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Forum: General April 3rd 08, 06:26 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 10
Views: 1,529
Posted By dadiOH
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...
Forum: General March 31st 08, 09:53 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 24
Views: 3,050
Posted By dadiOH
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"...
Forum: General March 26th 08, 09:46 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 9
Views: 1,248
Posted By dadiOH
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...
Forum: General March 21st 08, 10:42 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 91
Views: 9,261
Posted By dadiOH
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,...
Forum: General March 21st 08, 10:40 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 91
Views: 9,261
Posted By dadiOH
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...
Forum: General March 21st 08, 03:03 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 91
Views: 9,261
Posted By dadiOH
destorying the hard drive

Use to be just plain "format" (sans adjectives) :)

dadiOH
_____________

Gary S. Terhune wrote:
What you describe is a "low-level" format, not a "full" format.


"dadiOH"...
Forum: General March 21st 08, 11:03 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 91
Views: 9,261
Posted By dadiOH
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...
Forum: General March 21st 08, 11:02 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 91
Views: 9,261
Posted By dadiOH
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...
Forum: General March 18th 08, 10:21 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 16
Views: 1,806
Posted By dadiOH
help = can't edit hosts file because it won't let me pick a program.

SlickRCBD wrote:
I've just had something weird pop up. I tried to edit my hosts
file, but instead of being asked what program I want to use to open
it with, I got a dialog box telling me "This...
Forum: General March 11th 08, 10:11 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 52
Views: 4,319
Posted By dadiOH
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...
Forum: General March 10th 08, 12:21 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 37
Views: 5,857
Posted By dadiOH
?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...
Forum: General March 9th 08, 10:36 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 5
Views: 2,386
Posted By dadiOH
Thing that flash by at startup are not always the same?

DJW wrote:
How come with a number of windows 98 machines I have no two have the
same thing coming up during the startup process? One just starts
with a windows cloud picture windows then goes...
Forum: General March 8th 08, 03:25 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 37
Views: 5,857
Posted By dadiOH
?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...
Forum: General March 8th 08, 03:01 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 37
Views: 5,857
Posted By dadiOH
?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?
...
Forum: General March 8th 08, 12:58 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 37
Views: 5,857
Posted By dadiOH
?Disk Recovery ( Computer Failure )

BAP wrote:
"dadiOH" wrote:

BAP wrote:
"dadiOH" wrote:

BAP wrote:

snip all
Forum: General March 8th 08, 12:27 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 37
Views: 5,857
Posted By dadiOH
?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...
Forum: General March 5th 08, 10:30 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 37
Views: 5,857
Posted By dadiOH
?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...
Forum: General February 20th 08, 01:11 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 10
Views: 1,281
Posted By dadiOH
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...
Forum: General February 19th 08, 05:44 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 26
Views: 2,287
Posted By dadiOH
Long delay during POST

glee wrote:
"dadiOH" wrote in message
...
"ms" wrote in message
...
Forum: General February 19th 08, 11:27 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 26
Views: 2,287
Posted By dadiOH
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,...
Forum: General February 18th 08, 09:25 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 26
Views: 2,287
Posted By dadiOH
Long delay during POST

"ms" wrote in message
...
This machine has a consistent 40 second delay during POST before
windows
starts to load. This is not normal as I...
Forum: General February 18th 08, 06:42 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 26
Views: 2,287
Posted By dadiOH
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.

...
Forum: General February 17th 08, 12:34 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 102
Views: 7,413
Posted By dadiOH
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. ...
Forum: General February 9th 08, 11:48 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 9
Views: 1,650
Posted By dadiOH
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...
Forum: General January 30th 08, 06:03 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 6
Views: 1,025
Posted By dadiOH
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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