Those are good suggestions, charlesvar, but if the computer without the desktop is not sufficiently functional, he might try running sfc, or, if...
Acronis and Ghost 2003 are equivalent. Use Ghost 'cause it's been around longer. Both handle 64 bit addresses; use it to back up my athlon64 and...
goddez1 But, like one of my profs used to say, "sometimes it's wrong to be right ", and in this case, that's the problem. oshwyn5 has no more...
oshwyn5 That's silly. Software frequently causes 'lockups', probably more frequently than hardware. Consider the eternal loops in errant...
dpurser Have you used explorer, tools dropdown, file types tab? Scroll down to HTM and HTML and use the change button. If firefox is not...
Cal E Suggest you switch to ghost 2003. Think it's unbeatable. Some folks are afraid because it works in DOS; don't be, if you can use a mouse,...
When you use 'delete' the file it's saved in the folder called 'RECYCLED' and you can right-click it and chose restore.
Thanks for the feedback. We like to know if anything we say is of help. :D
Try start > run > notepad and do file > open and browse to the file and click open.
In start > run > explorer find the file and drag it with the right mouse button to the correct folder, from right to left window. You'll get a...
In 98 the files are in c:\windows\system (not system32).
Thanks for the follow-up. Happens to me all the time. :D
Sorry, the figures didn't come thru. Here they are, I hope. Tried to upload two at once. Actually, problem was they were originally too large....
NOT SO! NOT SO! See fig on the right. Re: Can fdisk see NTFS? See figure on the left. That's a matter of opinion, not suitable for a...
NOT SO! Fdisk sees the NTFS partition just fine and can modify, delete, and remake it without any problems. Format also doesnt produce any...
suggest you follow the path using explorer (start > run > explorer) to the .err file and read it. Post it here (copy and paste it into your...
Suggest, if the problem persists, place one optical drive as slave on the IDE HDD ribbon cable, or if you only have SATA HDD then place one on...
To restart in ms dos mode, if you have a floppy drive, just boot with a win98 startup disk in the drive. If you don't have a floppy drive, you...
No, don't use /s for slave.
Sounds like your hardware is certainly problematic, but I don't think it's yor HDD, more likely your memory or even the BIOS or some chip on the...
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