Forum: General
April 3rd 08, 06:26 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,544
Windows 98 Start up problems
cms-api wrote:
Yes, the PC was on when the power failed. It sounds like the PC is
trying to boot, but nothing is displayed on the monitor.
Does the hard drive activity light come on?
Does it...
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Forum: General
March 31st 08, 09:53 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,075
Need Advice
bobster wrote:
"Mind you, I still have my 98SE rig running."
I probably should have done that. I "saved" $190 on my new machine
by ordering it without a display as I had a very nice 19"...
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Forum: General
March 26th 08, 08:46 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,256
Accessing identical hard drive
Lil' Dave wrote:
Was using the 2nd identical 80GB as copy of the first. In the
past, I could boot from the 2nd drive. Always did that when the
first drive was not inserted in the removable...
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Forum: General
March 21st 08, 09:42 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Replies: 91
Views: 9,315
destorying the hard drive
Franc Zabkar wrote:
I suspect that the difference in the treatment of FDs and HDs may be
due to the fact that diskettes can be magnetically blank, ie they
may have no prerecorded sector IDs,...
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Forum: General
March 21st 08, 09:40 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Replies: 91
Views: 9,315
destorying the hard drive
Format. There was no such thing as a format with adjectives. No "low
level", no "full", no "quick". Just plain format...
"during which time the drive geometry - cylinders,
tracks - is...
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Forum: General
March 21st 08, 02:03 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Replies: 91
Views: 9,315
destorying the hard drive
Use to be just plain "format" (sans adjectives) :)
dadiOH
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Gary S. Terhune wrote:
What you describe is a "low-level" format, not a "full" format.
"dadiOH"...
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Forum: General
March 21st 08, 10:03 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Replies: 91
Views: 9,315
destorying the hard drive
Jim Madsen wrote:
My daughter has an old Gateway computer running Windows 98. She
says no one wants it because it is slow and obsolete and she wants
to turn it into the local recycling...
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Forum: General
March 21st 08, 10:02 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Replies: 91
Views: 9,315
destorying the hard drive
Bill in Co. wrote:
Even as I said, if you do a Full format, I think you'll be hard
pressed to recover much, despite what Gary said. But I think
Gary was thinking of the Quick Format (and I...
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Forum: General
March 18th 08, 09:21 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,820
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Forum: General
March 11th 08, 09:11 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Replies: 52
Views: 4,356
For PCR, trying to get rid of DEFAULT_MONITOR
MEB wrote:
Early in the original discussion, someone {Glen or Brian -
indicating nVidia as example} attempted to advise that some adapter
cards and/or monitor/panel installation files may...
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Forum: General
March 10th 08, 11:21 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Replies: 37
Views: 5,901
?Disk Recovery ( Computer Failure )
BAP wrote:
See my reply to "MEB"suggestions to disconnect the Sony's Master
Disk and connect the Microtime's Master in its place. Surprisingly,
it did work and I was able to recover the...
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Forum: General
March 9th 08, 09:36 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,429
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Forum: General
March 8th 08, 02:25 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Replies: 37
Views: 5,901
?Disk Recovery ( Computer Failure )
PCR wrote:
dadiOH wrote:
BAP wrote:
snip all
You are making what you want to do just WAAAYY harder than it is.
All you need do is remove a drive from the old computer, put it...
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Forum: General
March 8th 08, 02:01 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Replies: 37
Views: 5,901
?Disk Recovery ( Computer Failure )
dadiOH wrote:
BAP wrote:
Any possibility that things might work out better if I were
to remove the DVD Disk Drive from the Sony and hook that Master HD
to the vacant cable connection?
...
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Forum: General
March 8th 08, 11:58 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Replies: 37
Views: 5,901
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Forum: General
March 7th 08, 11:27 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Replies: 37
Views: 5,901
?Disk Recovery ( Computer Failure )
BAP wrote:
"dadiOH" wrote:
BAP wrote:
snip all
You are making what you want to do just WAAAYY harder than it is.
All you need do is remove a drive from the old computer, put...
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Forum: General
March 5th 08, 09:30 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Replies: 37
Views: 5,901
?Disk Recovery ( Computer Failure )
BAP wrote:
snip all
You are making what you want to do just WAAAYY harder than it is. All
you need do is remove a drive from the old computer, put it in the new
computer, boot and then copy the...
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Forum: General
February 20th 08, 12:11 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,286
Question about Mouse settings
BAP wrote:
My current Computer is a Sony VAIO - Pentium 4 - CPU 1300M.
From the settings options, the mouse appears to be set at double
click, but whenever I attempt at highlighting/selecting a...
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Forum: General
February 19th 08, 04:44 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,325
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Forum: General
February 19th 08, 10:27 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,325
Long delay during POST
PCR wrote:
Gary S. Terhune wrote:
Just because 40 seconds is not normal for "other computers" does
not make it not normal for the machine in front of you. Put in
another drive,...
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Forum: General
February 18th 08, 08:25 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,325
Long delay during POST
"ms" wrote in message
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This machine has a consistent 40 second delay during POST before
windows
starts to load. This is not normal as I...
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Forum: General
February 18th 08, 05:42 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,325
Long delay during POST
ms wrote:
This machine has a consistent 40 second delay during POST before
windows starts to load. This is not normal as I usually see less
than 10 seconds delay in other computers.
...
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Forum: General
February 17th 08, 11:34 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Replies: 102
Views: 7,448
Trouble with new display and Device Manager
Warren wrote:
I had trouble getting the right drivers installed for my Viewsonic
LCD. Essentially I ended up booting up the machine with no drivers
and Windows installed a Default Monitor. ...
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Forum: General
February 9th 08, 10:48 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,662
scanreg.exe switch syntax ?
RJK wrote:
Hello,
An old friend recently presented me with an "old" W98 based
standalone PC ! :-) ...built 20th-May-2000 !
After a long fight, (Asus P5A? AMD K6/2-500), and it hanging...
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Forum: General
January 30th 08, 05:03 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,040
How to remove Desktop context menu items
Sudy Nim wrote:
w98se, my menu has been overtaken by a glut of unnecessary items.
Tweak UI will remove them but a warning states (You need to
reinstall program responsible --- to restore the...
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