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Why Partition Disk by
Chevron7
I am installing an additonal 120gb hard disk to my Win
98SE system. Should I or must I partition it? What are the
advantages of partitoning?
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Disk controller not loading, hard drive not seen by
PeteV
Hi!
Please, if there is anyone familiar with this problem ...
I do have IBM ThinkPad 570/Win98SE with Intel 440 chipset, and now after a
Windows repair "re-upgrade" round I have lost the Generic Disk Drive entry
from the Device Manager due to the IDE Controller loading problem.
I have already...
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September 27th 05 12:45 AM
by PeteV
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2GB file size limitation by
Smokr
Hi, as I am sure you guys know, W98 has problems with file sizes over 2GB.
Has there ever been a workaround or other fix?
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February 12th 06 08:52 PM
by pjp
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win 98 problem by
glenn
I have a homemade pc that I bought recently and just recently when i try to
boot it will start opening windows and then immediatly windows will shut
down from the startup screen (IT NEVER OPENS) the system has an intel mb and
hardware but I know that it is not a hardware problem because when I put...
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Problem with an old backup by
Kumachan
Hi! I don't know if this is in the right thread, but I need some help. I'm
running Windows 98(SE) on an old PC which only has 7 gigs of HD space. Awhile
back, I had to use my recovery disk to repair a huge problem. The problem
that cropped up afterwards was that I was cut down to 3GB of disk space....
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Transferring a hard drive by
ralph
I am trying to help someone over the phone who has some technical ability
with his 2 WIN98 (???SE) PC's. Unfortunately I have not used WIN 98 for a
very long time. His problem is that his Logitech PS2 mouse has stopped
working on PC #1. It works on other machines and it appears that the...
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BO0T CD FOR 98 WITH CD ROM SUPPORT by
kimbaDEL via WindowsKB.com
HAVE A PC THAT DO NOT HAVE A FLOOPY DRIVE. DO ANY KNOW HOW TO MAKE A CD BOOT
DISK WITH CD ROM SUPPORT.
THANK YOU FOR THE HELP
--
Message posted via WindowsKB.com
http://www.windowskb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/windows-98-file-system/200701/1
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January 12th 07 08:32 AM
by philo
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Slave Hard Disk Visible to BIOS but not Windows by
MIG
My scenario is as follows.
Pentium III with Windows 98 that I want to use for backup storage.
Secondary IDE has CD/DVD player as master and CD writer as slave.
Primary IDE has 18 GB hard disk as master, which it boots from but is
too small for storage.
For an experiment, I stuck a 2 GB hard...
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January 27th 08 07:50 AM
by James
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Installing Windows 98 by floppy only by
GaelicForce
I have inherited a Panasonic Toughbook CF 25 with a 1.4 GB hard drive
and a floppy drive only. It has a parallel port for printer but no USB
port. It's pretty old. It has no OS. Can I install Windows 98? And if
so how?
GaelicForce
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May 24th 08 06:20 PM
by philo
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can i use files from XP on Win 98? by
D Angelo
i copied some files needed (from my windows XP laptop for a friend who uses
windows 98) onto a CD-RW cd. when i tried to use the cd in the windows 98
computer, the cd was not recognised and came up with an error message
D:\ is not accessible.
The device is not ready.
is this an XP vs 98...
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June 8th 05 12:23 PM
by glee
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DMA won't stay checked by
Jay
Hi,
I put a new 80GB WD UDMA-5 hard drive into my old Intel 430TX UDMA-2 chipset
board and am running Windows 98SE. The DMA checkbox (in Device Manager) in
98SE won't stay checked on this new drive. The DMA checkbox does remain
checked on my CD-RW, and the other old 3GB drive.
I can't find a...
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250gB Hard Disk Fdisk Question by
Malcolm Dowers
I am trying to fresh install a Win98SE PC using brand new
hardware including 2x 250gB SATA hard disks. BIOS/CMOS etc
are all set correctly and reporting 250gB etc. Fdisk
however only reports about 46gB each.
I know the FAT32 limitations mean that I can only
partition upto 128gB, so to keep things...
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Phantom disk on undocked laptop after hang and reboot by
Pete
I've a Chembook 2020 laptop running W98SE (fully up to
date) from one internal 40Gb disk as C: drive. Recently,
It was docked in a base unit carrying a CDROM drive and a
128Mb USB JumpDrive "disk". I then hibernated it (BIOS-
style save-to-disk).
When I powered it up later, I had undocked it. I...
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Size or SATA problem? by
Frank
Hi all, I have an SATA 160G HD formatted in WinXP as
FAT32. But everytime I boot up Windows 98 SE it hangs. I
wonder if it is the size of the HD or the SATA interface
that has a problem with Win98. Please help. Thanks
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October 8th 04 09:38 PM
by jt3
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Want to add 80GB HD to Win98 by
Seanromano
Hi,
I want to add an 80GB HD to my Win98 system.
I know that 98 has problems recognizing drives bigger than 64GB, so my
question is this: Do I download the 64GB fdisk fix first, or should I connect
the new drive and then download the fdisk fix?
I have one mo The fdisk fix needs to be "run" or...
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February 8th 05 07:25 AM
by RobH
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How old is old?............. by
PSYCHOPIXIE
I was wondering how old does a pc need to be before it should be dumped and a new one bought? Mine is running fine(It's just 3 years old). I'm not interested in replacing the hard drive when the time comes or even for size purposes. But I do feel under pressure to buy a new pc as hard drive sizes,...
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Reformatting Win 98 blues by
hbienert
Since I had Dell factory boot disc used that instead of creating a new
one.Like most of the instructions out there,there is a little vagueness
about when,if ever,the W98 CD is removed and replaced.After I have received
warnings and am offered "create new DOS partition, I am the point beyond
second...
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USB drive only showup if plugged in & reboot by
Allen
My Lexar Jumpdrive (USB drive) only showup under Windows Explorer or in "MY
COMPUTER" as removal drive if and only if I plug it in the USB port and
re-boot the system. I have installed the drivers provided for my WIN98SE
machine and have the setting in Device manager to show this as removal...
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May 29th 05 10:49 PM
by Allen
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I/O disk error by
stacey
I had a bad mother board in one computer so I changed hard drives and video
cards to another computer with a good mother board and now I get the erro. I
downloaded a bootdisk from bootdisk.com but its not working it says to remove
all media and restart. I can't get the c prompt to come up by...
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Shut one HD of 2 off? by
Anton
With 2 disks, can I shut one off without pulling a cabel?
Cant see it in BIOS.
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