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Old November 9th 07, 04:52 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.pnp
needlove
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Default some hardware not working

It would be a different story if I had the CD. I have been downloading files
from the internet to get an old installation of win98 working. To begin with
I swapped an nForce2, AMD, GA7NNXP, motherboard with the old intelSR440BX
mb.

Win98 is installed on a, Seagate, Medalist 6.4GB hard drive. I attached a WD
36 GB, SATA hard drive to clone too when I get 98 running smooth.

No hardware would install at first. I removed/disabled what i could and ran
all system tools with surprising success. After downloading base 5 and 6 cab
files and following directions on a websites for a MB swap I was able to get
win98 to use ACPI and install drivers for other hardware. My VGA driver is
installed with a minor rundll error (nvcpl won't load) on startup, SATA
drive is there in DM and would be seen in "my computer" once its formatted,
Too make a long story short, USB and ethernet wont install because i don't
have the system files needed.

But, I am getting fatal system errors and hung programs and I think its an
IRQ or driver conflict causing this. I just gotta work these through between
safemode and files I have but I still need a lot of software. Sure, I could
buy a windows 98 CD but I could install XP for a third more cost... Its just
something to play with and I could do it with files that are the right
version. I've googled for files and even joined Driver Guide but the more I
download the more win98 asks for the CD... I see it as a never-ending
process. Its just my first experience with win98 and I hate to destroy it.



 




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