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5.5 inch floppy disks by jdriscol
We have stacks of 5.5 inch floppys with dated, but important files on them. I have inserted a 5.5 drive into a computer running win98 but it does not detect it. I don't know what brand the drive is. Are there ways to get the computer to read the 5.5's and be able to transfer the files to the HD...
October 22nd 04 03:39 PM
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5.5 inch floppy disks by jdriscol
We have stacks of 5.5 inch floppys with dated, but important files on them. I have inserted a 5.5 drive into a computer running win98 but it does not detect it. I don't know what brand the drive is. Are there ways to get the computer to read the 5.5's and be able to transfer the files to the HD...
October 22nd 04 03:39 PM
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5.5 inch floppy disks by jdriscol
We have stacks of 5.5 inch floppys with dated, but important files on them. I have inserted a 5.5 drive into a computer running win98 but it does not detect it. I don't know what brand the drive is. Are there ways to get the computer to read the 5.5's and be able to transfer the files to the HD...
October 22nd 04 03:39 PM
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5.5 inch floppy disks by jdriscol
We have stacks of 5.5 inch floppys with dated, but important files on them. I have inserted a 5.5 drive into a computer running win98 but it does not detect it. I don't know what brand the drive is. Are there ways to get the computer to read the 5.5's and be able to transfer the files to the HD...
October 22nd 04 03:39 PM
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For experts: configuring a DOS startup in W98 by FraMo
History: I formated and transfered W95 system and files contained in \windows\command to a new hard disk. I made a bootable HD in W95. Then installed a program but it did no run because "Another user has already using that workstation" (I´m using a single pc, no lan). The program is designed...
October 21st 04 08:58 PM
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For experts: configuring a DOS startup in W98 by FraMo
History: I formated and transfered W95 system and files contained in \windows\command to a new hard disk. I made a bootable HD in W95. Then installed a program but it did no run because "Another user has already using that workstation" (I´m using a single pc, no lan). The program is designed...
October 21st 04 03:59 PM
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October 21st 04 01:36 AM
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STACKS problem by Julien Landry
Hi, I have a problem when i boot my computer. He say: (in french) Débordement de pile interne. Veuillez changer la valeur STACKS dans config.sys. But i didn't found STACKS in config.sys. Can you help me ? Julien
October 17th 04 11:54 AM
by Ron Badour Go to last post
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Phantom disk on undocked laptop after hang and reboot by Pete
I've a Chembook 2020 laptop running W98SE (fully up to date) from one internal 40Gb disk as C: drive. Recently, It was docked in a base unit carrying a CDROM drive and a 128Mb USB JumpDrive "disk". I then hibernated it (BIOS- style save-to-disk). When I powered it up later, I had undocked it. I...
October 16th 04 09:23 PM
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Hard Disk ping by Freedom
G'day all, I have a problem with a HP pc. The system has two hard disks and a CD Rom pata devices installed. The Primary master hdd(#1) started to emit a crisp bell like pining noise (think orchestral triangle of a high pitch). The sound was an erratic fault and did not occur on initial start up...
October 14th 04 10:21 PM
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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
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installing windows 98 problems by
I am trying to install windows 98 on a computer that someone gave me and it wants the "upgrade version" of windows 98. I have windows 98 on disk that I purchased. How can I get around this and why is it asking for this? Thank you, Allyson
October 14th 04 02:39 PM
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CDROM optimisation settings by cpu
Everytime I reboot computer, the settings in CDROM optimization access pattern (Win 98 My computer(right click)-Properties-Performance-File System-CDROM) resets to no read-ahead from my setting of Quad-speed or higher. Why?? Virus?? I have not installed anything new on my system except a...
October 12th 04 06:05 PM
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CDROM optimisation settings by cpu
Everytime I reboot computer, the settings in CDROM optimization access pattern (Win 98 My computer(right click)-Properties-Performance-File System-CDROM) resets to no read-ahead from my setting of Quad-speed or higher. Why?? Virus?? I have not installed anything new on my system except a...
October 12th 04 06:05 PM
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CDROM optimization setting by CDROM optimization
Everytime I reboot computer, the settings in CDROM optimization access pattern (Win 98 My computer(right click)-Properties-Performance-File System-CDROM) resets to no read-ahead from my setting of Quad-speed or higher. Why?? Virus?? I have not installed anything new on my system except a...
October 12th 04 05:59 PM
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USB Mem stick by Mike
I have the 98 2nd edition and only have the 98 1st edition disk. I am prompted for the 2nd edition for the list of drivers. What should I do? I have the software on the mem stick, but not sure how to install. I burned the software to a CD and tried to open and install it, but it tells me that...
October 11th 04 10:12 PM
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Missing W98 files... by Eric
Hello all I am trying to install Broadband in Uk on my computer running Windows '98. However as part of install operation I get a dialog box asking me to put Windows 98 CD in. There appears to be 10 files missing and I do not have a Windows 98 disc. Was never given one when purchased computer. The...
October 11th 04 10:11 PM
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windows 98 floppy disks by [email protected]
I have an old laptop that's running windows 95 that a child will use. I have only a floppy drive. I'm looking to buy windows 98 upgrade floppies. Does anyone know where I can get these. I cannot find any, i mean any, 95 drivers for a external cd player. Thank you.
October 11th 04 01:36 AM
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Boot failure screen by [email protected]
i purchased a gateway select 400 from a garage sale. i am trying to start over fresh with the system restoration cd, but it just goes to black screen with boot failu reboot and select proper boot device or insert the correct media?
October 10th 04 10:16 PM
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CDROM Drive by DonR
Unable to open CDROM drive, PC won't recognize Drive D. No pinhole to open the drive either, PC is HP and very old, perhaps 6 years or more. How can we get pc to recognize drive and how can we open it. Do we have to boot up in safe mode to do this? Do we have to reinstall Win 98? And another...
October 10th 04 08:20 PM
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