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repairing 98
Name: stan Date: February 28, 2003 at 14:14:49 Pacific OS: windows 98 CPU/Ram: 200 mb
Comment:
This is my friends computer he says it was upgraded from windows 95 to 98. Problems with the operating system are Illegal operation errors when on the internet. Script errors . also before the computer boots up theres a message that says a windows file is not there . He gave me his windows upgrade disk with the product key . My question is can I install this over top of the existing windows to hopefully correct the problems
Name: bart Date: February 28, 2003 at 17:07:51 Pacific
Reply:
You can definetly install a win98 system on top of a current win98 system. This will not cause anything to be lost except possibly a minor windows tweak or two. It very often fixes problems.
Summary: Win 95 which version? 95 & 95A are Fat16 95B-98SE is Fat32 If it's B or later make or get a W98 Startup disk, & test it first. Also if it's the early version I would do every thing possible to repair ...
Summary: Well, it does sound as if the original owner made some interesting partition choices. Wouldn't hurt to check the BIOS/CMOS first, as that dictates what fdisk (etc) can work with. I don't see much poin...
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