Windows 98 seriously dead HELP

I would still give some thought to running Norton DiskDoctor on any and all drives/partitions.

BB

 

i followed your very precise instructions from half seven last night. just put a different dive letter in D instead of E and it worked. so im happy there. im just trying to get the modem up and running now.
any ideas?

ps i must appologise i didnt say there was a second drive in a previous thread. i thought i had im sorry.

 

i do have the driver but for some reason it didnt like it. It went to a blue screen and said.......
A fatal exception OE has occured at 0028:FF02D191. The current application will be terminated
Press any key to terminate or control alt and delete to restart. pressed any key and it shut itself down. got it started in safe mode and took out driver working fine again now

 

decided im not bothered the only reason my husband let me at the compute was because he is gonna get himself another. but i wanted it working, the kids can have it and they dont need the internet. i have the internet on my lap top so its not to big a problem, though im one of those people that cant leave well enough alone and wants to know why it will not work. i will get it to work one day im sure. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP

 

Stitch,

As well here,

Your welcome

~FireDancer~

 

THANK YOU ALSO TO FIREDANCER. BIG HELP. Will keep all instructions for future reference. and i know where to go for help when needed. Though i think i will get some one else to sort out the two sets of xp on my lap top. less hassle. I will stick to messing with the win98 comp
Thanks again everyone

 

Here is a little quirck I have noticed about bad install of modems with 98. If you have done it at least twice and removed the modem from the Device Manager, take a look in Control Panel\Modems and remove any modems from there also. The modem must be removed from the Device Manager first. An extra entry in the Control Panel\Modems will cause some problems.

 

Last Update

My last update for all my helpers. My computer is up and running including the modem. I logged on to the inernet this morning with out a prblem. Told you I would get there in the end.
Thanks again everyone.

 

Your last post indicates to me that your computer couldn't boot from the floppy and therefore bypassed it and tried to boot into Windows again from the hard drive. If this is the case, then the Windows Install disk is corupted. Once you can get a good Windows setup boot floppy, you'll be given four options: 'Start Windows Setup? ", Start computer with CD ROM support' and 'Start Computer without CD ROM'. Choose the 'Start Windows with CD ROM support. Go here and do an fdisk and delete the present DOS partition. Escape out and reboot. Once it goes back and boots to the floppy, choose 'Start Windows Setup'. REMEMBER, DOING AN FDISK and REFORMATTING will ERASE EVERYTHING ON THE HARD DRIVE. Follow instructions on installation.

Proceed at risk of deleting everything on your hard drive.

Dusterpilot

 

I stand corrected with head bowed.... I thought I was replying to 'Stitches' Thread, Windows 98, 'help', having problems installling Windows 98SE. I seem to have answered the WRONG THREAD. I can see how this would be very confusing to this thread.

Duster....