Newt, thanks for the reply. Problem solved, however. I reinstalled Win2000 and selected the option of "no network ", which is the case.
A friend just upgraded from Win98SE to Win2000 on a computer that was used. Things worked well for a couple of days, but she can no longer boot...
Drivers installed, problem solved. Thanks again.
Diagnosis correct! I put in the old video card and the problem has vanished. Unfortunately the old card will only give me 16 colors so I suppose...
I have an old, less desirable video card. I'll pop it in later today for purposes of experiment.
When I reboot for any reason, by any means, the setup page runs from BIOS, then sometimes Win98 starts, and sometimes I get only a black screen,...
PCI refers to the slot on your motherboard to which you have attached your modem. The outdated, longer slots (which your mother board may not...
Go to Device Manager and highlight Computer, then press Properties at the bottom of the page. This will bring up a page that lists IRQ as an...
"A BBS Q: when I post these responses, does everyone in the thread get notified by e-mail that new info has been 'added' to the link? " I...
"as encountered several weeks ago, when I use 'add hardware', it all goes smoothly until it asks me where I want to put it... the only two choices...
Look on the HP website and on Driverguide.com for the old version of the driver. Driverguide.com very likely has it, although HP may have...
Bravo! Well done....And thanks for posting back with the results. It's the kind of gesture that is much appreciated and too seldom done.
It's been so long I had to go back to remind myself what the problem was....Press Y and enter to enable large disk support, then follow my...
All the other suggestions are excellent, but let's approach it for a moment from a more simple-minded viewpoint--and I refer to myself, not to...
By running fdisk I mean going to start/run and typing "fdisk" without the quotes. Or do it at the DOS prompt. If fdisk gives you the option of...
Are you certain the added drive is partitioned? It may not be recognized by the drive letter process if it isn't partitioned even though its...
You don't need to press f8 or anything else. Just put a win98 rescue (or setup or boot up) disk in the floppy drive and turn the machine on. When...
Have you tried to use a floppy to boot, yet? It will tell you if the problem lies with the computer or with Windows.
Why not try booting with a Win98 (not 95) floppy as suggested earlier? Choose the "with CD" option (the first --and default--option listed ) and...
"You say the drive is listed as 5 in the registry. Perhaps I'm missing something here but can't you look at drive 3 or 4 in the same key and see...
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