I need a Windows 98SE CD-Rom.  I cannot find the CD-ROM
supplied by Gateway for my computer and Gateway says they
cannot supply another.  I need the CD-ROM to install a
file 'secur32.dll' required by Actiontec DSL modem.  Any

Thanks both of you for that, it turned out my cd rom
wasnt playing so I managed to load via my cdrw. Now the
next problem (oh my I will learn the hard way!).  Having
got windows back I have the following problem with

Any ideas as to where I can purchase a Windows 98 SE CD?  
I have a very old computer that runs Windows 98 very well
but I need to make some repairs and I can't find my
installation CD.

I just did a reinstall of 98SE for a friend.  I'm trying to set up her
broadband service, but the DSL SetUp says the minimum RAM requirement is 64
MB.  She only has 32 MB, and it's an old laptop, so upgrading isn't a viable
option.  She has been able to use DSL on this machine with ...

Hello I do hope that someone knows what I am talking about
becuase I am not sure.  I got an error that said that I am
missing a DLL. file.  I have just gotten SBC DSL they said
that the problem is not related and that I have to.  

Suddenly I cannot use my CDRom. All I get is a message
saying "J:\is not accessible. The device is not ready".
Device Manager says it is working properly but it isn't? I
cannot load any new software now so I am really stuck.

Dear sirs,
        I am the owner of a windows 98se machine.due to
the amount of files stored,my computer has become very
slow.whenever i try to run disk defragmenter after going

every time I try to start up my pc it keeps putting a
message up saying explorer as made an illegal operation
so I close this down then I am just left with a blank
back ground have tried re booting it but its not working

I don't know what happened but I'm severely low on disk
space. I was in the living room and had about 400 mb or so
of space left. I shut the laptop off and went into my
bedroom where I started the computer back up. Now, it

I have Windows 98SE.  My system got locked up and so I
Control/Alt/Deleted to reboot.  When it rebooted, it got
the screen that shows what is in the autoexec.bat file and
just stayed there.  So, I Control/Alt/Deleted again,

I have had a hardware failure in my laptop running XP.  I
need to copy the contents of the drive to another computer
running Win 98.  I have an interface to connect the drive
to the 98 system.  However it will not read the drive.  I

How would I us the Copy Commend in DOS to copy a 3 1/2
floppy to a folder on my harddrive? "Doing this in DOS
not win"
Thank You

Scandisk tells me I have an error and, once it begins to
repair it, I get another error that says "An error
occured while scan disk was attempting to correct the
previous error. Complete a thorough check of this drive,

Im Havin problems booting my my WIN98SE computer.  It
keeps pulling a "Windows Protection Error" on me. I tried
many of the steps in in KB article 188867 and article
302956 (except disabling items in Device manager and

ok, i'm a moron.  I cancelled an install of 98se from 3.1
and now I get the non-system disk error.  The microsoft
instructions tell me to type sys c: at the dos prompt,
but I can't GET to a dos prompt.  When I put in the