Microsoft says I have to get a recovery CD from HP since
my windows 98 came from there but HP no longer has
recovery CD's for 98.
I let one of my husband's idiot friends do some work on my

I want to upgrade from Windows 98 to Windows XP and keep
getting an error message that says "Windows does not
support a compressed drive."  Is there a way to uncompress
my hard drive so that the installation can occur?

REcently I was having problems like freezing, rebooting
suddenly, without warning, without any cause. Today also
same thing happened. The screen went blank, the monitor
light was flickering. Keyboard, mouse did not respond. So

Could someone tell me what Fat 32 is all about? I have it
on my PC but don't understand what the hell it really is
and/or how you utilize it.

im trying to reformat to reinstall on a clean disk i used the fdisc tool and now need to format the disk but when i type formatc: i get a" bad command or file name message" ,i also tried extractebd.cabformat.com but get the same result i have the boot disk and the install cd what ...

With any disk that I try to read from my floppy drive, I
get the error, "Disk not formatted. Do you want to format
it now?"  I've tried numerous disks.  I've tried
formatting the disks on other machines, I've tried going

Something kicks out installment of my A Drive.  Sometimes
it returns on its own.  Other times(like now)can't figure
how to restore same.
rik39

I started up my old Windows 98 computer the other day and
went to Explorer. When it opened I noticed the second
hard drive was not there. I opened My Computer and also
the same thing. I had recently moved the computer, so I

the CD ROM drive on my computer won't read any disks. A
yellow light comes on under the drive, but that's it. I've
tried more than one, just in case it was the disk itself,
but I always get an error message. Either "Device not

Same as above, What is the max hard drive size Windows
98SE supports, based solely on the operating system.
Ryan

RECOVERY DISK WILL NOT LOAD WHEN PUT INTO THE CD PLAYER
NEED HELP PLEASE

I tried to Install Norton Anti Virus 2004 Professional. My
system crashed. I was able to uninstall the bungled
installation but since then I have a problem.
MY CD ROM causes my PC to crash, sometimes even without a

I have recently downloaded 19 updates from the windows
updates and have been unable to get my CD drive to
function since.  When I load any cd the hour glass
replaces my pointer and the computer freezes.  I have to

i think pc is in safe mode !my screen is all faded and not
allowing full use of system.have rebooted pc shutdown etc.
stillthe same,can anybody advise...i am a complete novice
            thanks

I can't find my windows 98 disc and i connected an
etherton nick card and it is asking me to re down load
this.  Is there any way I can down load windows 98 from
the internet