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J M 8941 October 11th 04 10:33 PM

WHY duz it RE-install ALL hardware every reboot
 
If i dont change anything, and I use the same working win98 directly, etc etc
etc

why if I unplug a card, or change its socket, or something, why does win98
start-up, but before any desktop, searches and tries to re-inst. everything
again.

Most of the stupid time, asking for the CD, or "Details" showing it need to
goto my /inf directory, (i think its hidden, cause its not there at that point)
OR locate the .CAB file it neeeds

Not just that once.... even after the reboot of each re-instalment. WHY?

its been over 1 month now, and at least 45 complete re-instalations with NO
CHANGES in hardware, but maybe only I moved a card up/down a socket.

its frustrating

thjanksdfgpjasgpjiobvg

Steven Burn October 11th 04 10:51 PM

Because it's no longer where it was perhaps? (even if you remove it and put
it back in the same socket, Windows will go through that proc to verify it's
there and has/is using, the correct drivers)

--

Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!


"J M 8941" wrote in message
...
If i dont change anything, and I use the same working win98 directly, etc

etc
etc

why if I unplug a card, or change its socket, or something, why does win98
start-up, but before any desktop, searches and tries to re-inst.

everything
again.

Most of the stupid time, asking for the CD, or "Details" showing it need

to
goto my /inf directory, (i think its hidden, cause its not there at that

point)
OR locate the .CAB file it neeeds

Not just that once.... even after the reboot of each re-instalment. WHY?

its been over 1 month now, and at least 45 complete re-instalations with

NO
CHANGES in hardware, but maybe only I moved a card up/down a socket.

its frustrating

thjanksdfgpjasgpjiobvg




glee October 12th 04 02:37 AM

If you are moving a card to a different slot, the BIOS is reassigning resources
based upon the slots in use. Then when Windows starts, it must re-enumerate all the
hardware to reassign the interrupts. Why do you keep re-arranging your PCI cards?
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"J M 8941" wrote in message
...
If i dont change anything, and I use the same working win98 directly, etc etc
etc

why if I unplug a card, or change its socket, or something, why does win98
start-up, but before any desktop, searches and tries to re-inst. everything
again.

Most of the stupid time, asking for the CD, or "Details" showing it need to
goto my /inf directory, (i think its hidden, cause its not there at that point)
OR locate the .CAB file it neeeds

Not just that once.... even after the reboot of each re-instalment. WHY?

its been over 1 month now, and at least 45 complete re-instalations with NO
CHANGES in hardware, but maybe only I moved a card up/down a socket.

its frustrating

thjanksdfgpjasgpjiobvg




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