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Forum: General February 5th 07, 10:48 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 12
Views: 2,422
Posted By Jonny
flash drive

Don't know. It will work with 1.1 version of USB.
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Jonny
"kayjay" wrote in message
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The package says USB 2.0.
Could I have a...
Forum: General February 4th 07, 10:18 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 12
Views: 2,422
Posted By Jonny
flash drive

"kayjay" wrote in message
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I was given a 1 GB Flash Drive and to my dismay notice it is not for 98SE -
only Windows ME, 2000 & XP. ...
Forum: General February 4th 07, 10:08 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 70
Views: 7,597
Posted By Jonny
Unofficial Time Zones Update (Testers wanted)

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
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OK, I think it's mostly finished. All I need are a few guinea pigs, web
page proofers,...
Forum: General February 1st 07, 10:59 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 4
Views: 1,032
Posted By Jonny
Drive Capacity

You got ripped. Mine is 74.53 GB.
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Jonny
"Scott" wrote in message
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Is it normal for a new Western Digital 80GB hard drive to show just...
Forum: General January 31st 07, 11:49 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 5
Views: 1,062
Posted By Jonny
extortion

"C.D. Koger" wrote in message
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My government's tax people have let me wrestle the whole of 2006 with
giant
PDF's that could only be...
Forum: General January 28th 07, 08:45 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 7
Views: 1,032
Posted By Jonny
I Can't See all Hard Drives in Windows 98SE

The hard drives should be visible in device manager.
Not usable in 98SE if formatted NTFS as is.
Might try FAT32 with a partition manager.
XP can only create 32GB size partitions in FAT32 format, not...
Forum: General January 27th 07, 03:50 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 16
Views: 1,908
Posted By Jonny
'Upgrading' to XP

Long as 98 is installed, you're okay for qualifying product. How XP install
turns out for full operation is another question.

Assuming you don't need any hardware driver support for XP, your...
Forum: General January 27th 07, 03:40 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 23
Views: 4,692
Posted By Jonny
Disk Boot Failure During DSL Set Up

The bios message on line item "4." is seen when the mbr does not point at a
bootable partition. Not if the bootable partition does not point a boot
files. May also be seen if the hard drive is...
Forum: General January 26th 07, 12:22 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 5
Views: 1,237
Posted By Jonny
Can a "system backup" be used like a "clone"?

A clone is a copy of hard drive to another hard drive. This is not just
file copying. See hierarchy and sequence of mbr, primary active partition,
boot record, filesystem during the bios handover...
Forum: General January 22nd 07, 03:54 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 2
Views: 991
Posted By Jonny
External hardrive help

new 15GB external hard drive?
Enclosure powered on?
XP?
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Jonny
"Tom" wrote in message
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Hello,
I just...
Forum: General January 16th 07, 11:18 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 3
Views: 939
Posted By Jonny
Partitioning A Drive

Backwards as opposed to the way its done.

One restores a bootable partition image, then creates any additional
partitions that are not bootable.
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Jonny
"Scott" wrote in...
Forum: General January 16th 07, 11:15 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 5
Views: 1,432
Posted By Jonny
Is It Necessary To Replace The CMOS Battery

3 years ago, without seeing loss of cmos battery symptoms, I replaced one
oddball one. Its onboard a chip called "Dallas". Also bought a spare.
Similar age motherboard.

The cmos battery keeps...
Forum: General January 16th 07, 11:00 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 46
Views: 4,999
Posted By Jonny
Win98 Daylight Savings Time Manual Update Required-- reminder 2

Maybe you mean required in order for 98/98SE to maintain proper time in
conformance to the new daylight saving time (USA only) changes without user
or other interaction?

If you don't, there's no...
Forum: General January 12th 07, 11:29 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 37
Views: 5,887
Posted By Jonny
Using large hard drives under win-98

"98 Guy" wrote in message ...
So at this point I'm asking if anyone has "been there, done that" -
and am I in for some pain if I continue to install 98...
Forum: General January 5th 07, 02:17 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 16
Views: 2,101
Posted By Jonny
Making System Backups

Or, DriveImage 2002 (6.0). Some still sell it at regular internet stores.
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Jonny
"Galen Somerville" wrote in message
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Go on...
Forum: General January 4th 07, 03:13 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 16
Views: 2,101
Posted By Jonny
Making System Backups

All the copying, cloning, or imaging software that I've seen that copies
open windows files itself and/or any underlying supporting working dos files
require that it not run within windows. In...
Forum: Setup & Installation December 31st 06, 10:15 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
Replies: 8
Views: 1,884
Posted By Jonny
fresh install to SCSI hard drive hangs at 8% mark

You probably have it right, but would like to hear from you.

Is the PC set to boot from scsi?
Is the scsi adapter bios setup to boot?
Is the scsi hard drive setup properly for booting, and is the...
Forum: General December 30th 06, 08:20 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 9
Views: 1,138
Posted By Jonny
MS DOS from win98 cd

wrote in message
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I wish to extract MS DOS from the Windows 98SE install cd and install
just MS DOS on a pc. Is...
Forum: General December 30th 06, 08:12 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 9
Views: 1,138
Posted By Jonny
MS DOS from win98 cd

"Laura Fredericks" wrote in message
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

On 28 Dec 2006 09:37:25...
Forum: General December 27th 06, 03:19 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 16
Views: 1,691
Posted By Jonny
Imagining a Hard Drive

"Daave" wrote in message
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I've been working without a net long enough; I'd like to now start
backing up!

If I...
Forum: General December 17th 06, 03:24 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 3
Views: 815
Posted By Jonny
Lost CD-Rom Drive

I like to eliminate from the bottom up, rather than the top down.
Is cdrom visible in the bios summary?
Can you access a CD in msdos from boot floppy?
If no floppy, can you boot from CD?
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Forum: General December 12th 06, 12:26 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 3
Views: 937
Posted By Jonny
CD burn - can't read CD until restarting PC

Many people simply eject the CD try, then reinsert the tray with CD in
place.
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Jonny
"Stan Hilliard" wrote in message...
Forum: General December 9th 06, 02:26 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 88
Views: 8,873
Posted By Jonny
Win98 Daylight Savings Time Manual Update Required-- reminder 1

Having used a 3rd party boot manager for 6 years running, its a fact. The
PC's clock is updated. The rest of the OSes, if daylight saving time is
auto-adjusted for, will decrement/increment the...
Forum: General December 8th 06, 01:37 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 8
Views: 1,282
Posted By Jonny
Drive formatted NTFS

"Franc Zabkar" wrote in message
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On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 13:50:46 -0600, Ingeborg put finger
to keyboard and...
Forum: General December 8th 06, 01:33 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 88
Views: 8,873
Posted By Jonny
Win98 Daylight Savings Time Manual Update Required-- reminder 1

And for those who consistently use XP dual boot or use similar with 3rd
party boot manager, don't bother. XP has its own autoupdate for daylight
savings time, will update the bios clock in tandem....
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