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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 |
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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 |
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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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