A Windows 98 & ME forum. Win98banter

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Go Back   Home » Win98banter forum » Windows 98
Site Map Home Authors List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read Web Partners

Post New Thread
Threads in Forum : Disk Drives Forum Tools Search this Forum Feed Icon
  Thread / Thread Starter Last Post Reverse Sort Order Replies Views
Hard Drive and Memory Limitations of Win98 by Franc Zabkar
On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:52:18 -0500, Igor put finger to keyboard and composed: It's my understanding that Windows 98 has limitations as to the size of hard drive that it will recognize. I believe that limit is 120 GB. Now, does that mean that if I put in a hard drive that...
December 6th 07 08:58 PM
by Franc Zabkar Go to last post
0 2,104
250 GB drives - please help by 98 Guy
Adam wrote: Not sure what the potential problem is with ScanDisk+Win98SE+ Big Drives First, understand that there are 2 scandisk's. One is the DOS scandisk (scandisk.exe) and the second is Windows scandisk (scandskw.exe + diskmaint.dll). Then there is defrag (AKA windows defrag).
(Multi-page thread 1 2)
December 20th 07 08:16 PM
by Jeffery Go to last post
18 4,948
Floppy Disk Drive by DaffyD®
Can I ask a question about a floppy disk drive in this ng or is it just for hdd issues? -- { : =( DaffyD® If I knew where I was I'd be there now.
December 22nd 07 12:28 AM
by Gary S. Terhune[_2_] Go to last post
1 2,328
WIndows XP Professional does not start with RAID 5 degraded by joe carle
I have a new Desktop with ASUS P5E Motherboard and a RAID 5 cluster with 4*500 GB disks . The RAID 5 is split into two volumes , one for the system and one for data. The system restarted, and showed that one of the disks have a problem. After restarteting it once, it showed at startup (before...
December 25th 07 05:32 AM
by joe carle Go to last post
0 2,330
Folder/files not showing up in my cd-rom drive by kikibo22
Burning a cd with content (a folder with video files) in it from a new vista computer, I take it to my old win 98 computer and the content of the cd does not show up! The old computer does, however, shows only that there is 455mb taken up on the cd. Also, I know that the content is on the cd...
December 28th 07 12:14 PM
by philo Go to last post
1 1,995
Is there an easy way to upgrade a hard drive without a working installCD? by SlickRCBD[_2_]
I want to upgrade the hard drive in a win98SE machine, possibly creating multiple boot options with XP and Linux available, but my OEM-supplied CD is broken. I have a generic Win98 CD, but I don't have the drivers for my computer, and I'm unsure which drivers I'd need to redownload, and if I...
December 29th 07 08:51 PM
by SlickRCBD[_2_] Go to last post
2 2,198
Will a Maxtor OneTouch 4plus work with win98? by SlickRCBD[_2_]
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...
December 30th 07 11:17 PM
by Gary S. Terhune[_2_] Go to last post
8 2,677
Using Flash (Thumb) Drive via Floppy Boot Disk by Brad
Hi Gary, What OS can you launch off a CD, that allows you to use a flash drive? Thanks in advance, Brad On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:57:40 -0800, in microsoft.public.win98.disks.general you wrote:
January 13th 08 06:28 PM
by Gary S. Terhune[_2_] Go to last post
1 2,367
many round urban negligences similarly fetch as the indirect travels judge by Doctor Y. Z. Niau
heard her brother say of the necessity of being in good earnest in seeking regenerating grace, together with the news of the conversion of the young woman before mentioned, whose conversion so generally affected most of the young people here. This news wrought much upon her, and stirred up a spirit...
January 16th 08 01:33 AM
by Doctor Y. Z. Niau Go to last post
0 1,705
Flash drives by Curt Christianson
Hi Brad, It seems to me that just a couple of days ago someone wanted to try something similar. Unfortunately, I didn't pay it any mind. :( I would get busy contacting the various mobo mfgrs. and see if they have something to fit the bill. -- HTH, Curt
