Try this: Open the start menu, click on run, and type msconfig. Click on the "advanced" button, and it should display a list of options....
After formatting, type "md win98" (note: do not type any quotes from this post, unless otherwise instructed by myself) and hit enter. Then type...
IamSpartacus, In summary of the preceeding stuf, the decision is that you can go ahead and use fdisk to create an extended DOS partition on...
If you have an 80GB partition on a 160GB, then you will need to create a new partition using fdisk. Not an extended partition, which would be used...
As a simpler option, before re-installing Windows, try renaming your autoexec.bat and config.sys files. These files are used mainly for old DOS...
If you have the CD, you won't need a floppy. When the CD boots, it gives 2 menus (assuming the correct options are selected). The first menu asks...
My DVD/CD-RW drive is not playing audio CDs. Everything else seems to work fine, as the PC will play MP3s, game sounds, etc. I have always assumed...
And if that fails, boot to a dos prompt and manually delete it from there. Type "cd\mydocu~1" (dos doesn't like spaces, so uses abberviations),...
gammaepsilon, That is very interesting, and I must admit you do seem to use your PC in unusual ways, but if it works, then all the power to...
Gammaepsilon, Don't worry this is not flak! :) Systray is the system tray, which displays the clock, and anything else that decides to place...
In the meantime, click on the start menu, select Run, and type "msconfig" without the quotes. Click on the tab labelled "Startup" and tell us...
Very first thing you do: Update McAfee, and scan your hard drive. Make note of what cannot be cleaned, and let us know. Note that simply deleting...
BillyBob, McAfee only adds one item to the startup group, but can add two lines to the autoexec.bat file, which is supposed to scan boot files...
Old_Salt_Oz, If you have the CD, look for a folder called Win9x patch. This patch is required on some systems (why only some I don't know,...
Hi all! I would suggest the following: run "msconfig ", and disable "Load Power Profile" and crashguard. Crashguard is very buggy, and...
Success! I booted to safe mode, which still entered the setup process, but after entering the CD-Key, right at the beginning of the last...
Logik007, Unfortunately, I do not have a backup I can restore. I have tried recovery from the manufacturere's CD, but it hangs in the same...
The PC was working fine, until someone decided to let a "technician" from the local ISP try to set up an internet dial-up connection. Now the...
RayH, Bootlog.txt is a text file created when you choose loged where you would normally choose safe mode. The problem is one of three things -...
Power management is handled independantly by both Windows and the BIOS, which can cause the sort of problems you described. Basically when you...
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