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"missing" .vxd files by J. P. Gilliver
Visiting a friend over the weekend, his W98SE system wouldn't boot - this happened while I was watching, and he said he'd not had any problems the last time he'd used it (the previous day). It came up with the usual sort of message '98 does when an important file is missing, and said ("one or...
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March 19th 08 09:00 PM
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"Disk I/O Error" "Replace the disk, and then press any key" by Rod Speed
wrote: I am trying to install Windows 98 as a way to then upgrade it to XP on a box You dont need to install 98 if you want to end up with XP. The XP install is happy to look at the 98 CD to verify that its upgrading that. and it goes fine through the first installation...
March 18th 08 12:54 AM
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"Disk I/O Error" "Replace the disk, and then press any key" by Lars
Previously, on Usenet wrote: I am trying to install Windows 98 as a way to then upgrade it to XP on a box and it goes fine through the first installation phase, but then I am getting: ~ "Disk I/O Error" "Replace the disk, and then press any key" What file system do yoiu...
March 18th 08 12:25 AM
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"Disk I/O Error" "Replace the disk, and then press any key" by spodosaurus
wrote: I am trying to install Windows 98 as a way to then upgrade it to XP Have you tried just putting the 98 CDROM in when it gets to the point of looking for another version of windows? See method two: http://www.duxcw.com/faq/win/xp/clean.htm
March 17th 08 06:20 PM
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"Disk I/O Error" "Replace the disk, and then press any key" by why?
On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:09:01 -0700 (PDT), wrote: I am trying to install Windows 98 as a way to then upgrade it to XP on a box and it goes fine through the first installation phase, but then I am getting: What installation phase the Win 98 bit or the XP bit? You shouldn't...
March 17th 08 05:34 PM
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"Disk I/O Error" "Replace the disk, and then press any key" by VanguardLH
wrote in message ... I am trying to install Windows 98 as a way to then upgrade it to XP snip You do not need to install Windows 98 to do the upgrade to Windows XP. Just boot from the Windows XP...
March 17th 08 05:27 PM
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HP photosmart C5280 and win98se by dilbert firestorm
is there a driver for this all in one printer/copier/scanner that works under win98se? -- Dilbert Firestorm Opus is my Hero!
March 17th 08 11:28 AM
by dilbert firestorm Go to last post
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Cloning C: in Win98 .... by smoky the bear
I am trying to help a friend upsize her C: drive without reinstalling the O/S (98SE) or applications. Is there any freeware (or non-crippled trialware) that will accomplish this for us? TIA
March 16th 08 03:47 AM
by Bill Watt Go to last post
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Can a hard drive be physically damaged due to power loss at startup? by DJW
I have a laptop whose battier is dead. During booting up the power cord became unplugged from the transformer. When I tried to reboot I got a message about a second partition, which I did not have on the hard drive. I assumed scandisk would run automatically and things would straighten out. In my...
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March 15th 08 12:02 PM
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Windows Explorer jams if I delete a few hundred files by TE Chea
e.g. Temporary Internet Files, off any hdd's partition. Same jamming using WinME's explorer.exe in Win98se, & no jam if done entirely in WinXP home edition. Any1 here has this problem ?
March 11th 08 10:57 PM
by Gary S. Terhune[_2_] Go to last post
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Did clean install and things did not go smoothly? by DJW
Recently I did a clean install of window 98 SE on my laptop. During the end of the installing it, it asked for me to find and install a group of files for what I think was for the different hardware in the laptop. I.E. modem, infrared port, sound card and etcetera. And I only have 16 colors and...
March 11th 08 10:12 PM
by J. P. Gilliver Go to last post
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Can I restore Windows 98 from an USB external CR-rom drive? by DJW
My laptop's internal DVD player stopped working a year or more ago. It is not a software problem but hardware that was confirmed already. Now my laptop will not boot. The battery is dead and the cord became unplugged from the transformer as it was starting up. Now it asks for the A drive floppy...
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February 29th 08 06:42 PM
by J. P. Gilliver Go to last post
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Cannot manage swap file by Don Phillipson[_5_]
After reinstallation of Win98SE, apparently normal (and year 2004 update & security disk) MSCONFIG shows via / Advanced button only the /Advanced Troubleshooting window (about 15 checkable boxes.) MSCONFIG offers no path to the Virtual Memory module to manage the swap file (e.g. to put the swap...
February 20th 08 08:40 AM
by Ben Myers Go to last post
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Our new website by Ewho
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February 9th 08 12:37 AM
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Windows protection error by Roger R[_2_]
I get this message when starting my computer (WIN98SE) "Windows protection error. You need to restart your computer." I have tried somethings already, probably making matters worse... I can get the machine to run Windows 98SE in safe mode. 1 st probable red herring: I first suspected the Grisoft...
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February 7th 08 01:28 AM
by Roger R[_2_] Go to last post
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Transfer Stuff by [email protected]
I have an ol school PC for about 13yrs with a Win95 on it, didn't need any new untill now. I got some old programs in there which does not accept any of these new OS, the earliest they can go is Win98. 'I got that installed'. Now the question comes. How do I copy everything from the old PC to the...
February 4th 08 05:39 PM
by glee Go to last post
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Pagemaker 7.0 Errors by Claude Balls[_2_]
Anyone know how to prevent these Pagemaker 7.0 errors? Thanks in advance. Claude On Windows 2000 Prof machine (this stops the program from starting): Plug-in cannot be completed. Some system operation failed.
January 30th 08 08:21 PM
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January 29th 08 04:47 PM
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Windows 98 Start up Problem by Meltel
I am trying to debug a start up issue with Windows 98. When I start up in "step by step" mode, I can get up to the point of loading the Windows drivers. I load a number of drivers and get to the point of loading the MSMOUSE driver. Whether I say Y or N, that is the last item I respond to. The...
January 29th 08 01:44 PM
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January 27th 08 08:37 PM
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