January 18th 08 08:41 PM
by Gary S. Terhune[_2_] Go to last post
1 2,382
Slave Hard Disk Visible to BIOS but not Windows by MIG
My scenario is as follows. Pentium III with Windows 98 that I want to use for backup storage. Secondary IDE has CD/DVD player as master and CD writer as slave. Primary IDE has 18 GB hard disk as master, which it boots from but is too small for storage. For an experiment, I stuck a 2 GB hard...
January 27th 08 07:50 AM
by James Go to last post
9 2,372
up grade to microsoft xp by Edwin
how can I up grad to microcosoft XP from my windows 98 second half?
January 31st 08 11:05 PM
by philo Go to last post
2 2,309
Our new website by Ewho
This website is for artist, freelancers, programmers, writers, translators. All who is looking for work. If you are a skilled professional use page "Add profile" to create your profile. Also this website is for those who is looking for skilled professional. If you are looking for a professional...
February 8th 08 11:37 PM
by Ewho Go to last post
0 2,179
Using Flash (Thumb) Drive via Floppy Boot Disk by Brad
Hi, Has anyone used a flash drive ("thumb" drive) after booting a computer using a floppy boot disk (A: drive)? Note: Windows is not launched. I want to transfer "stuff" from C: drive to the flash drive. Thanks in advance, Brad
March 14th 08 02:25 AM
by ungali Go to last post
2 2,508
startup stalls by Jannie
i just installed windows 98 se and it gets to the splash screen and just stays forever---I need help troubleshooting this please -- Thank you!
March 28th 08 10:44 PM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
4 1,975
Discover How To Finally Unleash Your Computers True Potential! by [email protected]
Transforms Any Dead-Slow PC Into a Lightning Fast, Stable and Secure System...In Just 15 Minutes Dear Frustrated PC User, · If you've ever wondered why your computer seems to run so much slower than it used to... · If you've ever heard of frustrated people losing all their data
April 2nd 08 05:19 AM
by [email protected] Go to last post
0 1,604
upgrading a hard drive WITHOUT a working CD to reinstall the OS by SlickRCBD[_2_]
I just aquired a 60gb drive that I'd like to use to replace the C drive in a win98 system. I no longer have a working OEM CD, and a generic win98 CD would not have the proper drivers. I'm thinking of keeping the dying 20gb drive as a backup. Is it possible to temporarily disconnect the ZIP...
April 12th 08 12:12 PM
by philo Go to last post
6 2,439
Why did reformatted C: and reinstalling Win98SE corrupt 2nd hard d by [email protected]
I have a desktop computer running Win98SE. A month ago, a bug developed and my IE and MSN Messenger web browser app kept crashing. I copied over contents of My Documents to my second Maxtor internal hard drive (D:) which is connected to an IDE board in my computer. I reformatted my primary...
(Multi-page thread 1 2)
May 8th 08 12:38 AM
by philo Go to last post
19 3,999
Wish to access 2nd hard disk (probably NTFS) data in WIN98 by Joe[_3_]
Something on my old HP's motherboard lost it. I took out the hard disk and plugged it into an older Compaq as a slave to the Compaq's drive. The Compaq's motherboard had no problem with that, the HP's hard disk is present with a letter and the disk capacity is recognized. However, only one...
May 10th 08 08:56 PM
by Gary S. Terhune[_2_] Go to last post
2 2,321
Repair W98 by Anton
More than scandisk and chkdsk? "Anton" skrev i meddelandet news:... Can it be done as in W2k/VP and how?
May 18th 08 02:43 PM
by Don Phillipson[_5_] Go to last post
2 2,200
Post New Thread


Display Options
Showing threads 1121 to 1140 of 1207
Sorted By Sort Order
From The
Forum Tools Search this Forum
Search this Forum :

Advanced Search

New posts New posts More than 15 replies or 150 views Hot thread with new posts
No new posts No new posts More than 15 replies or 150 views Hot thread with no new posts
Closed Thread Thread is closed  
 
Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 04:27 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 Win98banter.
The comments are property of their posters.