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Documents saved to floppy gone missing, where to?! by Carrie
(Also in XP section in error, sorry). Docs being saved to floppy, 2nd disk used for 2nd batch. 1st disk put back in and message appeared 'disk not formatted would you like to format'. Yes selected. Disk had 14 documents on, cut and paste from the My Docs folder. Recycle bin empty, and docs...
March 23rd 07 11:56 PM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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Windows 98 Games by Beau[_2_]
I have several Windows 98 games that I have tried to install on Windows xp, but have been unsuccessful each time. I was told there was a way to revert my XP to 98 but i do not know how. I was told this would allow installation but not affect XP. Anybody got a clue?
March 28th 07 03:08 AM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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HDD suddenly has bad sectors by SpamMePlease\(NOT\)
Hi Have a hdd which has suddenly developed bad sectors/clusters. Currently I cannot boot to windows so I booted to the command prompt and ran a surface scan dos utility with the auto fix switch. This surface scan dos utility has been running day and night for 4 days and has 1200+ bad clusters.
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April 23rd 07 01:54 AM
by Dave[_2_] Go to last post
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win98se cannot see usb external drive by banjo
anyone got any ideas on how i can get it to be seen?
April 29th 07 09:33 PM
by banjo 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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ZIP Folders and CAB Files are CORRUPTED. by John
The ZIP Folders on my computer have being corrupted ever since installing WinZIP. Upon uninstalling because it was of no use to me, it removed the ZIP file extension. What is the command line for the ZIP folders...
May 27th 07 10:53 AM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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Cannot upgrade FAT32 to DriveSpace 3 drives. by John
I have a FAT32 drive on Windows 98 but need to know how to repartition it. When I format it, it says files are in use by Windows. What do I need to do???
May 28th 07 12:24 AM
by James Go to last post
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manually partitioning non-boot disk (save data?) by StringChopper
Hello, Hopefully someone here can help me, or if there is a more suitable forum, please direct me there. I reformatted a 2nd disk (\Device\HardDisk1) that had a Linux OS on it. I was using GRUB on the 2nd Disk to choose between Linux and Windows XP, which is on my 1st disk...
May 30th 07 10:11 AM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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defragmentation hangs by Dirk Lehmann
Symptom: Defragmentation hangs between 0 and 1 % percent since app. 14 hours. System: Windows 98 Second Edition Describtion: Running the defragmentation with defrag startet from the graphical user interface hangs between 0 and 1 % since app. 14 hours. The file system was checked with scandisk...
May 31st 07 02:42 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Where in the world is Cabinet.exe and Compressed Folders for Win98 by John
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?!...
June 25th 07 08:59 AM
by James Go to last post
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Hard drive larger then 120GB question by 98 Guy
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...
July 1st 07 08:15 PM
by 98 Guy Go to last post
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Win98 Files Upgraded to XP by Piwowar
I recently upgraded my windows from 98 to XP. In my impatience I completly forgot to backup any files or do any major preparation for an upgrade. My old documents are now gone and I was wondering if there is any possible way to retreive them be it downgrading back to 98 or something of that...
July 3rd 07 01:33 AM
by philo Go to last post
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Hard drive larger then 120GB question by 98 Guy
98 Guy wrote: "Formatting 41,86.65M" That's when I left the computer (running at my office). I wasn't going to hang around for an hour while it formatted the drive. I'll check back later today and see how it finished the job. Ok, here's the result:
July 3rd 07 07:33 AM
by James Go to last post
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Install error message: Not enough space on D by Satish Gupta
When installing Windows 98 SE using the original CD ROM, I get his message: Not enough space on D To install Win 98 on drive C, you need 21 mb of space on D. D has only 1.4 mb To take care of this problem, please remove some files from hard drive. Hard drive is drive C. How would that free...
July 4th 07 05:15 PM
by glee 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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Hard drive larger then 120GB question by 98 Guy
ssome wrote: File Not Found http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/26/1113604/fdisk.ex_ http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/26/1113604/defrag.ex_ http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/26/1113604/diskmaint.dl_ http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/26/1113604/scandskw.ex_ They are...
July 13th 07 01:52 PM
by 98 Guy Go to last post
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Windows 98 Downloading Problems by Shary
Every file or picture I download becomes a Binder Document, then you try to open it and you get an error message saying this is not a Binder File, I cant find out how to change it? Cany anyone tell me please?
July 18th 07 02:16 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Win-98 and large hard drives, custom cluster size (new information) by teebo
I have just installed win-98se on my Asrock test platform, on a new 500 gb hard drive. I used the switch that prevents ACPI installation, and after all is said and done I have no yellow (!) showing up in device manager. On-board lan and USB are functional. I haven't tried sounds...
July 22nd 07 01:04 AM
by teebo Go to last post
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new hard drive by oldschoolt
I purchased a wester digital 7k 8m ata100 Why would wind98 only recognize 20 gig out of a 40 gig new drive It is set up fat 32-- t
July 22nd 07 10:36 PM
by AlmostBob Go to last post
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Need new Win98 cd by Rbdfoxes
Where can I get a new Win98 CD? Mine (that came with the computer) is cracked and I need it to configure a network router. Any suggestions? If there's a place to download I can copy a new CD. Thanks!
July 23rd 07 01:39 AM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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