disk Write Error by Murray
Somebody please explain, the computer keeps getting this error
June 6th 04 08:01 PM
by AlmostBob Go to last post
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Disk write errors by Bob Ninow
I am working on a problem for a friend from church and have never encountered a problem such as the one about to be described. Sometimes when the system is booting a "Disk write error. Unable to write to the disk drive c:" message is displayed. The error dialog box provides an OK button which...
June 6th 04 07:00 PM
by Murray Go to last post
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Why Partition Disk by Chevron7
I am installing an additonal 120gb hard disk to my Win 98SE system. Should I or must I partition it? What are the advantages of partitoning?
June 6th 04 03:57 PM
by Chevron7 Go to last post
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Iexplore error by marty
i get this mssage: IEXPLORE caused an invalid page fault in module KERNEL32.DLL at 0267:bff886df ... Any help would be appreciated
June 6th 04 06:58 AM
by marty Go to last post
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Windows 98 Replacement Disk by Reese
Can anyone tell me how or where I can get another windows 98 system cd? Mine is cracked in half. I can't run anything because I was in the middle of reinstallation and it cracked while spinning in the cd-rom. 6 year old disk, and I never made a back-up. What was I thinking. Now now one even has...
June 5th 04 07:57 PM
by Jon_Hildrum Go to last post
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first hd access lasts about 20 sec by Wolfgang Richter
Hi, I still use an older pc with 2 hd's and win 98 2nd. The first disk 10 GB the second 30 GB. Both hooked to the same ide controller. Worked fine for about 2 years. But now: There are no problems with the first disk, but when I try to access one of the two
June 5th 04 06:50 PM
by AlmostBob Go to last post
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