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Win98 REPAIR/REINSTALL?
Hi folks,
I have a friends PC here, running Win98, but will not go into Windows. It reports a problem with the HDD. I am trying to run scandisk but that hangs. I am also trying to run a HDD diagnostic utility. If I get lucky and "fix" the drive -can I do a "repair" install to Win 98? If so, how? Thanks, Fred |
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Ron Martell wrote: wrote: Hi folks, I have a friends PC here, running Win98, but will not go into Windows. It reports a problem with the HDD. I am trying to run scandisk but that hangs. I am also trying to run a HDD diagnostic utility. If I get lucky and "fix" the drive -can I do a "repair" install to Win 98? If so, how? Thanks, Fred Fix the hard drive problem first. Depending on the seriousnees of it, you may not be able to salvage the drive at all. Or it may be that the diagnostic utility may fix the problem completely. Note that the best diagnostic utility for any hard drive is usually the free one from the hard drive manufacturer's web site. You can usually reinstall Windows 98 over top of itself, using the original Windows 98 installation CD. If the Windows 98 is an OEM version then there may be a copy of the installation files in the c:\windows\options\cabs folder. If these are present then I have usually found it best to run the install from that folder rather than from the CD. Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much." Ron, Thanks, that's where I am already. Scandisk is now looking for crosslinked files after the drive utility reported and confirmed HDD problems. I'm trying to just get it going so we can transfer data as soon as possible. Thanks, Again, Fred |
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wrote in message ... Thanks, that's where I am already. Scandisk is now looking for crosslinked files after the drive utility reported and confirmed HDD problems. I'm trying to just get it going so we can transfer data as soon as possible. Thanks, Again, Fred Perhaps you should remove that drive and change its jumpers to slave and put it in another machine and copy it from there. |
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