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August 1st 09, 04:32 PM
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Win 98 Bootup Problem
My Win98 desktop has had a problem booting up twice recently. After recognizing
the CD ROM, it starts displaying lines and lines of drivers, plus MSD, MSD MSD MSD, etc. After shutting it down a few times, it reboots normally. Is this a registry problem? Other than entering "scanrag /restore" the next time this happens, is there something I can do to prevent this from happening again? Thanks! Scott 
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August 1st 09, 06:14 PM
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Scott wrote:
My Win98 desktop has had a problem booting up twice recently. How old is the hard drive? Start the system in dos and run scandisk and have it perform a full surfact scan. Your drive might be developing bad sectors.
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August 1st 09, 06:14 PM
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Scott wrote:
My Win98 desktop has had a problem booting up twice recently. How old is the hard drive? Start the system in dos and run scandisk and have it perform a full surfact scan. Your drive might be developing bad sectors.
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August 2nd 09, 12:14 AM
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It sounds like it is trying to boot from a second device, such as the CD.
Is there a disk in the CD drive? This can happen if there is a problem with the hard drive and the system does not see the hard drive as available and bootable at startup. It then looks for other devices to boot from. The fact that the problem goes away after a while indicates that perhaps the hard drive is taking too long to become ready.You should get a hard disk drive diagnostic program from the www site of the hard drive manufacturer and use it to determine if there is a problem with the drive. If you haven't made any changes to your system in the last few days then doing a Scanreg /restore may be worth trying, but my guess is that it won't fix anything. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Scott" wrote in message ... My Win98 desktop has had a problem booting up twice recently. After recognizing the CD ROM, it starts displaying lines and lines of drivers, plus MSD, MSD MSD MSD, etc. After shutting it down a few times, it reboots normally. Is this a registry problem? Other than entering "scanrag /restore" the next time this happens, is there something I can do to prevent this from happening again? Thanks! Scott
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August 2nd 09, 12:14 AM
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It sounds like it is trying to boot from a second device, such as the CD.
Is there a disk in the CD drive? This can happen if there is a problem with the hard drive and the system does not see the hard drive as available and bootable at startup. It then looks for other devices to boot from. The fact that the problem goes away after a while indicates that perhaps the hard drive is taking too long to become ready.You should get a hard disk drive diagnostic program from the www site of the hard drive manufacturer and use it to determine if there is a problem with the drive. If you haven't made any changes to your system in the last few days then doing a Scanreg /restore may be worth trying, but my guess is that it won't fix anything. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Scott" wrote in message ... My Win98 desktop has had a problem booting up twice recently. After recognizing the CD ROM, it starts displaying lines and lines of drivers, plus MSD, MSD MSD MSD, etc. After shutting it down a few times, it reboots normally. Is this a registry problem? Other than entering "scanrag /restore" the next time this happens, is there something I can do to prevent this from happening again? Thanks! Scott
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August 3rd 09, 05:19 PM
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98 Guy wrote: Scott wrote: My Win98 desktop has had a problem booting up twice recently. How old is the hard drive? Start the system in dos and run scandisk and have it perform a full surfact scan. Your drive might be developing bad sectors. The drive is just a couple of years old. I'll try a scandisk and drive diagnosis. Scott
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August 3rd 09, 05:19 PM
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98 Guy wrote: Scott wrote: My Win98 desktop has had a problem booting up twice recently. How old is the hard drive? Start the system in dos and run scandisk and have it perform a full surfact scan. Your drive might be developing bad sectors. The drive is just a couple of years old. I'll try a scandisk and drive diagnosis. Scott
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August 3rd 09, 05:21 PM
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Jeff Richards wrote: It sounds like it is trying to boot from a second device, such as the CD. Is there a disk in the CD drive? This can happen if there is a problem with the hard drive and the system does not see the hard drive as available and bootable at startup. It then looks for other devices to boot from. The fact that the problem goes away after a while indicates that perhaps the hard drive is taking too long to become ready.You should get a hard disk drive diagnostic program from the www site of the hard drive manufacturer and use it to determine if there is a problem with the drive. If you haven't made any changes to your system in the last few days then doing a Scanreg /restore may be worth trying, but my guess is that it won't fix anything. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Scott" wrote in message ... My Win98 desktop has had a problem booting up twice recently. After recognizing the CD ROM, it starts displaying lines and lines of drivers, plus MSD, MSD MSD MSD, etc. After shutting it down a few times, it reboots normally. Is this a registry problem? Other than entering "scanrag /restore" the next time this happens, is there something I can do to prevent this from happening again? Thanks! Scott Yes, I'll run the hard drive diagnostic program today. The funny thing is, I've replace the WD hard drive on this Win98 desktop every few years, but the drives on the other 3 computers in my house just keep plugging along. Go figure. Scott
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August 3rd 09, 05:21 PM
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Jeff Richards wrote: It sounds like it is trying to boot from a second device, such as the CD. Is there a disk in the CD drive? This can happen if there is a problem with the hard drive and the system does not see the hard drive as available and bootable at startup. It then looks for other devices to boot from. The fact that the problem goes away after a while indicates that perhaps the hard drive is taking too long to become ready.You should get a hard disk drive diagnostic program from the www site of the hard drive manufacturer and use it to determine if there is a problem with the drive. If you haven't made any changes to your system in the last few days then doing a Scanreg /restore may be worth trying, but my guess is that it won't fix anything. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Scott" wrote in message ... My Win98 desktop has had a problem booting up twice recently. After recognizing the CD ROM, it starts displaying lines and lines of drivers, plus MSD, MSD MSD MSD, etc. After shutting it down a few times, it reboots normally. Is this a registry problem? Other than entering "scanrag /restore" the next time this happens, is there something I can do to prevent this from happening again? Thanks! Scott Yes, I'll run the hard drive diagnostic program today. The funny thing is, I've replace the WD hard drive on this Win98 desktop every few years, but the drives on the other 3 computers in my house just keep plugging along. Go figure. Scott
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August 3rd 09, 10:29 PM
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On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:21:44 -0500, Scott wrote:
Jeff Richards wrote: It sounds like it is trying to boot from a second device, such as the CD. Is there a disk in the CD drive? This can happen if there is a problem with the hard drive and the system does not see the hard drive as available and bootable at startup. It then looks for other devices to boot from. The fact that the problem goes away after a while indicates that perhaps the hard drive is taking too long to become ready.You should get a hard disk drive diagnostic program from the www site of the hard drive manufacturer and use it to determine if there is a problem with the drive. If you haven't made any changes to your system in the last few days then doing a Scanreg /restore may be worth trying, but my guess is that it won't fix anything. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Scott" wrote in message ... My Win98 desktop has had a problem booting up twice recently. After recognizing the CD ROM, it starts displaying lines and lines of drivers, plus MSD, MSD MSD MSD, etc. After shutting it down a few times, it reboots normally. Is this a registry problem? Other than entering "scanrag /restore" the next time this happens, is there something I can do to prevent this from happening again? Thanks! Scott Yes, I'll run the hard drive diagnostic program today. The funny thing is, I've replace the WD hard drive on this Win98 desktop every few years, but the drives on the other 3 computers in my house just keep plugging along. Go figure. What version of Mojo does the problme conputer have? Version 6.02 through version 9.xx are all good, but those below 6 or above 9 are bad mojo. Scott
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