Hmm, interesting thought, thanks. No, I haven't done that. I probably should have tried replacing the IDE cable too.
I ran chkdsk from XP CD, same result: it got to 69% and stopped. Sounds like that partition is hosed (or at least one or more spots on it - at...
Can't imagine the result would be any different than running chkdsk from a boot floppy, but I haven't tried that, so I'll give it a shot. Thanks...
Thanks for responding. They don't fail, they freeze. I have left them sitting at 19% or 76% or whatever for literally days. They don't complete,...
I'm at my wits' end about a strange problem, and I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas I haven't thought of. It seems that something about the...
Yes, as I said above, that is exactly the problem I am asking about. I have found some Microsoft documents that explain how to back up the key so...
Hi, I'm looking to add a measure of encryption protection for sensitive files on my computer. Is Windows' Encryption File System (EFS) worth...
Ok, the instructions I needed were posted in another forum: I finally got my friend's computer to the point where I could try this. I found his...
Thanks very much for the plan. Right, and that stinks! grrrrr, Bill Gates and Windows strike again. That is why I use Eudora. Much simpler and...
Yes. (Well, initially we set it up as the master, so that the machine would try to boot from the 98 installation on it. When that didn't work, we...
I don't know what you mean by "FileFinder ". I use the plain old Windows Search: Start --> Search --> for Files and Folders. The .dbx files...
The jumpers are fine, there is no problem accessing the HDD. But, as I indicated above, the Windows 98 os on it won't boot.
Thanks, lot of very helpful info. Yes, I know that, and would love to do that, but, as I indicated above, the old OS won't boot. It is messed up,...
admin note - moved from 2K to here. Anybody know details of getting Outlook Express mail from an old Windows installation to a new one? A...
Thanks very much for responding. I don't think this is an issue. The two HDDs we've been using are the same model (Western Digital WD800) with the...
lol, I saw that right after I posted .. sorry.
Actually, the jury's still out on whether this is a hardware problem. It seems unlikely at this point, hardware all seems to be fine. It's still...
Thanks very much for responding .... No, no, no and no. That is what is so frustrating, no messages to point us in the right direction. Yes, we do...
admin note: this looks to be more hardware than OS so moving the thread to the hardware section. Newt Ok, here's a weird one: my wife's...
It was a pretty frustrating 3 months. Maybe I'm just old-school, but compared to what I've been doing for 22 years, this is not rocket science. I...
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