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Out of Space message for C drive by Gupta
I keep getting out of space message. When I remove files or software from the drive, it shows availble space. However, as soon as I reboot, all space vanishes. I wonder if this is due to a virus? Help Please.
May 17th 04 02:01 PM
by Satish Go to last post
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Best Non-Bloatware Application Versions for PIII 600MHz laptop? by Z
Hi, I have recently been gifted a Compaq M300. It's super thin and light but only a PIII 600MHz machine, I plan to put the max memory in it (I think 128+256MB) to improve things as much as possible. Also plan to increase HDD to about 30GB (any problems with doing this/ will partioning make...
October 4th 04 01:28 PM
by Steven Burn Go to last post
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boot problems(total novice) by [email protected]
my system kept freezing when doing scandisk, so run scandisk via dos and now pc won't boot. I can start via safe mode but can't find cd player to reload windows..any help would be appreciated as it's been a very long day
September 30th 04 05:39 AM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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Problem after accepting scandisk fix by Rocky
Hi - My HP (Win 98SE) froze while online (occasional occurrence), so I ran scandisk from safe mode, which sometimes finds something to correct when this happens. Problems were found on both my main and aux hard drives, and I accepted the fixes. On the main drive the message said something...
December 20th 04 09:01 PM
by Rocky Go to last post
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Win98 SE 48bit LBA support for esdi_506.pdr driver by user
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...
December 29th 04 01:51 PM
by Lil' Dave Go to last post
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Very slow to open a word file? by Peter Chang
I don't know why my notebook is extremely slow to open a word file or the file manager. I found the problem even when I didn't do anything else. I doubt it got virus. The notebook is a pentium III 500MHz with win98 O.S. laptop. It isn't a new type, but the speed is unusal. I have tried to...
August 15th 05 12:32 AM
by Word 2003 Virus Scanning STOP Go to last post
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Cannot find what is filing up disk by TKinHawaii
My son's machine has a 40GB drive partitioned into C..10GB and D.. 29GB or so. All of a sudden he is getting messages that the C drive is near capacity. Looking at properties of the C drive show that there is very little free space, yet there should be lots of free space. He has run scan...
December 16th 05 11:06 PM
by AlmostBob Go to last post
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Win2k USB drive assignment locations? by James
I have a fully updated Win2k system with multiple hard drives and network shared drives. After drives, partitions & shares I have drive slots N, P, V, W, Y & Z available. When the USB card reader with 3 USP ports is added it is assigned N, P, V & W which works just fine. The problem comes in...
November 20th 06 07:07 AM
by James Go to last post
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Boot failure by astroview120mm
My windows 98 computer won't boot because it can not read drive C. Any advice on how to fix this problem would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. -astroview120mm
May 5th 07 11:36 PM
by Ben Myers Go to last post
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Extract Original Compresesed Windows Files for Windows98 by Javier
I follow the instructions For windows98 the second edition . Everithing it's ok until the the 5th step. i type drive:\windows\path\file ....after that i got the window that ask me to browse The Restore From and Locate the Windows installation files. After that point I don't know what to type or...
September 21st 04 10:28 PM
by Greg Go to last post
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Hidden Files by tJp
The number of hidden files shown following a scan of my hard drive keeps increasing. Even after going to the control panel and putting a check in the radial to allow hidden files to be shown, I still am unable to reduce the inexorable increase. I understand that the hidden files may be located in...
September 21st 04 10:36 PM
by Greg Go to last post
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Loading WIN 98 OS To Dell Latitude by Dell
I am having difficulty loading WIN 98 OS to a used DELL Latitude CPx. The hard drive had been wiped and I am starting from new. Can anyone help with the sequencing of loading this? I have a WIN 98 Startup disk and the Operating System CD. I tried loading after booting with the startup disk and...
June 6th 04 10:15 PM
by Ben Myers Go to last post
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System Performance Problem by Ellis Hillinger
I have a performance problem with my Win 98 system. It is a Dell with a P III / 550 MHz and 128 MB memory with 700 MB of free disk space. The symptom often seems to be certain web sites that hang for no reason. I believe I finally traced it to another problem today. On occasions after the...
June 30th 04 03:36 AM
by Ellis Hillinger Go to last post
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HardDrive issue by Bob
I reformated my main physical Hardrive, and reinstalled win98, the problem is however, that "My Computer" does not show anything for my 2nd physical harddrive, that was present before the formating and reinstallation. The 2nd HD shows up in my BIOS, how can I fix this!!? Thanx in advance
July 4th 04 11:34 PM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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Opening RAR files by pirate
Hi Can anyone please tell me how to open and instal a RAR file I dont know what this is dooohhhh! I downloaded an RAR file and it is baffling me! -- Thanks! Pat
August 2nd 04 07:15 PM
by pirate Go to last post
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Three Easy (?) Questions by Bob W
1. Can the floppy disk drive be dropped from a PC and CD drive be used instead? 2. How do you make a startup CD disk? 3. Is the startup disk simply a DOS startup or is it OS sensitive?
August 12th 04 11:26 PM
by Paul Go to last post
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Limit on External HD size? by Ryan
I've been using an old desktop with 98SE on it to store all the mp3's I've been ripping from all my music cd's and I'm running out of space. I'm wondering if there's a size limit to an external HD (connected either through USB or Firewire). I'm hoping to get a 160gig HD. FYI: I have access to...
August 29th 04 05:24 AM
by SFB - KB3MM Go to last post
8 1,030
the system cannot read from specified device by Rouke
Hi, I want to archive my old software floppies to CD. There is one type of file from one set of disks that results in the following error message: Cannot copy filename: The system cannot read from the specified device Other files from the same disks copy correctly, and similar files...
September 20th 04 03:39 PM
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how can I determine the manufacturer of my cd-rom drive?
September 20th 04 09:05 PM
by Lil' Dave Go to last post
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Hard drive light flashing by Satish Gupta
My hard drive light flashes every few seconds as if the computer is reading/writing. I have read responses to similar questions, but think my problem is different. Here are the facts. I copied contents of one of my drives to a different drive, including reinstall of Win 98 on this second...
July 10th 07 10:56 AM
by glee Go to last post
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