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

Hi, Has anyone used a flash drive ("thumb" drive) after booting a computer using a floppy boot disk (A: drive)? Note: Windows is not launched. I want to transfer "stuff" from C: drive to the flash drive. Thanks in advance, Brad

After horrendous problems with BSODs and other problems I decided to instal W98 Second Edition on a fresh partition so that I could get to my XP PRO system to copy it (doesn't work as W98 doesn't recognise NTFS). (I will probably get round this with Partition Magic recovery disks). However among...

Is it possible to boot a Win98 box with the Win98 (floppy) Boot Disk and run the defrag command from there? Whenever I try this I get a message like "bad command" or "you must run this command from Windows". Alternatively, is it possible to run Windows (temporarily) from an external drive so that...

Hello all, I've recently put a 40 GB drive in an external enclosure with an USB connection, but have problems with using the drive. When I try to partition the drive (using the standard W98se FDISK) it comes back as a a drive of only 6 GB (which probably has to do with the 32 GB-limit). Applying...

My system is running Windows 98 SE. After the PM7 window opens, I get the error (for disk #1): Error 116 - Partition table Begin and Start inconsistent I'd like to backup partitions on disk #1 but PM7 won't allow it so long as it thinks there are errors. Despite the error from PM7, my system...

Does anyone know what Low Level Format is about? and how to perform it? Thank you Eric

On one of my computers with Win 98, there are 3 hard drives and 1 CD-RW installed. The system BIOS detects all 4 of these drives with no problems. However, when in My Computer only 2 hard drives and the CD-RW are displayed and the second drive doesn't work, coming up with the error messge "D:\...

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My Win98SE can no longer access the A: Drive floppy disk. I have replaced the ribbon cable, used two new (refurb) Teac drives from Dell parts, deleted the controller and redetected it and still the same problem. The drive whirrs went I try to access it thru Windows Explorer and I get the following...

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ssome wrote: The next logical step was to see if the WD s/w for 137GB will work on other mfgrs HDs. i tried it on a Maxtor 30 GB HD by partitioning it into 2 parts. It worked. It did give a disclaimer about a diff mfgr when i selected the HD to be worked on. The software in...

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.

I can only get my CD-ROM or My CD Burner to work, but not both. I have tried all the combinations of the jumper switch on back of the CD-ROM/ Burner. I notice that when I boot up the computer that it stops at the Ambioso and looks for the CD-ROM. I notice at that point under the ATAPI DEVICE that...

In Windows 2000 and XP, one goes through the system tray and remove it by telling Windows that you're not using the drive anymore because of possible data loss. I assume it was the same for 9x, but then I noticed USB system tray icon was missing. PCMCIA system tray icon exists to stop the devices...

I just aquired a 60gb drive that I'd like to use to replace the C drive in a win98 system. I no longer have a working OEM CD, and a generic win98 CD would not have the proper drivers. I'm thinking of keeping the dying 20gb drive as a backup. Is it possible to temporarily disconnect the ZIP...

A phenomenon I have observed in Windows XP is that when I compact in = Outlook Express before running Disk Defragmenter then file fragmentation = is less when Disk Defragmenter analyses the disk. ~~~~~~ Hope this helps.

Hi my question is that every time I restart or start my computer it requires my windows 98 CD to use as boot record to start windows without the cd in the drive my windows 98 doesnt startup it just stops at the logo screen. how do i change my boot record from my cdrom to my actual harddrive where...

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...