Summary: windows 95 was installed onto a 1 gig hdd but when i went into properties and to my surprise said the hard drive was 530 mb so i double checked and th...
Summary: Can anybody tell how to fix a compressed file *.sit I have got some tools that work with the *.zip format, is there a tool for fixing *.sit files? The...
Summary: I try to compress the HDD on my Compaq Laptop LT5300 using Drive Space 3 in Windows 98. Always get error message that disk has errors and should scan ...
Summary: I have 3 hard drives in my computer. 1 was c: which held all of the programs and windows and nothinbg else. D: which held all thge files me and my fam...
Summary: I hope someone here can help me with this problem. I tried out Iolo's System Mechanic (free trial download). After a couple days I decided I did not l...
Summary: Since it probably takes a little longer to fetch and replace a cable than to disconnect/reconnect a cable, I wonder if that's a factor. I just repla...
Summary: A diseased registry recently forced me to reinstall Windows 98 on my machine. Now everything is in working order save for some glitches with sound; sp...
Summary: Your original problem (WIN.COM)is mentioned in the following document from Microsoft - See if it helps. Creating a New Win.com File When You Cannot St...
Summary: Hey, FZWG - I thought you'd abandoned that. You could have likely used parallel or serial transfer with filemaven etc. - always options. I was curious...
Summary: when i try to play AVI's i get a codec-not-found type of problem. this used to not happen though, but i don't know what changed. (i noticed it when ...
Summary: hi, ok well I copied that win95 dir to my hd and ran setup from there but I get the same msg. Anyway I just chose to continue setup and now I've got...
Summary: I'll be as specific as possible. For Christmas I got a new monitor. Yay! It's a Viewsonic Optiquest Q71. It's great. Worked fine. I also got a digita...
Summary: This sorts out registry conflicts ( W98 ) Very fast . Press F8 during bootup ( when , verifying DMA pool message comes on ) Select , Command prompt...
Summary: I have been trying to network my brother's computer to my own, I have been using Direct Cable Connection, there seems to be a problem after the connec...
Summary: DONT DO IT. Everytime you try to access a file it will have to uncompress first.(very slow) Also, if you want to upgrade or change your O/S then you n...
Summary: Aaron is right. Disc compression will cause nothing but problems. If your HD is getting full, it will be cheaper in the long run to get a larger one, ...
Summary: Since Windows95, no drivers have been required for all but the most exotic optical drives. Windows will report the drive to be workng if the controlle...
Summary: The drive 'might' be dying. The settings you asked about are not causing your problem. You could try cleaning the drive with low pressure compressed a...
Summary: HI! I have some big movies files (.avi & .mpeg) that I need software for to split them up in order to back them up an 700 mg CD's. I have tried some o...
Summary: I agree with Alan. A dirty lens can cause intermittent problems and pick on certain CDs. Blowing the drive out with compressed air (low pressure) is s...
Summary: Go to START | RUN and type, sfc.exe and press enter. This will run the system file checker program ( W98 only ) and it will attempt to repair or rep...
Summary: Caroline, Thanks for the prompt reply. The problem is that windows is not running , and i have installed a restore disc and i am in a dos wind...
Summary: The problem is I no longer have SFC which seems to have been replaced by Compression agent. I have never compressed any files on drive C: I did change...
Summary: Yeah, I decided to clean up my computer the same way. My problem is after FDISKing and re-formatting I realized I was working from a 98 upgrade, not ...
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