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| Defrag not working | 24 Jun 2005 21:10 GMT | 2 |
When I try and do a defrag, after a very short time - it says: "Drive contents changed, restarting". I tried closing down everything except Explorer, Systray, and Defrag. So nothing's running, did a spyware scan - cleared out the 4 tracking cookies. Still the same thing keeps ...
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| win98 FDISK upgrade | 24 Jun 2005 17:58 GMT | 6 |
the fix to be able to install 46gig plus hard drives was only avail from tech support and they no longer supoort does any one else have a copy of FDisk for W98 later than 15 of dec 1999?? or m=know where to get one from???
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| Floppy Problem | 21 Jun 2005 15:24 GMT | 3 |
I am trying to open a file from a floppy disk that I know is very large. I get the error message "Word failed reading from the disk. Try reconnecting to the network or replace the disk and retry." I know it isn't a network problem and I am sure the disk is working because I am ...
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| Win98SE Partition suggestion | 21 Jun 2005 12:51 GMT | 3 |
I'd like to replace my current HD configuration with dual 80GB drives. One HD will be used for OS, Program Files, and data. The second HD will be a backup of the first. How much space should I designate for the OS, program files, and data. My
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| Defrag Problem | 18 Jun 2005 00:21 GMT | 1 |
I'm trying to defrag a drive but can't. When defrag checks the drive at 4 % it comes back with error message that the drive had errors. I've run scandisk and it reported no errors. I've deleted the applog folder. I've run disk clean-up. The only thing running is explorer and ...
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| Hard Drive UDMA 66 | 17 Jun 2005 14:41 GMT | 3 |
I gave my buddy a 60g harddrive, he has a older compaq, when I installed the drive there were ALOT more directories than I had on there and most were all symbols like *^&$%#^% + more. I could to still access data but when I clicked on a garbled file it said it could'nt be found. ...
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| Repartition of HDD | 14 Jun 2005 19:02 GMT | 1 |
I have run out of space in my hard drive (have 500 mb left and need 2 gh). Can I remove the partition from d drive and ad the volume it to c drive without loosing my programs in the c drive? or does the c drive have to re-format in order to add more volume.
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| file toot big | 12 Jun 2005 23:29 GMT | 3 |
I recently downloaded a very large file only to be confronted with an error to the effect that the file was too big and I would need NTFS. Does that mean that I have to change to a later version of windows or can I keep win98? The file in question is 4360 Mb.
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| need suggestions to read a old floppy disk | 09 Jun 2005 10:46 GMT | 2 |
I have some text document saved on a floppy disk during 1991-1992 time. The disk is Memorex 2S/2D 3.5". The format of the disk is unknown. It could be an old Macintosh format. Is there a way to read the disk from current PC with system windows 98, ME,
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| Disk Defrag & ScanDisk hanging | 08 Jun 2005 20:34 GMT | 2 |
I've just recently had Win98SE reinstalled. Each time I've tried to defrag C drive, Disk Defragmenter gets hung up on "Checking disk for errors 0%". Likewise, when I try ScanDisk, the application stalls at "Checking file allocation tables" & "Checking folders". Then a message ...
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| can i use files from XP on Win 98? | 08 Jun 2005 12:24 GMT | 9 |
i copied some files needed (from my windows XP laptop for a friend who uses windows 98) onto a CD-RW cd. when i tried to use the cd in the windows 98 computer, the cd was not recognised and came up with an error message D:\ is not accessible.
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| Not enough free memory to defragment drive | 05 Jun 2005 00:08 GMT | 3 |
Despite having 1GB of RAM with 70% free resources I get an error message stating I have insufficient free memory whenever I try to use Disk Defragmenter. I have tried closing down all applications and have also tried running in Safe Mode to defrag. but the same error message ...
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| Optimum IDE Settings | 04 Jun 2005 07:56 GMT | 2 |
My current set up is 3 hard drives plus a cd-rom. The operating system and one disk for storage is connected to the primary channel.The second channel is set-up as Master = CD-Rom Slave = Hard Disk for storage
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| VFAT | 03 Jun 2005 03:08 GMT | 1 |
If this is the wrong newsgroup for my question please direct me to the correct place. Error message "VFAT Drive initialization failed. A device or resource required by VFAT is not present or is unavailable. VFAT cannot continue
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