I see so many people looking for Windows 98 on Floppys. I managed to get my hands on a set a long time ago and I used winimage to make a image file of each disk in case they ever got corrupted. It took me forever to find a set, My friend used to have it on floppy, and I wanted them but he wouldnt...

I just recieved a 750gb Maxtor OneTouch 4Plus hard drive for Xmas. However, all the specs I can find say it only works with Windows XP. I need a detatchable external drive that can also be hooked up to a Windows 98SE computer and a Windows 98 first edition laptop. The 98Se computer is far more...

Hi Glee, Thanks for all that information. I forgot to mention that this is a Seagate HDD. Brad On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 14:11:33 -0500, in microsoft.public.win98.disks.general you

Hi, I have just (for the first time ever) reformatted the C drive on my sons pc. I followed all the details to the letter. It looks like it has reformatted but how do I get back to Windows. I presume I am in dos (have black screen with A:\) I assume this is asking me for a prompt. But this is...

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Dear MS Customer Support! I would like to convince You to enhance support for esdi_506.pdr IDE driver, becouse all current Intel based PC systems (chipset 865/875/915/925 with 48Bit BIOS suport) has controllers which use esdi_506.pdr driver to handle IDE drives. As all we know there is no support...

I have a WIN 98 machine that during boot up gives the following message: "Drive Not Ready Insert BOOT diskette in A: Press any key when ready_" When I press any key I get. "Searching for Boot Record from IDE-0. . Not found Searching for Boot Record from Floppy. .Not found"

Windows 98 is giving me disk full errors when the hard disk shouldn't be full. There should be 2.5GB of space. There was, until recently. The contents of the directories add up to 6.8GB and the disc's capacity is 9.3GB (in one big partition). It is also displaying the file sizes of some large...

Gordon Freeman wrote: I don't think there's any way you could format a 250GB drive with less than 32KB clusters, FAT32 has a limit of how many clusters the FAT can contain, Please have a look at...

Due to windows operating system being corrupt, chatted with a MSN tech. Recommended uninstalling windows from my disk & then reinstalling. Forgot to ask...using Win 98 now. Should I uninstall & reinstall Win 95 with my disk & then uninstall/reinstall UPGRADE Win 98 disk? I'm trying to say it...

anyone got any ideas on how i can get it to be seen?

With 2 disks, can I shut one off without pulling a cabel? Cant see it in BIOS.

I just bought a laptop. I have many files on my Windows 98 computer that I would like to have on my new computer. I can‘t figure out how to get them over to it. It‘s been suggested that I get a flash drive, but I can’t find one that will work with Windows 98.. The old computer has a...

hello, I have an old Compaq presario laptop which hasnt been used for some time. When booting the following shows up (after pressing f10 it tries to enter setup but then just hangs) any advice would be greatly appreciated thanks. CPU=Pentium II 300 mhz

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. ...

Friday Morn During bootup scandisk informs me of need to run a thorough suface scan. I sometimes let it do this: takes nearly 3 hours. And after a couple of boots, it wants to do it again. Nothing is wrong with the drives.

I have Windows 98 on another computer. I am trying to download CABINET.EXE and COMPRESSED FOLDERS for Windows 98 because they are not there. But, I cannot download the files from any website that I know hasn't got viruses. I search at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/ and what? Nothing?!...

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Go to http://www.bootdisk.com/ and download one. -- Richard G. Harper * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Johnny"...

1. Do you have Tweak UI installed? If so, go to My Computer tab and put marks in all drives. 2. Check for a lastdrive statement in the config.sys file and if it exists, make sure it reads: lastdrive=z 3. Run regedit.exe and open it to this...