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Formatting a 20G HDD, One Partition, With Small Size Clusters by Brad
Hi, Thanks to everyone who replied. I decided to partition the HDD into two 10G partitions which resulted in 8K clusters after each partition was formatted. The second partition is logical drive "D:". Brad
June 2nd 08 03:54 PM
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Formatting a 20G HDD, One Partition, With Small Size Clusters by Brad
Hi, Thanks to everyone who replied. I decided to partition the HDD into two 10G partitions which resulted in 8K clusters after each partition was formatted. The second partition is logical drive "D:". Brad
June 2nd 08 03:54 PM
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Formatting a 20G HDD, One Partition, With Small Size Clusters by Brad
Hi, I installed a 20G HDD in my Windows 98se computer. With one partition, I formatted it. The results is 16K byte clusters. With a FAT32 system, a 32 bit number ("index") can represent around 4.3G. This in effect should allow around 4 billion clusters maximum. The major reason for a...
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May 31st 08 06:06 AM
by Gary S. Terhune[_2_] Go to last post
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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 --...
May 24th 08 06:20 PM
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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.
May 22nd 08 06:44 PM
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Repair W98 by Anton
Can it be done as in W2k/VP and how?
May 20th 08 06:02 AM
by Gary S. Terhune[_2_] Go to last post
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Namechamge in repair by Anton
I am trying to fix an old disk with one W98 part. and 3 W 2000 as doesnt boot. They are all copied from another disk and boots as copies. Error msgs stops it. Then inW 2000 CD console I can not see which one is what as got those msgs. to repair them. Cant copies boot? How can I find out which part....
May 18th 08 09:21 PM
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Repair W98 by Anton
More than scandisk and chkdsk? "Anton" skrev i meddelandet news:... Can it be done as in W2k/VP and how?
May 18th 08 02:43 PM
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Wish to access 2nd hard disk (probably NTFS) data in WIN98 by Joe[_3_]
Something on my old HP's motherboard lost it. I took out the hard disk and plugged it into an older Compaq as a slave to the Compaq's drive. The Compaq's motherboard had no problem with that, the HP's hard disk is present with a letter and the disk capacity is recognized. However, only one...
May 10th 08 08:56 PM
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Why did reformatted C: and reinstalling Win98SE corrupt 2nd hard d by [email protected]
I have a desktop computer running Win98SE. A month ago, a bug developed and my IE and MSN Messenger web browser app kept crashing. I copied over contents of My Documents to my second Maxtor internal hard drive (D:) which is connected to an IDE board in my computer. I reformatted my primary...
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May 8th 08 12:38 AM
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upgrading a hard drive WITHOUT a working CD to reinstall the OS by SlickRCBD[_2_]
I just aquired a 60gb drive that I'd like to use to replace the C drive in a win98 system. I no longer have a working OEM CD, and a generic win98 CD would not have the proper drivers. I'm thinking of keeping the dying 20gb drive as a backup. Is it possible to temporarily disconnect the ZIP...
April 12th 08 12:12 PM
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Discover How To Finally Unleash Your Computers True Potential! by [email protected]
Transforms Any Dead-Slow PC Into a Lightning Fast, Stable and Secure System...In Just 15 Minutes Dear Frustrated PC User, · If you've ever wondered why your computer seems to run so much slower than it used to... · If you've ever heard of frustrated people losing all their data
April 2nd 08 05:19 AM
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startup stalls by Jannie
i just installed windows 98 se and it gets to the splash screen and just stays forever---I need help troubleshooting this please -- Thank you!
March 28th 08 11:44 PM
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Using Flash (Thumb) Drive via Floppy Boot Disk by Brad
Hi, Has anyone used a flash drive ("thumb" drive) after booting a computer using a floppy boot disk (A: drive)? Note: Windows is not launched. I want to transfer "stuff" from C: drive to the flash drive. Thanks in advance, Brad
March 14th 08 03:25 AM
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February 9th 08 12:37 AM
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up grade to microsoft xp by Edwin
how can I up grad to microcosoft XP from my windows 98 second half?
February 1st 08 12:05 AM
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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...
January 27th 08 08:50 AM
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Flash drives by Curt Christianson
Hi Brad, It seems to me that just a couple of days ago someone wanted to try something similar. Unfortunately, I didn't pay it any mind. :( I would get busy contacting the various mobo mfgrs. and see if they have something to fit the bill. -- HTH, Curt
January 18th 08 09:41 PM
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January 16th 08 02:33 AM
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Using Flash (Thumb) Drive via Floppy Boot Disk by Brad
Hi Gary, What OS can you launch off a CD, that allows you to use a flash drive? Thanks in advance, Brad On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:57:40 -0800, in microsoft.public.win98.disks.general you wrote:
January 13th 08 07:28 PM
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