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1720-SMART HARD DRIVE detects imminent failure. by webcynic
My son is tying to fix his Mother in laws computer and he asked me about the following error message: Error #1 before boot - 1720-SMART HARD DRIVE detects imminent failure. Your hard disk drive is detecting an imminent failure. To ensure no data loss, backup contents and replace this hard disk. ...
July 15th 04 06:49 PM
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2 probs: scandisk hangs, defrag slow by stefaroo
Setup is as follows: Thinkpad 600e, std internal hdd (C-drive), external hdd via USB caddy (D-drive). Win98SE Prob1. Scan of C-drive hangs after finding lost strings(?) will not autofix of allow manual fix. tried running it in safemode, still hangs. Scan of D-drive works fine. Prob 2.
August 9th 05 11:59 PM
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20Gb HDD by tigger
just put in a 20Gb hard drive on a 7 year old toshiba laptop. chose all the correct yes and no's for a HDD greater than 512Mb. but shows only the c drive as around 7.36Gb. where did i go wrong? tks guys -- *Put the cat out at night* when you reply
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December 14th 04 05:07 PM
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21 Min 180 Mb 8cm CD - Windows 98? by Janet
I have recently purchased a MP3 CD Player manufactured by Philips for Nike. The MP3 Player plays only 8cm CD's and came with software which enables you to download music to your computer and then burn it to a blank recordable 8cm CD. However my computer(windows 98) keeps telling me that it cannot...
August 20th 04 05:46 PM
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25 digit code by kenneth van leuven
i purchased the microsoft "works suite 2002" disc package, i loaded all the discs and when i was ready to use "word" it came to the registration page where i had to enter the 25 digit code. i had already thrown all packaging in the trash, obviously the 25 digit code was with what i threw out. i...
August 7th 04 07:34 PM
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250gB Hard Disk Fdisk Question by Malcolm Dowers
I am trying to fresh install a Win98SE PC using brand new hardware including 2x 250gB SATA hard disks. BIOS/CMOS etc are all set correctly and reporting 250gB etc. Fdisk however only reports about 46gB each. I know the FAT32 limitations mean that I can only partition upto 128gB, so to keep things...
June 3rd 04 02:05 PM
by Bert Kinney Go to last post
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250gB Hard Disk Format Question by Malcolm Dowers
Following on from a previous question regarding FDISK problems with large hard disks (a problem which was extremely quickly sorted by a couple of very helpful chaps), I have run into more similar difficulties. Although my 2x 250gB hard drives have now been successfully FDISK'ed as Drives C, D, E...
June 2nd 04 01:50 AM
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2GB file size limitation by Smokr
Hi, as I am sure you guys know, W98 has problems with file sizes over 2GB. Has there ever been a workaround or other fix?
February 12th 06 09:52 PM
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2nd hard disk not found by SNair
when i was using windows xp, i can access to both hard drives (C & D). Now after reformating the drive C (master drive) and reinstalling windows 98, i am unable to see 2nd hard disk (D) thru my computer or windows explorer. But when i start the computer & before windows 98 starts, it says two...
June 4th 04 12:31 AM
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2nd Hard Drive Problem by Jeff S
Hi all, I have a machine with Win XP and a 60 gb hard drive, I used Partition Magic and installed Win 98se on a different partition and everything went great, both o/s work fine. I had a second 60 gb hard drive that I unplugged before creating the partition, I shut down computer, plugged 2nd drive...
March 8th 05 06:45 AM
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3 1/2(A) Drive inaccessible by terry
I have recently reformatted wndws2000 back to wndws98. I have on floppy disk copies of jpegs/gifs from another wndws98. They loaded fine when pc I have now was a wndws2000. But now, I get (A)inaccessible. I go to Properties, it says (A) Drive is full. I know thats rubbish 'cause it worked before...
September 5th 04 07:11 PM
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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
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3.5 and 5.5 disk floppy drives not working! Win.98 2nd.ed. by scsmith
I have windows 98 2nd edition and a 3.5 and a 5.5 disk floppy drives. On the control panel it shows the 3.5 as drive A and has a bunch of little dots around it, and drive B is the 5.5 drive. When you try to read the properties or engage the drive A, 3.5 floppy drive , it freezes up the computer for...
January 11th 05 04:15 PM
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3.5 and 5.5 disk floppy drives not working! Win.98 2nd.ed. by scsmith
I have windows 98 2nd edition and a 3.5 and a 5.5 disk floppy drives. On the control panel it shows the 3.5 as drive A and has a bunch of little dots around it, and drive B is the 5.5 drive. When you try to read the properties or engage the drive A, 3.5 floppy drive , it freezes up the computer for...
January 10th 05 06:12 PM
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38 WIIKEY FUSION Informacion by wiikeyfusion
Atendiendo a las peticiones de los usuarios finales y distribuidores, estamos encantados de confirmar que el apoyo WBFS se incluirán en Wiikey Fusion. Pronto podremos comprar Wiikey Fusion.Segun nos informa el distribuidor para españa www.R4spain.com/tienda WBFS es un sistema de archivos...
April 7th 10 08:20 PM
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40c37.exe by constance2u
The file 40c37.exe dated 5/19/04 is in my Windows directory (Win98). I discovered it when I ran msconfig and it displays on the "Startup" tab. I ran Ad Aware, my virus checker (both updated after 5/19/04) and McAfee Uninstaller. None of them recognizes it. When I try to delete it, I get a message...
May 22nd 04 04:46 PM
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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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5.5 inch floppy disks by jdriscol
We have stacks of 5.5 inch floppys with dated, but important files on them. I have inserted a 5.5 drive into a computer running win98 but it does not detect it. I don't know what brand the drive is. Are there ways to get the computer to read the 5.5's and be able to transfer the files to the HD...
October 22nd 04 03:39 PM
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5.5 inch floppy disks by jdriscol
We have stacks of 5.5 inch floppys with dated, but important files on them. I have inserted a 5.5 drive into a computer running win98 but it does not detect it. I don't know what brand the drive is. Are there ways to get the computer to read the 5.5's and be able to transfer the files to the HD...
October 22nd 04 03:39 PM
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5.5 inch floppy disks by jdriscol
We have stacks of old 5.5 inch floppy disks. I have put a 5.5 drive into a win 98 computer, but it doesn't detect it and I have no idea what brand it is. Is there a way to get the drive to read the files enough to transfer them to the hard drive and/or CD writer?
October 26th 04 10:59 PM
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