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Partiton magic and my hd by bob
I have a HD that is not currently being seen by my WIN98OS, but is seen by my bios. I just got Partition Magic 8, and it sees the drive and the partition(s) I have on it. It classifies them as "EZ- DRIVE" type. What can PMagic do for me to get win98 to see/use the drive without me loosing the...
July 7th 04 11:39 PM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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Disk active led stays on steady by Jake
Hi all, Urgent question Running a Dell Inspiron 7500 and the original disk Fujitsu 10Gig is about to die Trying to replace with a 30Gig Hitachi Travelstar IC25N030A Formatted, did clean install Win98SE Boots to windows, boots to DOS The disk led stays on steady, even in DOS when the machine is...
July 7th 04 04:30 PM
by Jake Go to last post
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NTFS to Fat32? by bob
How do I change my 2nd HD from NTFS to FAT32? How can I tell if it is NTFS? I am running win98 and it is not being seen by it. My Bios does recognize it tho.
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July 6th 04 06:17 PM
by w_tom Go to last post
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printer installation by Ron Albert
I'm trying to install a different Printer (Cannon BJC 250) I am being asked to put the windows 98 disc in the drive. The problem is, the computer is two years old, and I no longer have the windows 98 CD. Is there a way to install printers without the disc? Is this information saved in one of my...
July 5th 04 09:17 PM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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running net use from dos by collins irungu
hi all! i wanted to run windows xp unattended installation on my 5 computers but didnt want to run them individually so i tried the unattended option. the problem is i cannot connect to the installation files on the network because when i use net use it doesnt work. it only works from command...
July 5th 04 08:06 PM
by Joep Go to last post
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create drive in free space by cammos
Hello Newsgroups I am mainly familiar with Win2K and WinXP installs, so when I get a Win98 box to fix, I am oftened stumbled. The case: I had problems fixing a virussed Win98 box, and tried all the obvious ways to remove the virus manually and with tools, but in the end the only practical way...
July 5th 04 02:03 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Windows 98 product ID by Jason
My windows files got deleted so i had to reinstall it using the disck that came with my computer only to find that i cant. It asks for something called a product identification number which i didnt get with the computer or disc. I'm getting really frustrated as not 1 computer helpline can help me...
July 5th 04 01:58 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Missing files on installing Win 98 (se) by Erasmus
After multiple attemps to instal/refresh win 98 (se) the following files do not download/extract. The problem appears that the file on Cd (or a part of it) win98_45.cab is corrupt. The files that I am missing a icwoobe.exe icwrmind.exe icwscrpt.exe icwtutor.exe IESHWIZ.EXE
July 5th 04 03:49 AM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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Lost Drive D by Tan Bun Eng
My hard disk has 2 partition, C and D. But under My Computer, it only shows C drive. How can I rectify this problem. Thanks
July 4th 04 11:46 PM
by Jeff Richards 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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Prodcut Codes for Win98 by DonnieBoy
I have an original copy of Win98 which I bought a few years ago. I recently received an old fully functional Pentium 3 (for nothing) which my son is using to learn about PCs on. He reformated the hard drive without considering how he was going to reinstall the OS. The CD reads okay but I cannot...
July 4th 04 07:02 PM
by Jon_Hildrum Go to last post
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CD rom won't read by Dan
After trying to install an ethernet card(unsucessfully)in Win 98. I found that my CD rom drive was inacessable. I checked with the Device manager and it says the unit is functioning properly. It has power and the tray moves in and out but Windows says there is no disk in the drive. Safe mode gave...
July 4th 04 06:14 PM
by Rich Go to last post
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cd rom drive by dwc
Problem with CD drive. Drive won't work. Message says, "Unable to access drive E: The drive is locked by a disk utility." System utilities says that CD drive is working correctly.
July 4th 04 04:55 PM
by dwc Go to last post
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cd by doyle cavender
cd rom drive will not read media
July 4th 04 04:48 PM
by doyle cavender Go to last post
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Lost hard drive space by Clay
I installed windowsXP and had problems with it, so I reformated and went back to windows 98.In doing so I went from 17GB to 1.99GB. Is there a way to fix it? Thank you.
July 4th 04 02:59 PM
by AlmostBob Go to last post
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fdisk'd, del partition, help? :( by Mary E. Hill
I had a win 98 computer and wanted to wipe it clean, but my a drive isn't functioning so using a start up disk wasn't an option. I inserted my win 98 cd and did the fdisk which asked me what to do with partitions. I chose to delete the partition with tons of info on it and rebooted. Then I...
July 4th 04 06:42 AM
by Mary E. Hill Go to last post
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edrive by chaddock
when i bought my compaq presario it came with some games but now they wont load. my e drive is full but i cant delete anything cause it is read only files. ever heard of this before and how i can fix it. i put the disks in and they dont do anything but i can play a cd.
July 4th 04 12:41 AM
by chaddock Go to last post
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reformat hard drive by jody
It's been a long time since i've done it in Windows 98 and can't remember where to get started. Can you help? I think this is the only thing that will fix my problem. Thanks
July 4th 04 12:04 AM
by TR Go to last post
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52MAXX CD-RW only detected as CD by Win98 SE by Walt Yazzy
I have Windows 98 SE and it only see my Memorex 52MAXX 2452AJ (cd-RW) made March 2003 as a regular CDROM. I have searched all over for a driver so this will work, any suggestions
July 3rd 04 11:36 PM
by Steve Baron - KB3MM Go to last post
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Cracked disk by dnstall
My Windows 98 SE disk has a crack in it and will not read. The support site will not accept my PID. Is there anyway I can send the broken disk and get a replacement?
July 3rd 04 06:13 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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