what are the benefits in converting from FAT32 to NTFS ???  My HDD is 120 Gb
and OS 98SE fully updated. Is it worth doing.?

While defraging, it goes to 10% then freezes...why

I've just obained a 5 year old machine with a fresh install of Win98SE.
I've checked the BIOS and it says the HD is 10Gb (opening the machine to
install other hardware and physically looking at the printed text on the HD
has confirmed this).

Before I go to data recovery, as I have found *some* of my files, here's
what happened.
Yesterday afternoon, my computer locked up, I hit reset. Computer boots back
up, and Disk Minder (McAfee's Nuts and Bolts version of Scandisk) tells me

I have win98 on a CD and want to install it on an old laptop without
cd-drive. can I transfer win98 to 3.5 disks?
peter

I have a second hard drive, D:\, which shows up as a removable disk, instead
of a local/fixed disk like C:\ does. D:\ has all the right properties, I can
access it, everything is correct under FDISK, when I view the partition info.
Not really a big deal, as the disk is okay. I'm ...

I'm trying to rinstall Windows 98SE.
I have created a boot disk, but when I restart the machine with it in and use
cd c:
from the a> prompt, it momentarily goes to C:> then almost instantly revers

Thought I had investigated what had to be done, but unfortunately I am
now stuck.
In short, I have put in a second hard disk with its own controller card.
The computer sees the disk ok, partionioning the disk made win98 see the

I have windows 98 2nd edition and a 3.5 and a 5.5 disk floppy drives. O
the control panel it shows the 3.5 as drive A and has a bunch of littl
dots around it, and drive B is the 5.5 drive. When you try to read th
properties or engage the drive A, 3.5 floppy drive , it freezes up th

Since I had Dell factory boot disc used that instead of creating a new
one.Like most of the instructions out there,there is a little vagueness
about when,if ever,the W98 CD is removed and replaced.After I have received
warnings and am offered "create new DOS partition, I am the ...

I've just obained a 5 year old machine with a fresh install of Win98SE.
I've checked the BIOS and it says the HD is 10Gb (opening the machine to
install other hardware and physically looking at the printed text on the HD
has confirmed this).

When I on the pc and try to go to safe mode, it gives the 'safe mode' menu
and says I must go to commandd prompt option and do a scanreg. However when I
hit the option,  the C:> NEVER appear.
After a long while it gives the following missing files messages:-

I personally am quite happy with my pc at the moment but I would love t
have at go on Xp and have been told my pc would crawl along on it. Wel
I may buy a new pc with my bonus this year but don't think I'll par
with the old one :)

First off, sorry if this a duplicate post, OE on my crappy laptop is a
little balky.
Before I go to data recovery, as I have found *some* of my files, here's
what happened.

someone please help me to get rid of this "about:blank" which will appear
everytime when i lauch my IE. thanks