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Problem re-install Win98
Name: ady_finlay Date: October 25, 2004 at 05:11:51 Pacific OS: Win 98 CPU/Ram: Laptop
Comment:
I re-installed Win98 SE on my laptop, directX installed but no sounds, lost few hardware cards included modem and also lost couples software like Microsoft Word, Excel, etc...... What have I done? Tried to re-installed, still no change. any ideas or should I seek an IT expert to fix it?
Name: uppercrust Date: October 25, 2004 at 05:15:33 Pacific
Reply:
the sound, modem drivers etc, will need to be reinstalled.
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Response Number 2
Name: OtheHill Date: October 25, 2004 at 08:24:33 Pacific
Reply:
Did you install to the original directory or let windows create a new one. Check in windows explorer to see if you have two installations of win98. Are you sure the programs are gone or just icons for them.
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Response Number 3
Name: Doormat Date: October 25, 2004 at 10:39:24 Pacific
Reply:
Good Point, OtheHill -
On installations (while retaining old one) where Windows selects the installation directory, it typically picks a name like C:\WINDOWS.000 as a target, then just "automatcally" selects it on startup.
When this happens, programs that seem to have vanished are still there, they just haven't been linked to the new directory.
You don't have to be realistic to be cynical, but you DO have to be cynical to be realistic!
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