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Start Vs. Restart
It was a hardware problem. I had to build a new machine and now
everything is OK. Thanks for your help. "Brian A." wrote: Rename all the RB###.cab files to RB###.OL1, RB###.OL2 and so on, shutdown, reboot and post back what happens. -- Brian A. Jack of all trades, Master of none. One can never truly be a master as there is always more to learn. "JD" wrote in message: My Windows 98SE computer has developed a problem. I can select Start, ShutDown, Restart and everything is good. It restarts and runs good. If I select Start, Shutdown, let it shutdown and power off the computer using the power switch on the computer, the next time I start the computer it hangs after everything loads and windows is up and running. If I turn the power off to the computer using the power switching device sitting under my monitor, the computer boots to windows but it runs Scandisk. I stop Scandisk and windows is up and running. I then run Scandisk and it has a few errors, one in particular was: "The allocation chain for 'rb002.cab' in the'C:\Windows\Sysbckup' folder indicates that part of this file or folder is stored in an invalid location. Your computer uses the allocation chain to track where each of your files and folders is stored." I select "Repair by truncating the file" and Windows is up and running and I don't have any computer problems. On more than one occasion the lost clusters I save as a .chk file relate to rb00x.cab, the x is a number from 1 to 5. I've compared the .chk file to the corresponding rb00x.cab file and the .chk file has data from my Daily Planner (AnyTimeDeluxe 9.1) that is not in the rb00x.cab file. I've taken everything out of my Start folder so I'm only loading StillImageMonitor, ScanRegistry, SystemTray, TweakUI and EM_EXEC (my logitech mouse driver). Before it freezes, the mouse is working but the computer freezes with the hourglass on the mouse. Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work. I have troubleshot this machine until I'm cross-eyed and have not been able to fix the problem. I've used Google, this newsgroup and the MS knowledge base to research troubleshooting Windows 98 Start and ShutDown problems. None of the troubleshooting has fixed the problem. What is the difference between a cold boot and a warm boot? What process is different that is causing the freeze? -- JD.. -- JD.. |
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Start Vs. Restart
Uhuh. And he's running far away from you!
-- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "Brian A." GoneFishn@aFarAwayLake wrote in message ... Glad to hear you're up and running again. -- Brian A. Jack of all trades, Master of none. One can never truly be a master as there is always more to learn. "JD" wrote in message ... It was a hardware problem. I had to build a new machine and now everything is OK. Thanks for your help. JD.. |
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