Conceptronic's PCI-IDE card ("csatacombo") does not support disk-standby. Is there a way to force a disk into standby programmatically? Adrian.

The hard drive in my Windows 98SE computer is failing. It's not always readable when I turn on the computer and makes some odd clicking noises, yet turning the computer off, and then on again seems to fix the problem, although last time it took 3 tries. I intend to replace the HD ASAP, however, it...

Hi there, I've had to reinstall Win98 a couple of times over the years and it's a real pain ... mainly because of my bad memory. Question ! I have Win98SE Upgrade ( plus all the original stuff before that ) and was wondering if it would be possible to make a new CD Rom with Win98 on it, together...

For example how scandisk and format utility do. What call sequence I should do? AGAVA Software company

Hi All I wanted to use the HD from my old Windows 98 PC for storage on my Windows XP Home PC. so I formated the drive. Having purchased a bigger storage HD for my XP PC I decided to refit the old drive back into my Windows 98 PC. Problem is the computer can not find the HD so I find it...

A couple of nights ago whilst on the internet, a message flashed up on screen stating "d drive not accessible". I later found my D drive is locked out,I cannot access it at all. When I checked the properties for both C and D drives via my computer,the C drive details popped up within a couple of...

I /had to/ download install microsoft "jamondo.exe" keyboard language enhancer to view a particular webpage. Now, each time Seamonkey is started, the keyboard "EN" icon appears in the system tray. What command/plug-in starts this function and how do I stop seamonkey from doing this? I have...

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

I installed a formatted Hard Drive in my computer and attempted to boot up with a floppy. In fact, I attempted to boot up with 3 different floppies which I had downloaded from the internet. In each case I received the error message, "Invalid System Disk. " I tried changing the order of boot up...

Please help- I keep getting this message - Trojan horse Downloader.Dyfica.2.P C:\System Volume Information\-restore{993D74BB-OOO1-4166- 8DEO-4DA5CD7245E7}\RP11\AOOOO564.dll I have a anti virus system but it does not detect this virus - what does this mean Thanks in anticipation John

Hi. When I click the A Drive icon in "My Computer" (with a disk in the drive), it "thinks" about it for a moment (with crunching and whirring sounds), then asks me if I want to format the disk - I don't, I just want to access it. When I click "no", it stops and won't open the new window. This has...

Hi, I formatted a floppy disc. It was already empty. Is there a way to unformat, return factory settings, make completely empty? Thanks

Hi, hopefully someone can help, I am running Windows 98, and usually when I try to connect to AOL, a dialog box comes up and tells me that my hard drive is full and that it needs to empty some files, so I do, but my drive is nowhere near full. Also, this sometimes occurs during boot up. I check...

Hi, all! I have two pc's, one running XP, the other windows 98. My flash disk - Speed Drive 64 MB - is running the way it shall on the XP machine, but my Windows 98 based PC can't find the thing. I have tried looking for a driver for the Speed Driver, but without luck. Is there anybody around...

Maintenance/defragmentation scandisk, keeps continually restarting. then a message says: "scan disk has restarted 10 times because windows or some other program is writing to this drive" I have no programs running and can't fathom what can be wrong. Defragmentation scanning can't even start...

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...

I am trying to copy large files from one PC to another. The 3.5 DS HD disks are too small, so I tried to use a 700MB CD-R. When I try to copy, the CD drive says that there is no disk in drive or the drive is not ready. Any help would be appreciated Thanks, Marty

Hi all, I am writing with a problem that needs expert help to solve: I have a hard drive that cannot be accesed in Windows 98 but I can access from from a dos prompt when I boot with the Win98 install disk. What I want to do is to copy certain files, directories,

MY HD is damaged and I need to replace it in a Win 98 machine. Does anyone know what hard drives I can buy that would replace a Samsung SV0844A hard drive and be compatible with what is in the computer already? I can go for more than the original 8.4G , but compatibility is the question. I'll stay...

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...