Thanks to everyone for pointing me in the right direction with regards
to the "initial" track position (inside) when you first insert a data CD.
   Another very important question:  Is there a physical "stop" that
stops the head (the head moves toward the center of the CD and ...

   I have been told that a data cd (also audio cd) is
first "read" from the middle track. Another person told me
that it is first "read" from the inside track.  I always thought
it was first read from the outside (near the edge) track.

Does anyone here have the following two pieces of information that I am
looking for?  The first piece is dealing with the more indepth shutdown
process and exactly when does the regeistry get closed during that process
and the second peice is dealing with information in depth ...

I am trying to install a new  replacement HDD in my boy's PC (PIII 333MHz,
Win98--yeah, it's old). I have a Seagate 80GB replacement HDD. After a couple
of tries and some cable swaps, I got the machine to boot back up from the
motherboard, but it will not detect the new HDD. It ...

I recently need to restall my computer using recovery disc which has Win98
After recovery, there is messages about System.ini cannot find the following
files for a certain device.  These files are vredir.vxd & dfs.vxd.
Then after I press any key to continue, there is a message that ...

I have a homemade pc that I bought recently and just recently when i try to
boot it will start opening windows and then immediatly windows will shut
down from the startup screen (IT NEVER OPENS) the system has an intel mb and
hardware but I know that it is not a hardware problem ...

On one of my computers with Win 98, there are 3 hard drives and 1 CD-RW
installed. The system BIOS detects all 4 of these drives with no problems.
However, when in My Computer only 2 hard drives and the CD-RW are displayed
and the second drive doesn't work, coming up with the ...

Hi, as I am sure you guys know, W98 has problems with file sizes over 2GB.
Has there ever been a workaround or other fix?

I'm a software developer working to create a driver stack for a
USB/SATA interface based on the UMSS sample.  I have a problem on some
systems where, after a Device Manager refresh, a physical drive is
shown with two drive letters in Explorer. Files created on one of the

every time I logon  recive this msg. at the EVENT VIEWER
The computer IVANVALLES tried to connect to the server \\SERVER using the
trust relationship established by the TALLERBORINQUEN domain. However, the
computer lost the correct security identifier (SID) when the domain was

I can't run Scan Disk to completion or load Symantec's GoBack on my Compaq
Desktop because something is writing to my hard disk causing restarts.  I
shut down running programs, but this didn't eliminate the problem.  Any
suggestions would be appreciated.

Hi, a question about drive letters:
Is there a way of changing drive letters in W98SE?
I have a computer with two HD (and two CD).
I have maid partitions on HD1, 1 for the system and 1 for data.

   I have a Quantum "Fireball" 1.2GB HDD that went
bad.  I got a message regarding a problem with the
"controller".   I swapped the controller (same controller)
from a similar HDD and I still get the same message.