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C: Drive deisgnated as Backup C: by blank
My brother brought me his computer which they said would not load up, even with a Windows start-up disk. They have Windows 98 on the computer. I used my start-up disk and got Windows to load but it would not recognize the C: drive. When I would try to change directories to C: it would tell me it...
February 4th 05 10:48 PM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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C:/drive by frank
new user,i upgraded win95 to win98 to support dsl.98 cd said i should format my hard drive .i deleted partition and then reinstalled new partition.next i formatted c drive .i belive it said something along the lines of hard disk large enough to do in two parts.ran 98 setup at the end windows would...
September 14th 04 05:09 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Camera driver by Liz
Since reformat of Win98SE I have tried to reinstall driver for camera, it gets to the point of 'insert windows 98SE disc which I do, then cannot open file etc etc I have tried this numerous times. I bought another camera thinking the camera was the problem and I still get the same problem.
July 18th 04 12:21 AM
by Jeff Richards 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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Can IDE cable's end connector be left idle ( w-o affecting data transfer ) ? by TE Cheah
Per www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/ide/confCable-c.html "Using the middle connector and leaving the end connector unattached ...... leaves part of the cable "dangling". This is called a stub and creates much worse electrical characteristics on the cable, due to reflections from the unterminated ends of...
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March 14th 06 06:34 PM
by Folkert Rienstra Go to last post
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can not open start menu or my computer by Heidi
I need help fixing a computer. I try to open start menu and my computer icon and the computer freezes. I push ctrl+alt+delete and it show that Explorer is not responding. What is wrong and how do I fix? Thanks
July 3rd 04 06:11 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Can you make a recovery HDD? by C
Is ther a way to have a recovery Hard Drive As a SLAVE. And Save the driver names and be able to restrore Windows98 SE with out the CD-ROM just by using A Hard Drive as a SLAVE? In case windows Crashed or somtging I would like to have a recovery HDD.(Just like my mom's HP.But she has Win XP...
October 14th 04 05:07 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Can't Access D: Logical Drive (extended partition) by Brad
Hi, I removed a 800MB hdd, with two partitions (two logical drives), from one computer and put it in an older Compaq 386 computer. Both computers have the same MsDos 6.22 systems. The 386 can access all the space in "C:" drive, but when I try to access "D:" drive, I get an "invalid drive...
August 15th 04 04:58 AM
by glee Go to last post
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Can't access USB hard drive by Malu
I've been using a USB 2.0 Pocketec hard drive on my computer for 1 year with no problems. The last time I used it was yesterday and today when I started the computer, it wasn't in the My Computer folder. I checked the Device Manager and it says the device is working properly. I went to BIOS and...
September 12th 05 04:05 AM
by Gary S. Terhune Go to last post
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Can't Create folders in Windows Explorer by Woolybugger
When I click on File, New shows up but when I highlight New I recieve an illegal operation error. When I close that then I recieve "Internet Explorer Error" and when I close that I loose half of my icons or porgrams running in the lower right system tray. HELP!!!!
November 17th 04 08:50 PM
by Ron Martell Go to last post
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can't defrag or scandisk drive D by John
I keep getting a windows doesn't have enough memory error when I try to defrag or run scandisk for my D drive. It will scan my drive, C and E but not D. Not even in DOS, I typed A:\scandisk D: and it says it's the wrong command. I need to defrag and run scandisk on that drive soon and I don't...
May 21st 04 03:34 AM
by Bert Kinney Go to last post
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can't detect modem after reformat by Pete
I just reformatted my system and loaded Win98 SE. I deleted the primary partition and then created a new one using Fdisk - I only have 1 partition and 1 physical drive. Everything appears to be working fine, except that I cannot properly install my modem (US Robotics Sportster 56K, USR5699B). If...
August 18th 04 01:23 AM
by Rich Shenal Go to last post
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Can't find Product Key by Pete
I have an old (5yrs or so) Quantex PC, which has slowed right down. I have formatted the hard disk, and tried to re-install Windows 98 2nd edition. It has asked for the registration key, but i can't find this. the original cd came with the pc - i have the back cover of the jewel case, but no...
August 28th 04 02:17 PM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Can't Format a Floppy disk by Paul
I cannot get my 98 computer to format a 1.44 (3.5) floppy disk,I keep get the same error message "Windows could not format this disk. Either the selected capacity is not valid for the disk,or the disk is damaged and may need to be replaced". I have tried several disk and also get the same message,...
September 17th 04 08:24 PM
by Bert Kinney Go to last post
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Can't format drives... by Inquisitor
Hi there, I have a bunch of old HDD that I'm looking to format and set up as slave drives. I have no idea how big they are or what is on the (in terms of an O/S) at this point. However, none of them seem to want to let me format them. I have a couple of different errors that show up... The...
April 28th 05 06:24 AM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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Can't fully access (a:) and (d:) drives and master boot records. by Blohm
I have a Toshiba Satellite 2545CDS laptop that includes a floppy disk drive (a:) and a CDROM drive (d:). (1) I cannot access these drives properly. The floppy disk drive can read some floppy disks and not others. Some disks it signals as not properly formatted, others it states it cannot...
February 24th 07 07:24 AM
by Jeff Richards Go to last post
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Can't get cloned disk to boot by gord
I have installed a new 80GB HDD (recognized as Drive G:) onto which I have cloned the OS from Drive C:. However when restarting the PC, the machine will only boot if I leave the original C: in the system. The new disk still has the drive letter G: assigned to it. I have used both PowerQuest...
September 21st 06 04:09 PM
by gord Go to last post
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can't get Floppy drive to work by Marion
I reinstaled windows 98 on my computer and now the 31/2 drive A reads 5 1/4 and won't work. I went into bios and changed it to 31/2 For A and no B dive and saved it and restarted the computer. It still reads 5 1/4 and hangs up if you put a disk in and try to read it. Is there anything I can do with...
September 16th 04 08:47 AM
by Shankar Mishra Go to last post
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can't get past "Scan Disk" by Sarah
I really hope someone can help me. My OS is Win98. It freezes continually causing me to shut down manually. When I reboot it give the message...Windows was not shut down properly...etc. must run Scan Disk. The Scan Disk takes aprox. 3hrs to run then stops and says "Cannot write to Disk C", that...
September 16th 04 05:35 PM
by Don Phillipson Go to last post
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Can't get Win 98 to run by Cluster
I have an old thinkpad 240x with a pcmcia cdrom. I can't boot up from the cdrom as without an operating system the laptop won't see it...so I removed the hard drive from my laptop and using it as the hard drive on my desk top I installed Win 98 SE on it I also made a boot floppy in...
October 8th 04 09:19 PM
by Mark Denton[MSFT] Go to last post
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