Summary: i just loaded win98se with all the updates and a firewall to a small HD about 2 GB on my new PC and everthing is running fine. Now i wante to Fdisk & ...
Summary: I am upgrading socket 7 MB from gateway. The original HD has win95 + win98 upgrade = win98 already on it. The new 20 gig HD is now the master and th...
Summary: Moving the swap file to a HD configured as primary/slave won't improve performance. Set the HD up as secondary/master. the reason is that the system c...
Summary: I was running some diagnostic software and I received the suggestion that if I changed the variable sized swap file to fixed size, I might speed thing...
Summary: I want to reformat my HD's (2 of them, 1.6GB and 4.3GB. My question is what is the best way to do this for efficiency and stability. # of partitions f...
Summary: I would like to add another HD containing XP while keeping my present HD containing Win98SE. When I turn on my computer how do I tell it which OS I wa...
Summary: Assenort... STOP!!!!...DO NOTHING.... What you describe is this... Drive failed, you reformatted and reinstalled your OS, then tried to recover lost d...
Summary: My newer computer has been having problems and I was wanting to install its hd to my older computer in order to access the data on it. My older comput...
Summary: If you install a second HD and move the Swap-file to the (second HD) Primary partition, then things will be 'a little' smoother/faster. If you install...
Summary: Jean, If the partition on the 2.5 HD is FATxx, you won't be needing any software to access the files. Simply boot into Windows and launch the Windows ...
Summary: Ok got it to see the secound HD. now i need to wipe it clean of the win98 thats on it because i dont want anything on it so i can fdisk it and formate...
Summary: dear friends, i just bought this old laptop from a friend. it's an AST ascentia 950N with 40 MB RAM and ~3.8 gig HD. well, i actually got two of the...
Summary: If you make it an exact image of the primary drive, in the event of a HD failure, you can just swap HDs & be back up in minutes. If, however, you have...
Summary: Frank, Windows doesn't like to be "downgraded". Although in your eyes, going from WinME to Win98 is an upgrade, Microsoft doesn't agree. Going from an...
Summary: Read: http://www.computing.net/windows2000/wwwboard/forum/21665.html reply-#5 It details the how/why of dual-boot - '98/W2K. Covers it for single/dual...
Summary: U could read the manual??? Meantime: You do 'not' need Boot-magic (or similar utils) to establish a dual-boot ('98/W2K) on a single HD nor on a dual H...
Summary: Moving the swap file to a different partition, on the same physical HD as the OS, won't make that much change; better to shift it to a second physical...
Summary: If it gives you that error then it usually means that you've got a floppy disk in your drive. If that's the case then removing it will solve the prob...
Summary: I don't know if your XP is the same but creating a ram drive in win9x or dos is just a matter of adding ramdrive.sys to config.sys. The problem would...
Summary: I dont think your old hard drive i sthe sole problem to ur sys resources running real low!! but the old hard drive will CERTAINLY SLOW the machine dow...
Summary: Make sure you have something to put back on it.... go to start/settings/control panel/ add&remove programs and choose make a system disk if you wish t...
Summary: I Guess I made a mistake. I didn’t establish a fixed swap file before I installed Microsoft office . Now the swap file is fragmented . If there a way ...
Summary: Hi, Can someone tell me how to install Windows 98 SE and Windows XP on one computer (one HD) so that at start up I can choose which OS I want to run?...
Summary: you can use a neat software called boot magic. this software will give you a startup menu and give you which os you want to boot from(i think up to fo...
Summary: hi with my win95 comp i just got a small hdd and coped all files except the swap file to it. tested it out and now no problem just swap hdd if failure...
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