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no fixed disks present by
Keith
I was given a used computer and when I turn it on it runs
through the normal checks and then before Windows comes up
it gives me a message that says: DISK BOOT FAILURE,
INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER
I insert my Win98 boot disk and press enter and it reads
the disk and gives me the MICROSOFT...
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Flashed BIOS - IDE controller problems by
Storm
Hi,
I have been having a bit of a problem with one of my
machines, and I was hoping someone could help.
Here's the story:
I flashed the BIOS on my TCommate MB, P2BXA Rev. 1.02,
with a BIOS directly from the manufacturer. It updated
the BIOS from v. 1.01 to 1.06. The specs on the machine
are as...
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windows 98 on floppy by
Kat
help my daughter erased the harddrive on my laptop, the
floppy drive and cd drive are quick change, I have 98 on
cd but when I boot up with the cd drive in, I get an
error message, is there anyway I can get my copy of 98
put onto floppies so I can reload windows to my laptop??
thanks so much
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Hard Drive Error- Reports full over 3 gb free by
David
I keep getting error messages that my hard drive is full, but when I go to
My Computer in WIN98SE and click on C drive properties it tells me I have
3.6 GB free. Any Ideas on fixing this. It has done this several different
times. I have deleted files several times and after I do this it will...
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defragment by
darleen Pennington
I have my computer scheduled to run once a week to
defragment drive C but it never goes past 0%. What is
causing this?
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Device is not ready by
Randy
I had to short the battery on the motherboard to reset the
password. now, the cd-rom and the other hard drive are not
recognized. What do I Do?
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May 8th 04 06:29 AM
by CJT
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cd rom drive by
Randy
-----Original Message-----
my computer no longer see's drive f or e and i cannot
update without the cd drive. also at the same time i
cannot run disk defrag. my system seems to be running
but
after hours it is still at o% coompleted. please help.
.
You need to shut down most things running....
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May 8th 04 05:39 AM
by Randy
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CD-Rom "D" Drive by
Don
can no longer access my D-Drive. The message "D:\is not
accessible" and "The device is not ready" appear. Hard
disc controllers and CD-Rom set up is OK in control panel.
I also get the message during start up "The following is
missing or corrupted c:\windows|command\EBD\oakcdrom.sys"
and "there is...
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May 8th 04 05:36 AM
by Randy
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lost windows 98 disk by
[email protected]
I am trying to install windows 2000 and it is asking for
my windows 98 disk. I can't find the disk but do have the
code. Does anyone know where to get a copy or if you can?
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May 8th 04 12:37 AM
by philo
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DVD Burner by
Carlos
New NU-Tech dvd burner can't see a blank disc. Its too
early to give up on the burner. Are the some settings
that I need to change? I using a 4-year old Pentium 3
system with Windows 98SE.
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Recognizing USB F: floppy drive by
Anders
When booting with floppy, floppy in F: drive (USB) is not
recognised. Likewise, when running some apps that prompt
for a floppy disc, F: drive is not recognised and program
can not execute. How do I fix this? Thanks all
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Two Helpful websites by
Ellen
You can search both of these sites.
Windows help - http://www.compu-help.us
Great All Freeware - http://www.all-freeware.com
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upgrading windows 98 by
Scott
I learned that I need to upgrade from an OEM version of 98
to second edition or milleneum in order to run some new
software to sync my cell phone. Is this worth while, or am
I buying more problems than it is worth? If worth the
effort, how do I go about upgrading? Thank you, Scott
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MS-dos compatibility mode & lost CD drive by
Barrie
My hard drive & partitions all read as MSDOS
compatibility mode, and the CDRW/DVD drive is not shown
in Windows 98SE, so I cannot access it. (It was the H:
drive).
This happened after trying to install a USB mobile disk
driver. I have uninstalled the driver to see if that
would resolve the...
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cannot format HD with boot disk by
Ben Myers
Try creating a new boot disk.
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
Ben
"Nancy" wrote in message =
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I have a 98SE boot disk. Booted to the A drive. Hit=20
shift F5 to get me to DOS prompt. Entered in format...
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Partition,backup by
[email protected]
I have 40 Gig hard disc with window 98 on it I want to
keep my old program that run on window 98 But I also have
newer program that won't run on win 98 So I planned to
install win XP on the same disk
I planned to use Partition magic 7 to create new
partition so that I can install my win XP But...
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When rebooting Scandisk hangs by
Lybush
I just started having a strange problem with my Win 98SE system When I
do a restart after a Win hangup,
the system used to do a scandisk while in Dos to check the files. Well
that worked for a number of years.
Now, when it starts doing the automatic scandisk, I get the initial
small blue screen,...
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reformatting by
BR&Y
Ive tried to reformat my hard disk i used the fdisk and when done i was got a message to restart pc then format the disc when the pc restarts i get a message when i type reformat that "required parameter is missing...now what
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May 6th 04 12:21 PM
by BR&Y
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win98 hangs ( regularly - not hardware nor software problem ) by
abdulla
run msconfig click on the startup tab disble all item by
clearing the check box. restart the windows. If the
problem solved enable the item one by one (do not enable
unwanted programes on the startup) the point where the
problem appear again disable those item permanantly.
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