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Old November 20th 07, 02:14 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.win98.setup
John[_6_]
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Default Starts booting then h/w switches off

I have an HP desktop system for many years and ISTR it has a Pentium 400
processor with a 40GB HDD and I run Win98 on it.

The configuration I've got has run for years. But recently something
seems to have happened.

Now I find that when I boot, the BIOS startup seems ok and then my
bootmanager starts. I use "BootIt" and it lives in a tiny partition at
the end of the hard drive. But after about a minute (during which I see
only a blank screen) the system switches itself off.

Can I refresh the system files on the hard drive by using the Win98SE
cd? It's been so long since I'v had to deal with this that I would
welcome any useful tips or things to watch out for.

After doing this Win98 CD refresh then I guess I need to get the Win98
fixes up to the right level and to make any customisations I want to the
systems's apearance .

Is there any other technical work I should do?