I am trying to install Windows XP Pro, using the six boot
floppys, on a Compaq presario 7500 series computer. I am
using a new 120 gig harddrive (WesternDigital). When I
turn on the computer with disk one in floppy drive, I get

I have a Maxtor 160 GB Hard drive formatted with maxblast
software (which uses smaller packet size than F-Disk)
Because windows 98SE doesn't recognize HD's over 137 GB I
am connecting this through a Maxtor(promise chip) PCI ata

Dell 133 pentium computer....
trying to use overlay and do a fat32
format but get error "system corrupted" ... It will only
do a 16 fat.  Any ideas to get fat32 to take?  by the

Just re-formatted my 8Gig hard-drive and re-installed
Win98 (don't ask why - long and painful story!!).
Only thing is - Windows insists that it is only a 2Gig
hard-drive!

When trying to boot up windows 98 it stops at invalid
system disk replace disk and then press any key,  has my
hard drive crashed or is there something else wrong?

The computer is a EMonster 550. When I turn the computer
off it shuts right down but the hard drive keeps
running . The hard drive light stays on and the CD Rom
lights stays on too. You can hear the hard drive running.

I am running WinMe (Upgrade) with 3 partitions 2 Gig each.
How can I convert 3 partitions (2GIG each) into 1
partition (6 GIG) without loosing data.  It seems I can
use a Tool provided with WinMe.  If yes, could anyone tell

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HI my wifes computer will not startup very far due to a
boot failure. With add of startup disk can get into
command.com but cannot access the harddrives. Can access
cd but have no win98 cds or recovery disks. My wife has

Is it possible to have data recovered froma drive that has
been compressed?
Having not fully read the do's and don't from my own
ignorance, I had a virus mess up my c: and now I cannot

I will give away my Windows 98 computer but want to
permanently erase the hard drive.  How do I use the
reformat program to do that?  Is there a better way?

I found and deleted the autorun file.  Halo doesn't start
up now when I click on drive C.  However, the find files
program does.  The drive c icon is back though.  Now the
only thing showing when I right click is OPEN, EXPLORE,

I have two Western Digital EIDE hard drives installed on
my computer. Drive 0 is a 100GB drive with Windows 98SE on
it, Drive 1 is an 80GB drive with Windows XP on it. I can
select which drive I want to run by changing which drive

I was deleting some games off of my computer.  Somehow,  
Halo, one of the games I deleted, has taken the place of
drive c.  Everytime I double click on my computer, then
double click on drive c, it trys to open halo.  Since I

Hi
I bought a 40G harddisk and made it as primary master and
my old drive 9G as primary slave. The performance was
good. But I read in the Windows 98 manual that smaller the