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Cannot access hard drive on laptop by Alberto
A coworker was messing around with his laptop yesterday (he thinks BIOS settings) and now can no longer boot WIN98 from his hard drive. When we use an external floppy (IBM ThinkPad 310ED - because there isn't one on board) and a WIN98 boot floppy, we can't get to drive C. I can get to D - CDROM,...
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July 1st 05 10:05 PM
by Alberto Go to last post
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Defrag Needed? by jkb
I have a brand new 60GB 7200RPM Maxtor hard drive, running on a motherboard that supports ATA100 max, Does any of you know whether a defrag is needed? TIA, jkb
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July 1st 05 08:34 PM
by jkb Go to last post
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WIndows 98 System Backup by Sue McCain
I have just reinstalled everything, with reformatting C: and reinstalling Win98 SE and the usual applications. I have a floppy drive A: and a Zip drive, D:. Now when I go to Accessories/System Tools/ Backup, I am told that there is no backup device installed and if I continue, it doesn't show...
July 1st 05 08:18 PM
by Sue McCain Go to last post
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Systray in Close Program Dialog Box by MrPT2
I've noticed that Systray does not now appear in the list in the Close Program dialog box. How do I get it back?
June 25th 05 01:45 PM
by MrPT2 Go to last post
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Defrag not working by jkb
When I try and do a defrag, after a very short time - it says: "Drive contents changed, restarting". I tried closing down everything except Explorer, Systray, and Defrag. So nothing's running, did a spyware scan - cleared out the 4 tracking cookies. Still the same thing keeps happening. Thanx, jkb
June 24th 05 09:10 PM
by jkb Go to last post
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win98 FDISK upgrade by martynz
the fix to be able to install 46gig plus hard drives was only avail from tech support and they no longer supoort does any one else have a copy of FDisk for W98 later than 15 of dec 1999?? or m=know where to get one from???
June 24th 05 05:58 PM
by Lil' Dave Go to last post
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Floppy Problem by SFB - KB3MM
"HServ" wrote in message ... I am trying to open a file from a floppy disk that I know is very large. hOW LARGE IS TH FILE? get the error message "Word failed reading from the disk. Try reconnecting to the network or replace...
June 21st 05 03:23 PM
by AlmostBob Go to last post
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Win98SE Partition suggestion by tscottme
I'd like to replace my current HD configuration with dual 80GB drives. One HD will be used for OS, Program Files, and data. The second HD will be a backup of the first. How much space should I designate for the OS, program files, and data. My inclination is 5GB for OS, 15 or 20 GB for program...
June 21st 05 12:50 PM
by Lil' Dave Go to last post
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Defrag Problem by WCDoan
I'm trying to defrag a drive but can't. When defrag checks the drive at 4 % it comes back with error message that the drive had errors. I've run scandisk and it reported no errors. I've deleted the applog folder. I've run disk clean-up. The only thing running is explorer and systray. Still...
June 18th 05 12:21 AM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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Hard Drive UDMA 66 by Timbo 28
I gave my buddy a 60g harddrive, he has a older compaq, when I installed the drive there were ALOT more directories than I had on there and most were all symbols like *^&$%#^% + more. I could to still access data but when I clicked on a garbled file it said it could'nt be found. any suggestions?
June 17th 05 02:40 PM
by Lil' Dave Go to last post
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Repartition of HDD by Ray B
I have run out of space in my hard drive (have 500 mb left and need 2 gh). Can I remove the partition from d drive and ad the volume it to c drive without loosing my programs in the c drive? or does the c drive have to re-format in order to add more volume. In other words, if I follow the FDisk as...
June 14th 05 07:01 PM
by RobertVA Go to last post
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Dial-in settings keep changing by Rouke
Whenever any of the users on this PC want to dial in, the dial-in settings have been changed and need to be manually reset to the original values; the last three characters of the original username are misteriously replaced by: 7.165.58039 and the telephone number to 002463615082. The password...
June 12th 05 11:19 AM
by Rouke Go to last post
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need suggestions to read a old floppy disk by T Ho
I have some text document saved on a floppy disk during 1991-1992 time. The disk is Memorex 2S/2D 3.5". The format of the disk is unknown. It could be an old Macintosh format. Is there a way to read the disk from current PC with system windows 98, ME, etc? Thanks a lot! Taiping
June 9th 05 10:45 AM
by Stanislaw Flatto Go to last post
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Disk Defrag & ScanDisk hanging by scotch-writer
I've just recently had Win98SE reinstalled. Each time I've tried to defrag C drive, Disk Defragmenter gets hung up on "Checking disk for errors 0%". Likewise, when I try ScanDisk, the application stalls at "Checking file allocation tables" & "Checking folders". Then a message comes up that...
June 8th 05 08:34 PM
by scotch-writer Go to last post
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can i use files from XP on Win 98? by D Angelo
i copied some files needed (from my windows XP laptop for a friend who uses windows 98) onto a CD-RW cd. when i tried to use the cd in the windows 98 computer, the cd was not recognised and came up with an error message D:\ is not accessible. The device is not ready. is this an XP vs 98...
June 8th 05 12:23 PM
by glee Go to last post
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Not enough free memory to defragment drive by Old Silverbeard
Despite having 1GB of RAM with 70% free resources I get an error message stating I have insufficient free memory whenever I try to use Disk Defragmenter. I have tried closing down all applications and have also tried running in Safe Mode to defrag. but the same error message appears. The HDD I am...
June 5th 05 12:07 AM
by Bill Blanton Go to last post
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Optimum IDE Settings by Chris
Hi, My current set up is 3 hard drives plus a cd-rom. The operating system and one disk for storage is connected to the primary channel.The second channel is set-up as Master = CD-Rom Slave = Hard Disk for storage I am replacing the CD-Rom for a combination drive CD-DVD is it best to have this set...
June 4th 05 07:56 AM
by Chris Go to last post
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[OT] [ebay] EXTERNAL HARD DISK 2.5" FUJITSU 60GB BOX VAIO by mercuryale
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June 2nd 05 04:49 PM
by mercuryale Go to last post
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USB drive only showup if plugged in & reboot by Allen
My Lexar Jumpdrive (USB drive) only showup under Windows Explorer or in "MY COMPUTER" as removal drive if and only if I plug it in the USB port and re-boot the system. I have installed the drivers provided for my WIN98SE machine and have the setting in Device manager to show this as removal...
May 29th 05 10:49 PM
by Allen Go to last post
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Fatal exception error VXD FAT(01) by Allen
Hope someone can help here. I have Fdisk/ reformat my C drive and reload WIN98SE. After that, I got this fatal exception error every now and then : Fatal exception errors occur at 0028:C004B8DB VXD FAT(01) + 000098663. This was called from 0028:C004BFC3 in VXD FAT(01). Anyone know how to fix...
May 29th 05 08:51 PM
by philo Go to last post
3 1,152
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